[Remote] Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Infrastructure

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Infrastructure to help customers achieve their business priorities. The role involves guiding clients in their Cloud & AI transformation journey, focusing on migration, modernization, and securing infrastructure and applications on Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities
• Create business value by translating customer challenges into actionable solutions aligned to high ROI customer outcomes
• Ensure a seamless, connected experience that fosters satisfaction, loyalty, and long-term value
• Lead architectural design sessions and deliver secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions aligned to customer business goals using frameworks like CAF and WAF
• Partner with technical and sales teams to identify opportunities and develop tailored solutions to drive expansion and business value realization
• Drive migration and modernization initiatives, including committed proof of concept and production milestones, across infrastructure, data, SAP, and AI workloads
• Ensure customer environments are optimized for health, resiliency, security, and performance—enabling production-scale AI use cases
• Deliver repeatable IP and contribute to centralized IP development to accelerate deployment and achieve targeted outcomes
• Identify and resolve technical blockers to accelerate go-live and ensure delivery excellence
• Generate incremental pipeline from each engagement by driving next best actions and aligning with business priorities
• Maintain technical intensity through continuous skilling and certifications in priority workloads such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, AVS, SAP (Native + RISE), Windows, Linux and Defender for Cloud
• Engage in technical communities, share best practices, and contribute to knowledge reuse to accelerate customer transformation and success
• Embody our culture and values

Skills
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 4+ 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
• Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+ 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience
• 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
• 6+ years experience working on technical projects
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)

Company Overview
• Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.microsoft.com.