Cloud Solution Architect - Azure Data Analytics... @ Microsoft
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About the Role
Microsoft is seeking a Cloud Solution Architect - Azure Data Analytics & AI to empower customers by accelerating their transformation on Microsoft Azure. As part of the Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization, you will work directly with customers to deploy cloud infrastructure solutions and enable AI readiness using methodologies like the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF).
Responsibilities
Customer & Business Impact:
- Deliver solutions aligned with Microsoft methodologies.
- Collaborate with internal teams and customers for successful deployments.
- Identify and mitigate blockers and manage risks.
- Contribute to opportunities to drive consumption growth.
Customer Engagement & Experience:
- Support customer adoption of Microsoft-aligned solutions.
- Build relationships with technical decision-makers.
- Act as the voice of the customer to influence product development.
- Address customer dissatisfaction and enhance value realisation.
Partner Collaboration:
- Assist partners with scalable offerings and initial implementations.
- Provide technical enablement and pre-sales support.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to support partner success.
Technical Leadership:
- Identify gaps and contribute to product and process improvements.
- Support team upskilling and participate in virtual technical communities.
- Contribute to intellectual property development including emerging AI scenarios.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of experience in cloud, IT consulting, systems administration, network operations, software development, support or architecture-related roles.
Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degree or equivalent experience, 2+ years customer-facing experience, and technical certifications in cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure.
Work Arrangement
This role offers flexibility with up to 50% remote work capability.
Key skills/competency
- Azure
- Cloud
- Analytics
- AI
- Architecture
- Customer Engagement
- Technical Leadership
- Consulting
- Collaboration
- Risk Management
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