Senior Cloud Solution Architect- Cloud & AI

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

11h • $106,400 - $222,600

About The Position

Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Core accelerates customer outcomes and business growth by coordinating product, engineering, marketing, sales, customer success, and partners. Within MCAPS-Core, Cloud + AI Platforms (CAIP) is a strategic Microsoft business, and Worldwide Technical Success connects product direction, sales strategy, and scalable delivery execution. It enables the field, develops reusable intellectual property and assets, manages technical escalations and product blockers, influences product direction, and supports high-priority customer engagements.

The Senior Cloud Solution Architect will help industrialize the path to AI-ready workloads by modernizing applications and their associated data together. The role designs and builds high-quality, repeatable intellectual property, often including code, for Microsoft delivery teams and partners, and develops content and skilling to support adoption of agentic modernization tools at scale. The work includes application modernization, such as moving .NET or Java workloads to Azure containerization and PaaS services, and/or database migration and modernization across several source and Azure target platforms.

The position operates in a developer-centric team and contributes to a code-based IP portfolio using modern developer tools and environments. It helps shape an agent-native modernization approach using tools such as GitHub Copilot, Azure Migrate, and the Azure Copilot Migration Agent, with human control. The architect engages directly with customers to develop and deliver offerings, then scales them through field and partner delivery teams. The role also advises customers, resolves blockers and escalations, shares customer insights with Engineering, and helps influence Microsoft's product roadmap and cloud and AI modernization strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or a related field and at least 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, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Hands-on depth in application modernization and SQL database migration and modernization.
• Comfort working in a developer-centric environment with modern developer tools and environments, and contributing to a code-based IP portfolio, even without working as a full-time developer.
• Ability to adopt new technologies, learn quickly, and stay current with relevant cloud platform trends and capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field and at least 8 years of experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud/infrastructure technologies; or a master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field and at least 6 years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
• Technical certification in cloud (for example, Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google) or security certifications.
• Experience with AI-assisted or agentic developer tools such as GitHub Copilot, including app-modernization capabilities, and Azure modernization tools such as Azure Migrate and Azure Database Migration Service.
• Application modernization experience refactoring or replatforming .NET or Java applications to Azure App Service, Azure Container Apps, AKS, Azure Functions, or API Management.
• Database migration and modernization experience across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, Cassandra, or MongoDB, targeting Azure SQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL Flexible Server, or Azure Cosmos DB.
• Experience building reusable intellectual property, accelerators, or delivery assets for field teams or partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategy to address CAIP App & Data Modernization priorities, modernizing applications and their data together with a focus on SQL databases.
• Design and build high-quality, repeatable intellectual property offerings, frequently including code, using modern developer tools, environments, and build systems for delivery by Microsoft teams and partners.
• Bring hands-on depth in application modernization and SQL database migration and modernization.
• Build content and skilling to help field CSAs, delivery teams, and partners adopt agentic modernization tools at scale.
• Design and build automation and solutions that improve delivery efficiency and help move from migration to agentic modernization.
• Build trusted relationships across MCAPS-Core, Engineering, and business leadership to shape cloud and AI modernization strategy, serving as a technical advisor and champion for long-term success.
• Unblock and accelerate customer modernization efforts by architecting customer solutions and helping resolve blockers and escalations.
• Deliver new offerings through direct customer engagement before scaling them through internal and partner delivery teams.
• Represent the Voice of the Customer by sharing insights and best practices and partnering with Engineering to remove blockers and influence Microsoft's product roadmap.
• Inspire AI adoption by sharing best practices, leading with Microsoft's AI story, and helping customers innovate with confidence at scale.
• Maintain technical skills and knowledge of market trends and competitive insights, and collaborate with and share knowledge across the technical community.

What This Job Offers

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