Cloud Solution Architecture IC5
Microsoft · Posted Oct 13
Software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and hardware services
India, Karnataka, BangaloreFull-timeHybridSenior Level7+ years₹45.0L–₹70.0L yearly80 applicants
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About the role
The Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization delivers Microsoft's consulting, customer success, and support services across its product portfolio, and the Customer & Commercial Success (CCS) organization turns Microsoft's commercial strategy into execution at scale for the field. The Customer & Commercial Success Architect's Office is hiring a Cloud Solution Architect focused on driving adoption of Databricks solutions on the Microsoft platform. The role leads partner and customer technical discussions, architecture reviews, proof-of-concepts, and production deployments across Azure Data, Infrastructure, and AI services, removing technical blockers and accelerating Azure and Databricks consumption.
What you will do
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to Databricks, customers, and partners, helping them realize business value from their investments in Microsoft Azure and Databricks.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical strategy discussions, proof-of-concepts, and production deployments to accelerate adoption of data, analytics, AI, and modernization solutions.
- Guide customers and partners in implementing best practices for security, governance, reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
- Identify and resolve technical blockers that impact solution deployment, scalability, adoption, or customer success outcomes.
- Design, validate, and optimize enterprise-scale architectures leveraging Databricks, Azure Data Services, AI Services, and cloud-native technologies.
- Drive technical assessments, workload modernization initiatives, and architectural reviews for strategic customer and partner engagements.
- Develop reusable intellectual property (IP), reference architectures, technical guidance, and deployment accelerators that improve solution scalability and repeatability.
- Influence technology roadmaps and platform decisions by providing architectural leadership and industry expertise.
- Collaborate with Databricks, Microsoft Sales, Customer Success, Engineering, Product, and Partner teams to drive successful customer outcomes and adoption at scale.
- Lead virtual teams to address complex technical challenges and deliver cross-functional solutions.
- Represent Microsoft and Databricks in customer engagements, industry events, technical communities, and field enablement activities.
- Share customer and partner insights with Product and Engineering teams to influence product strategy and drive continuous improvement.
- Drive Azure consumption, Databricks adoption, and customer success metrics across assigned accounts and partner engagements.
- Help partners develop and scale differentiated solutions and services that create customer value and accelerate cloud adoption.
- Collaborate with partner technical and sales teams to identify growth opportunities and expand the adoption of Microsoft Data, Analytics, and AI solutions.
- Maintain deep expertise in Databricks, Azure, Data & AI technologies, industry trends, and competitive offerings.
- Demonstrate a growth mindset through continuous learning, technical skilling, and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to Microsoft and Databricks thought leadership through technical insights, customer success stories, and best-practice development.
Skills used in this role
DatabricksApache SparkDelta LakeMicrosoft AzureAzure DatabricksMicrosoft FabricAzure Data Lake StorageAzure Synapse AnalyticsAzure AI ServicesAzure Machine LearningGenerative AIMachine LearningData EngineeringData LakesData WarehousingStreaming ArchitecturesCloud ArchitectureSecurityGovernanceNetworkingIdentityPerformance OptimizationCommunicationPresentationStakeholder Management
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years customer-facing technical sales experience.
- 6+ years experience leading technical projects.
- Deep expertise in Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and modern Data & AI platforms, including data engineering, analytics, machine learning, and Generative AI workloads.
- Proven experience designing, architecting, and deploying enterprise-scale cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure, including Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure AI Services, and Azure Machine Learning.
- Strong background in building and modernizing data platforms, including data lakes, data warehouses, streaming architectures, and advanced analytics environments.
- Demonstrated success in customer-facing architecture, consulting, technical sales, customer success, or solution delivery roles, supporting complex enterprise transformations.
- Solid understanding of cloud architecture and operational excellence, including security, identity, networking, governance, reliability, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Experience influencing and engaging with executive stakeholders, technical decision-makers, architects, and engineering teams to drive strategic outcomes.
- Deep understanding of digital transformation trends, cloud platforms, and emerging Data & AI technologies, with the ability to translate technology capabilities into business value.
- Proven ability to lead the design, implementation, modernization, or support of large-scale distributed applications, data platforms, and analytics solutions.
- Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- One or more of the certifications below or equivalent: Databricks; Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional; Microsoft Certified: Azure Databricks Data Engineer Associate (Exam DP-750)
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and / or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire / transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud/infrastructure technologies OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud/infrastructure technologies OR equivalent experience.
- Insightful listening: Uses cognitive and behavioral listening techniques, asks thoughtful questions to understand partner and customer needs, business drivers, and operating environments, and goes beyond surface-level responses to uncover root issues.
- Situational fluency: Demonstrates self-awareness, interprets verbal and non-verbal cues, and adapts customer conversations based on the business context, audience needs, and engagement dynamics.
- Relationship building and trusted advisership: Builds trust, establishes credibility, and uses relationship mapping across account teams and customer stakeholders to strengthen engagement quality and business impact.
- Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework foundations: Describes the five pillars of the Well-Architected Framework, explains how they are interconnected, applies Cloud Adoption Framework principles in cloud strategy and architecture conversations, and summarizes the relationship, commonalities, and differences between the two frameworks.
- Architecture design: Applies design thinking to create architectures that deliver customer value while incorporating policies, governance requirements, and existing customer systems into the overall solution framework.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
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
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Satya Nadella
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Amy Hood
Chief Financial Officer
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Brad Smith
Vice Chair and President
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