About the job
We are looking for a Senior Cloud Solution Architect – Cloud & AI Data Platform with deep expertise in data platforms and analytics to support customers in building secure, scalable, and AI-ready solutions on Microsoft Azure.
In this customer-facing role, you’ll guide organizations through their data modernization and AI journeys—leading architectural design sessions, proof-of-concept initiatives, and production deployments for mission-critical workloads. Your focus will be on ensuring performance, resiliency, and security across solutions that drive measurable business value.
As a key member of the Cloud + AI Data Platform team, you’ll use established repeatable IP and execution frameworks to deliver high-quality outcomes and accelerate solution adoption. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Cosmos DB, and Purview, helping unlock the full value of their data and AI investments.
Responsibilities
Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record.
Collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams through on-strategy delivery to achieve customer/partner objectives and increase customer/partner satisfaction.
Guides customers/partners towards a well-architected (e.g., secure, resilient, artificial intelligence [AI]-enabled), and cost- and performance-optimized solution to increase retention and expansion opportunities.
Proactively acts as the voice of the customer/partner, sharing ideas, feedback, insights, success stories and strategic/technical input with Engineering teams, Product Offerings teams and internal communities.
Identifies and/or translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft product and platform strategy.
Leverages market insights and demand signals to assist leadership in identifying relevant areas in which to drive upskilling and/or accreditations based on demand.
Qualifications
Minimum
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/o
Preferred
No preferred qualifications listed.