Are you curious, enthusiastic about infrastructure, and ready to solve complex challenges in the AI era? Join us as a Sr. Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Infrastructure focused on the Azure Platform for commercial customers at Microsoft.In this technical sales role, you will help customers design secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures that support their modernization goals in era of AI. Using Azure’s IaaS and PaaS services, you will guide organizations through migration, modernization, optimization, and innovation—translating technical capabilities into significant business outcomes. You will also collaborate across teams to deliver impactful solutions that enhance agility, reduce costs, and unlock value through AI-powered infrastructure.As a Sr. Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Infrastructure, you will play a key role in helping customers modernize their infrastructure and unlock the full value of Microsoft’s cloud. You will work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support AI workloads and business-critical applications. You will bring deep expertise in migrating core workloads—including Windows, SQL Server, Linux, PostgreSQL, and Oracle—to Azure.Beyond migration, you'll lead customers through modernization using the 6R strategy, containerization best practices, and Azure-native services like AKS and Arc, while exploring how AI and intelligent agents can accelerate legacy transformation. You will also apply strong networking knowledge to design hybrid and cloud-native solutions, including virtual networks, VPNs, and secure routing architectures that meet enterprise performance and compliance needs. You complement this with trusted partner solutions like NetApp, VMware, RedHat, and SAP to ensure a secure, optimized, and scalable migration experience.As you join the team, You will have the opportunity to grow your technical expertise with access to a wide range of Microsoft learning resources—including support for earning industry-recognized certifications across Azure infrastructure, security, and AI. With a solid understanding of Azure security services and compliance frameworks, you will help customers meet regulatory requirements and build Cloud environments that are ready for the future.

Drive technical sales by using technical demos, proofs of concept, and technical architecture accelerators to influence solution design and enable deployments.Lead architecture sessions and technical workshops to accelerate Azure adoption.Build trusted relationships with platforms leads to co-design secure, scalable solutions.Resolve technical blockers by collaborating with engineering and sharing customer insights.Maintain expertise in cloud migration (Windows, SQL, Linux, PostgreSQL, app workloads), resiliency, security, and compliance.Deepen knowledge of enterprise apps (SAP, Oracle) and Azure VMware Solution (AVS).Represent Microsoft in customer forums and technical communities through thought leadership.Be the Voice of Customer to share insights and best practices, connect with the Engineering team to remove key blockers and drive product improvements. Identify and Support the creation of new pipeline within customer engagements in collaboration with the Specialist.Embody our culture and values

Required/Minimum Qualifications
6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experienceOR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experienceOR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experienceAdditional or Preferred Qualifications:Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, and ISVs like NetApp, VMware, and RedHat.Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and Public Sector compliance standards.Proven experience in cloud infrastructure, including migration of workloads such as Windows, SQL, Linux, and PostgreSQLExperience designing or selling solutions involving hybrid networking, secure connectivity, or network performance optimization in enterprise environments.Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), App Platform, and containerization strategies. Strong understanding of Azure services, including security, compliance, and hybrid cloud scenarios.Ability to engage technical and business stakeholders to design and deploy scalable, secure cloud solutions.Excellent Communicator: Demonstrates executive presence, presentation skills, deep technical product demo abilities, written and verbal communication skills. Collaborative: Works cohesively with customers, the Microsoft account team, and Microsoft partners. Helps others succeed by identifying and promoting innovative solutions and strategies.Relationship Building: Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior executives. Experience in managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solution/projects. The ability to influence and build relationships across technical and business teams.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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