Cloud Solution Architecture IC4
Microsoft · Posted Sep 17
Software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and hardware services
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About the role
As a Cloud & AI Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) in iCSU, you will partner with Microsoft's largest and most strategic customers to design, migrate, modernize, and operate secure, resilient, and AI‑ready Azure infrastructure platforms. Working within Microsoft's global delivery organization, you will lead customer-funded technical engagements and collaborate with worldwide delivery teams to execute architecture, migration, modernization, and AI adoption projects at scale. You will join a high‑impact iCSU Cloud & AI Infrastructure team working on complex, global customer environments where your work directly influences customer success, AI transformation, and Microsoft Cloud growth.
What you will do
- Lead architecture, migration, modernization, optimization, and AI adoption engagements for strategic enterprise customers across infrastructure, application, and AI solution areas.
- Enable AI‑ready infrastructure by ensuring customer environments meet security, resiliency, data, and performance requirements for AI workloads at scale.
- Design secure, scalable, resilient, and production-ready solutions using Azure Infrastructure, Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI Services, AKS, App Services, Data Platforms, GitHub, and cloud-native architectures.
- Own technical delivery outcomes and committed milestones for customer-funded engagements, ensuring successful project execution and customer satisfaction.
- Partner with Customer Success Account Managers (CSAMs), Factory teams, Specialists, Engineering, and Partners to deliver One Microsoft outcomes following MCEM principles.
- Accelerate Azure consumption by identifying next-best workloads, expansion opportunities, and technical recommendations that drive customer business outcomes.
- Enable customers to build AI-ready environments by addressing infrastructure, security, governance, networking, application modernization, and data platform requirements.
- Support Factory execution through delivery oversight, risk management, escalation support, and technical governance, leading to customer satisfaction
- Contribute reusable intellectual property (IP), automation assets, architectures, and best practices that improve delivery efficiency and scalability across the organization.
- Act as the Voice of the Customer by sharing customer insights, product feedback, and adoption blockers with engineering teams.
- Deliver customer workshops, architecture reviews, technical assessments, Proof of Concepts (POCs), and production readiness activities.
- Continuously build technical depth through ongoing skilling, certifications, accreditations and participation in technical communities.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure, application development, consulting, technical delivery, or solution architecture.
- Hands‑on experience with Azure infrastructure services including compute, networking, storage, monitoring, backup, and security.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services across infrastructure, modern applications and AI.
- Experience delivering migration and modernization projects using Azure Migrate, Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), Well‑Architected Framework (WAF), and Landing Zones
- Knowledge of security and resiliency principles including Defender for Cloud, identity, networking security, and business continuity & disaster recovery.
Benefits and support
- We support a flexible hybrid work model aligned to customer, collaboration, and business needs.
- This opportunity will allow you to: Deepen your expertise across Azure Infrastructure, Application Innovation and AI workloads.
- Develop delivery leadership skills by orchestrating global virtual teams and driving complex technical programs.
- Strengthen your business acumen by linking technical outcomes to customer success, Azure consumption growth, and long-term business value.
- Continuously build technical depth through ongoing skilling, certifications, accreditations and participation in technical communities.
About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company that develops, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and hardware devices. Best known for its Windows operating systems, Microsoft 365 productivity suite, and Xbox gaming consoles, the company has expanded heavily into enterprise cloud computing via Azure and advanced artificial intelligence solutions. As one of the world's most valuable public enterprises, it empowers individuals and businesses globally through innovative digital transformation.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 228,000+ employees
- Founded
- April 4, 1975
- Location
- Redmond, Washington, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Vice Chair and President
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