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Azure Cloud Solution Architect

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Microsoft

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Posted on Dec 13, 2024

Azure Cloud Solution Architect

Multiple Locations, Taiwan

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Date posted
Oct 07, 2024
Job number
1762901
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Customer Success
Discipline
Cloud Solution Architecture
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Azure Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) with an entrepreneurial spirit to join our Worldwide Public Sector Team in Taiwan. This is a unique chance to be at the frontline of the AI revolution, working closely with key Public Sector customers to design, build, and maintain their Infrastructure & Data&AI portfolio of applications that make a real impact.

As a Senior CSA, you'll serve as a vital bridge between cutting-edge technology and business success. You'll collaborate with international product groups, and take part in a dynamic ecosystem alongside other Cloud Solution Architects, Customer Engineers, Account Teams and Customer Success Account Managers.

In this role, you'll find a conducive environment for continuous learning, allowing you to deepen your technical expertise and expand your understanding across various technologies. The pace is fast, the work is stimulating, and the opportunity for impactful decision-making is significant.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 10+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience. Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications). 8+ years experience leading technical projects. 8+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).

Additional or preferred qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 15+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

  • Emphasize guiding customers through their data platform modernization journey to Azure, highlighting the opportunity to innovate and get AI-ready.
  • Support customers on the adoption of generative AI and build innovative, safe and performant AI-based solutions on top of a solid foundation of data and infrastructure.
  • Include the importance of capturing Analytics market share with Fabric & Azure Databricks based on customer use cases.
  • Understand the customer's overall applications portfolio, IT and business priorities, and success measures to design robust architectures and solutions (including third-party solutions) using Azure Iaas, PaaS, DevOps, Entra Identity and Advanced Application coding.
  • Apply technical knowledge and customer insights to guide customers through their modernization roadmap. Architect solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring the technical feasibility of new projects and successful deployments.
  • Collaborate with other Cloud Solution Architects and Microsoft stakeholders to develop complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform, ensuring that all solutions adhere to the "Well-Architected" framework, exhibiting high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, and appropriate reusability and reliability upon deployment.
  • Lead Architectural Design Sessions to build an implementation plan aligning with customer business goals and their technical environment. This will result in consensus on solution design and the next steps toward production.
  • Develop deep relationships with key customer decision-makers, who drive long-term cloud adoption within their company, enabling them to be cloud advocates.
  • Be the Voice of the Customer; share insights and best practices, and connect with Engineering teams to eliminate blockers.
  • Troubleshoot technical issues to demonstrate the value of implementing Azure technologies.
  • Assess the Customers' knowledge of the Azure platform and overall cloud readiness to support customers through a structured learning plan and ensure its delivery through partners.
  • Maintain technical skills and knowledge of market trends and competitive insights; collaborate and share with the technical community.
  • Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, partners, and external communities, building and growing developer communities through activities such as workshops.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.