[Hiring] Principal AI Apps Cloud Solution Architect @Microsoft

Role Description

We are seeking a highly experienced AI Apps Cloud Solution Architect – Cloud & AI to join our Federal organization. This role requires deep technical expertise across Azure workloads, specifically with AI, Foundry, application services, and GitHub Copilot, and a passion for helping enterprise customers solve complex challenges and accelerate their digital transformation. This Cloud Solution Architect will work with the customer’s architects, developers, and IT staff to:

• Build new AI-infused applications hosted on Azure.
• Modernize existing Azure applications.
• Migrate applications to Azure and enhance them with AI.

Responsibilities

• Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies, ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed.
• Guides complex customers/partners towards well-architected solutions to increase retention and expansion opportunities.
• Proactively identifies and anticipates new cross-solution opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion.
• Anticipates, identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers using appropriate tools and processes.
• Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages.
• Proactively identifies and translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft product and platform strategy.
• Builds relationships with technical decision makers and provides direction to them.
• Acts as the voice of the customer/partner, sharing ideas, feedback, insights, and success stories.
• Identifies and prioritizes opportunities aligned with revenue goals and orchestrates the growth of the solution utilization pipeline with partners.
• Leverages market insights to assist leadership in identifying relevant areas for up-skilling and/or accreditations.
• Builds trusted relationships with IT executives and business leaders to shape their Cloud and AI strategy.
• Leads architectural design sessions and guides the implementation of secure, scalable, and resilient solutions.
• Accelerates Azure consumption and customer outcomes by developing repeatable intellectual property (IP).
• Contributes to Microsoft’s technical community by mentoring peers and sharing insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 7+ years 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.

Requirements

• This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
• This role will require access to information controlled for export under U.S. export control regulations.
• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies OR Master's Degree in related field AND 8+ years experience.
• 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role.
• 6+ years experience leading technical projects.
• Comfort and actively uses code/script generation tools like GitHub Copilot.
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year.
• In specific locations, the base pay range is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.

Company Description

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.