Senior Cloud & AI Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect- CTJ - Poly

Microsoft • Reston, VA

6d • $106,400 - $222,600

About The Position

Microsoft Federal is seeking a Cloud & AI Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect to help U.S. government customers modernize infrastructure, enable AI-ready platforms, and operate securely in highly regulated federal environments. The role serves as a trusted technical advisor, leading the design and deployment of secure, scalable, and compliant cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions in collaboration with customers, sales teams, partners, and engineering teams.

The architect leads Azure, hybrid, and multicloud infrastructure design and delivery; establishes resilient cloud foundations for AI, analytics, and mission-critical workloads; drives Azure infrastructure and AI-enabled service adoption and consumption; and ensures architectures meet federal security, compliance, and sovereignty requirements. The role provides technical expertise across infrastructure, platform engineering, security, and operational excellence, helping customers transform legacy environments into modern, AI-ready platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting; equivalent experience is accepted.
• Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
• Must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements before offer and after hire; failure to maintain or obtain the required clearance or screening may result in employment action, up to and including termination.
• Successful verification of the stated security clearance is required; clearance verification information must be provided before an employment offer.
• Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• U.S. citizenship verification is required due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
• Technical depth across Azure infrastructure, hybrid cloud, security, and AI-enabling platforms.

Responsibilities

• Deliver solutions aligned with Microsoft methodologies and operational excellence standards, including accurate pipeline management, documentation, and time tracking.
• Identify, escalate, and help mitigate technical and business risks that could impede solution delivery or value realization.
• Help identify and accelerate blockers to cloud adoption, consumption, and usage using approved tools and processes.
• Identify opportunities for Azure infrastructure, hybrid, security, and AI consumption growth aligned with customer mission outcomes and Microsoft value propositions.
• Engage customers to challenge assumptions, propose alternative architectures, and recommend optimized solutions that improve security, resiliency, cost, and performance.
• Design and guide implementation of Azure Landing Zones and hybrid and multicloud architectures.
• Design and guide implementation of secure infrastructure platforms supporting AI/ML, data, and mission workloads.
• Design and guide implementation of governance, identity, networking, resiliency, and operational controls aligned with federal requirements.
• Ensure solutions follow well-architected, secure-by-design, and compliance-ready patterns that enable long-term operational success.
• Support value-based deliverables such as architecture design sessions, proofs of concept, and technical validation engagements.
• Provide feedback to internal delivery and engineering teams to improve offerings, patterns, and reusable assets.
• Learn customer missions, technical constraints, and conditions for success in federal environments.
• Translate customer challenges into Azure infrastructure and AI-enabled solutions aligned to Microsoft’s Cloud & AI platform strategy.
• Build trusted relationships with technical and business decision-makers and bridge infrastructure, security, compliance, and mission requirements.
• Represent the voice of the customer by providing feedback and insights to Microsoft engineering, product, and internal communities.
• Collaborate with Microsoft partners to enable joint solutions, technical readiness, and successful customer implementations.
• Help partners remove technical blockers and accelerate delivery and consumption.
• Provide technical enablement and guidance to align partner offerings with Microsoft Federal infrastructure and AI priorities.
• Maintain technical depth across Azure infrastructure, hybrid cloud, security, and AI-enabling platforms, with breadth across security, resiliency, and AI initiatives.
• Mentor peers and contribute to virtual teams, communities of practice, and internal readiness initiatives.
• Contribute intellectual property, reusable architectures, and patterns that scale across federal customers.
• Represent Microsoft through internal and external technical engagements, sharing best practices and lessons learned where appropriate.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; the job description refers to Microsoft’s benefits and pay information page but does not enumerate specific benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level