Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
Pinkenba, Queensland, Australia -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure, Customer Focus, Risk Management, Technical Project Leadership, Azure Data Services, Data Governance, Advanced Analytics, AI Integration, ETL/ELT Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, Performance Tuning, Cost Optimization, Banking Experience, Communication Skills

Industry

Software Development

Description
Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies, ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed. Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record. We're looking for a technically strong, customer-focused Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect to join our team. This role is ideal for someone with deep experience in financial services—particularly banking, superannuation, and insurance—and a passion for designing resilient, secure, and scalable cloud solutions. Business Knowledge: Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record (e.g., pipeline updates, time tracking). Proactively anticipates and manages business and technical risks, adapts methodology and applies governance principles to identify, communicate, and minimize business and technical risks. Continuously prioritizes among competing demands in their work and identifies where impact occurs with customers, ensuring alignment with business priorities and goals. Customer Centricity: Drives self and guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Drives the realization of customer/partner conditions of success by leveraging an understanding of customer goals. Anticipates, addresses, and leads customer confidence calls to resolve customer/partner dissatisfaction and unmet needs, and creates and executes strategies to improve customer experience, value realization, and acceleration of transformation Design and implement cloud architectures that are secure, resilient, and optimised for performance and cost. Apply reference architectures and patterns across a range of solutions including advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, big data, IoT, modern applications, and data platform modernisation. Stay ahead of industry trends, bringing insights into hardware, software, and services that shape the future of infrastructure and cloud transformation. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 7+ 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. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ 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, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience. 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). 6+ years experience leading technical projects. Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications). Azure Data Services: Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, Azure Databricks, Azure Cosmos DB Data Governance & Security: Azure Purview, role-based access control, encryption, and compliance frameworks Advanced Analytics & AI Integration: Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services, and integration with Power BI ETL/ELT Pipelines: Development and optimisation using ADF, Spark, and SQL Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Bicep, Terraform, and ARM templates for data platform provisioning DevOps for Data: CI/CD pipelines for data workloads using Azure DevOps and GitHub Performance Tuning & Cost Optimisation: Rightsizing, workload management, and hybrid benefit strategies Certifications: DP-600 (Fabric Analytics Engineer), DP-700 (Fabric Data Engineer), DP-300 (Azure Database Administrator), AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert) recommended Proven experience in banking, superannuation, or insurance environments Ability to engage with technical and business stakeholders, including CIOs and CISOs Strong communication and collaboration skills A growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning Passion for mentoring and contributing to technical communities
Responsibilities
Design and implement secure, resilient, and optimized cloud architectures. Drive customer experience and satisfaction while managing business and technical risks.
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