Cloud Solution Architect - Azure Infrastructure
Azure Infrastructure Strategy and Intellectual Property Development Contribute to and maintain Azure Infrastructure intellectual property (IP), including reference architectures, migration frameworks, implementation guidance, design patterns, best practices, workshops, white papers, technical training, and reusable customer-facing assets. Create and curate guidance for customers migrating infrastructure, workloads, and virtualized environments from on-premises environments and other cloud providers to Azure. Educate internal teams, partners, and customers on Azure Infrastructure capabilities, design principles, operational best practices, security, resiliency, performance, and governance. Identify recurring customer challenges and industry trends and translate them into scalable guidance and enablement content that accelerates customer success. Leverage AI-powered tools and automation to improve content development, architectural analysis, knowledge dissemination, and field enablement. Contribute to the collection and synthesis of customer feedback, implementation experiences, and market insights to inform Azure Infrastructure product roadmaps. Support internal consulting, delivery, and migration execution teams in the design and implementation of Azure Infrastructure solutions. Provide architectural guidance for infrastructure modernization efforts, hybrid cloud deployments, data center migrations, and multi-cloud infrastructure scenarios. Assist partners and field teams in overcoming technical barriers during large-scale migration and transformation engagements. Contribute to repeatable migration methodologies, reference architectures, and deployment patterns that improve implementation consistency and customer outcomes. Curate and deliver technical enablement through workshops, OpenHacks, LevelUps, conferences, and community engagements. Maintain deep expertise in Azure Infrastructure technologies, emerging cloud trends, competitive offerings, and industry best practices. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience. 2+ years' experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). 2+ years experience working on technical projects. 2+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying core Azure Infrastructure services (e.g., Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Azure Storage, Managed Disks, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Migrate, Availability Zones, Azure Arc, and Azure VMware Solution), with a strong command of high availability, resiliency, business continuity, and performance optimization. 2+ years supporting infrastructure modernization, data center migration, and hybrid or multi-cloud initiatives, including migrating workloads and virtualized environments from on-premises environments or other cloud providers to Azure. Comfort operating in a developer-centric environment — working with modern developer tools and environments (e.g., IDEs, CLIs, source control) and contributing to a code-based IP portfolio — even if not in a full-time developer role. Experience with AI-assisted / agentic developer tooling such as GitHub Copilot. Experience acting as a liaison between customers, partners, field teams, and product engineering groups — synthesizing customer feedback and market insights to inform product roadmaps and advocating for platform enhancements. Technical Certification(s) in Cloud with a preference for Azure Infrastructure and Architecture certifications.