Cloud Solution Architect Roles - Cloud & AI Platforms AI Apps & Infrastructure

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With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.

Currently we're looking for talents in the following 2 domains:

Cloud & AI Platforms - AI Apps

We’re looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) focused on App Innovation & AI Agents to help Switzerland’s leading enterprises design and scale intelligent applications using Azure, GitHub, and Microsoft’s AI stack.

You’ll guide customers through their AI adoption journey, influence senior stakeholders, and lead strategic engagements that drive innovation and business value. With deep expertise in AI agents, cloud-native development, and enterprise architecture, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of AI-powered solutions in Switzerland.

Cloud @ AI Platforms - AI Infrastructure

We’re looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to help enterprise customers modernize and secure their infrastructure, applications, and data on Microsoft Azure—laying the foundation for scalable, production-ready AI solutions.

As part of the Cloud + AI Infrastructure team, you’ll lead engagements focused on migration, modernization, and resilient architecture using frameworks like CAF and WAF. You’ll ensure readiness for AI workloads, drive adoption through repeatable IP, and collaborate closely with customer IT leaders to design and implement scalable, secure solutions.

Both roles offer a unique opportunity to deepen your technical expertise, accelerate your career, and make a real impact. Flexible work options available (up to 50% remote).

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field AND a few years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, software development, or IT consulting OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Several years of experience in customer-facing technical roles, including architecture, consulting, or solution delivery.
• Deep understanding of enterprise IT environments, including security, compliance, and governance in regulated industries.
• Several years of experience with cloud-based solution designs, migrations, modernization and management of technology.
• Experience with AI/ML technologies, especially in deploying AI agents would be a plus.
• Development background in .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript/Node.js, with experience in cloud-native and microservices architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of an organization.
• Certifications in Azure, AWS. Google, around AI, or DevOps are a plus.

Cloud & AI Apps CSA

• Lead Strategic Cloud & AI Engagements: Architect and deliver secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and intelligent application solutions that enable AI innovation. Leverage frameworks like Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF), and modern platforms such as Azure OpenAI, GitHub Copilot, and AKS to drive transformation with a DevOps and platform engineering mindset.
• Engage and Influence Senior Stakeholders: Build trusted relationships with C-level executives, enterprise architects, and IT decision-makers. Align technical strategies with business outcomes to accelerate cloud adoption and AI readiness.
• Accelerate Innovation and Migrations: Design and implement cloud-native applications and infrastructure landing zones. Lead architectural design sessions, proof-of-concepts, and MVPs to support migrations, enhance resiliency, and prepare environments for AI workloads.
• Remove Technical Barriers: Lead deep technical engagements to resolve blockers across networking, security, and hybrid environments. Confidently navigate two-way door decisions with senior leadership and escalate constructively on behalf of the customer to ensure successful deployments.
• Drive Azure & GitHub Consumption Growth: Identify opportunities to expand usage by aligning technical capabilities with customer goals. Enable teams through skilling, optimization, and solution acceleration.
• Evangelize AI & App Innovation: Represent Microsoft in technical communities, conferences, and customer workshops. Share best practices and insights to inspire innovation and adoption.
• Collaborate and Contribute to Delivery Excellence: Work closely with engineering, product, and partner teams to bring the latest innovations to customers. Own your delivery pipeline, continuously upskill, and contribute to reusable IP that scales impact across

You will demonstrate a Self-Learner mindset through continuous alignment of individual skilling to team/area demands and Customer Success goals as you accelerate customer outcomes and engage in relevant communities to share expertise, contribute to IP creation, prioritize IP re-sure and learn from others to help accelerate your customers transformation journey.