Associate Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Infrastructure
Microsoft
We’re looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to help customers migrate, modernize, and secure their infrastructure, apps, and data on Azure—building a secure, scalable foundation for production‑ready AI. You’ll design Azure landing zones, lead modernization and migration work, and ensure environments meet Microsoft best‑practice standards (CAF, WAF) for security, resiliency, and performance.
You’ll work directly with customer IT leaders to design scalable solutions, resolve blockers, and drive Azure adoption using repeatable IP and delivery excellence. With broad experience across Azure infrastructure, applications, databases, SAP, and hybrid environments, you’ll help customers realise the full value of their Azure investments.
Responsibilities
- Build strong relationships with customer IT teams and represent their needs internally.
- Support architecture discussions and help design secure, scalable Azure solutions using CAF/WAF guidance.
- Contribute to technical delivery and assist with preparing success and consumption plans.
- Help drive migration and modernization activities across infrastructure, data, SAP, and AI workloads.
- Improve customer environments for performance, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
- Re‑use and contribute to repeatable IP to support consistent, high‑quality delivery.Identify technical blockers early and work with specialists to remove them.
- Surface follow‑on opportunities that align with customer goals and Enterprise Support priorities
- .Maintain solid technical capability across Azure SQL/PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, AVS, SAP, Windows/Linux, and Defender for Cloud.
- Share learnings, encourage best practices, and engage in technical communities to support customer outcomes.
Qualifications
Required
- Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience designing cloud landing zones and migrating production workloads.
- Solid technical grounding across compute, networking, identity, governance, security, monitoring, and compliance.
- Proven experience leading cloud delivery, resolving blockers, and working closely with customer IT teams.
- Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (AKS or equivalent), managed databases, and cloud security.
- Understanding of CAF/WAF or equivalent cloud architecture best‑practice frameworks.
- Fluent in English (Dutch helpful but not essential).
Preferred
- Experience in customer‑facing or enterprise delivery roles.
- Background working with large/complex enterprise environments.
- Cloud certifications (Azure/AWS/GCP).
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.