AdresDo you have a passion for Microsoft Technologies using best-in-class tools created by Microsoft? As Sr Cloud Solution Architect - Azure you will be able to interact directly with large enterprise customers to nurture long-term trusted relationships, plan a portfolio of work to drive outcomes aligned with customer's prioritized solutions and workloads globally using a breadth of technical knowledge and industry experience to identify a broad set of internal teams in highly complex or unique customer situations and ensure progress across solution areas.
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Responsibilities
Understand customers' overall cloud portfolio, IT and business priorities, and success measures to design implementation architectures and scalable Cloud Solutions leveraging expertise in cloud infrastructure solutions (Windows and Linux IaaS, SAP, VMware, BCDR, Security, Management, Storage, Networking, OSS, HPC, Oracle, containers and Infra as a code technologies)
Apply technical knowledge and customer insights to create a migration and modernization roadmap with customers using the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF). Architect solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments, while orchestrating key resources and infusing key Infrastructure technologies (e.g. Windows and Linux IaaS, Security, Networking, etc.), and Application Development and DevOps technologies (e.g. App Service, containers, serverless, cloud native, etc.) as appropriate
Collaborate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform
Ensure all solutions leverage the design and operations guidance according to the Well-Architected framework across all pillars, including reliability, cost optimization, performance efficiency, security and operational excellence
Run Architectural Design Sessions to build plan for implementing solution –governing design in line with customer business goals and their technical environment. Use CAF Landing Zones to rapidly prototype and deliver proof-of-concepts that accelerate production deployment
Author, maintain and contribute to solution engineering projects like Azure Landing Zones Bicep & Terraform modules, following CSU’s solution engineering processes
Be the Voice of the Customer; Share insights and best practices, and connect with Engineering teams to remove blockers
Troubleshoot technical issues to prove the value of implementation of Azure technologies
Assess the customer knowledge of Azure platform and overall cloud readiness to support customers through a structured learning plan and ensure delivery through partners · Collaborate with others in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform
Maintain technical skills and knowledge of market trends and competitive insights; collaborate and share with the technical community · Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, partners, and external communities.
Build and grow developer communities by driving activities including Open Hacks, Workshops
Curate and produce high quality guidance for Microsoft's internal and external communities and customers
Customer Centricity
Customer Satisfaction - Develop relationships with key customer IT decision makers, who drive long-term cloud adoption within their company to enable them to be cloud advocates. Be the Voice of the Customer; Share insights and best practices and connect with Engineering teams to remove blockers.
Customer/Partner Insights: Provide feedback & insights from customers/partners back to the relevant MS teams including Product Groups, to enable continuous improvement.
Business Impact
Delivery Excellence- Own committed pipeline and ensure delivery in alignment with customer expectations.
Consumption (Cloud & Support) growth: Develop opportunities to drive Customer Success business results by working with technical decision makers to ensure they understand Microsoft's Azure Infrastructure value proposition and get value from their investment in the Microsoft technology.
Architecture Design and Deployment - Run Architectural Design Sessions to build plan for implementing solution –governing design in line with customer business goals and their technical environment. Use CAF Landing Zones to rapidly enable migrations and help build customer resiliency.
Resolution of Customer Blockers
Identify resolutions to issues blocking go-live of customer success projects by leveraging Azure Infrastructure technical subject matter expertise. Lead technical conversations with customers to drive value from their MS investments. Deliver all work according to MS best practices & policies.
Learn It All: Demonstrate Self Learner mindset through continuous alignment of individual skilling to team/area demands and Customer Success goals
Accelerate customer outcomes: Engage in relevant communities to share expertise, contribute to IP creation, prioritize IP re-sure and learn from others to help accelerate your customers transformation journey.
Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
*Qualifications *
*Required/Minimum Qualifications *
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
OR equivalent experience.
Hands-on, deeply technical knowledge at Azure.
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*Additional or Preferred Qualifications *
8+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
5+ years experience leading technical projects.
Technical Certifications in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
The ideal candidate will have a breadth of knowledge across cloud computing domains and experience on Azure, as well as expert level hands-on experience in topics from one or more of the technical domains below:Azure Landing Zones, Well-Architected Framework, and Core Infrastructure
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .
