Cloud Solution Architecture at Microsoft

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

26 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Cloud Solution Architecture, Application Development, Microservices, Azure DevOps, Application Security, Azure App Service, Azure API Management, Azure Cosmos DB, Agile, DevOps, Technical Leadership, Object-Oriented Programming, Modern .NET Technologies, Customer Relationship Management, Problem Solving, Value Selling

Industry

Software Development

Description

Apply broad technical knowledge across various architecture solutions to meet requirements and resolve identified constraints. Develop and expand existing impactful relationships with stakeholders. Participate in external architect community events and share learnings with the internal team. The ideal candidate will have experience in customer-facing roles and success in leading in-depth technical Application development architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Architects, IT Management, and Developers to drive value to our customers and is open to travel to customer site as needed by business. Understanding Customer/Partner Technical Environment (Insights about Customer/Partner and Industry): Gather customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and map architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Adapt business models, plans, and solutions to insights. Understanding Customer/Partner Technical Environment (Internal Advocacy): Act as the voice of the customer (VOC)/partner by driving new feedback, gaps, blockers, insights, resources, etc. across communities to track, add, and prioritize, using established channels (e.g., UAT/TFT). Architecture Design and Deployment (Architecture Proposals): Receive and synthesize data about customer/partner business and technical requirements, address them with technical architecture(s), demonstrate and prove those solutions capability and business value through design collaboration sessions with the customer/partner. Architecture Design and Deployment (Requirements and Constraints): Apply broad technical knowledge across various architecture solutions to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified technical constraints. Azure DevOps & Secure DevOps: Application Security Principles and Practices Azure App Service Azure API Management Azure Front Door Azure App Dev using broader range of Azure PAAS Services Azure Application Security Azure Application Insights Azure Redis cache Azure Cosmos DB & Azure SQL Azure Key Vault Azure Service Bus Azure EventHub Azure Traffic Manager Azure Front Door Azure Monitor Azure Application Insights GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Advanced Security Developing Cross-Platform Web Apps with ASP.NET Core Rest APIs Building Cloud-native Applications using Microservices Architecture Experience in Azure AI on following topics is a plus Azure AI Foundry , MLOps, Semantic. Kernel , langchain, GraphRag, RAG, CLU, custom speech service , MCP, A2A , custom copilot , Agentic application , Autogen , SQLRAG, cosmos optimization , Fabric, Data model , Machine Learning, Agentic AI (Agent Service) Application Development, Architecture Design and Deployment (Resolving Blockers): Identify, escalate, and work to resolve technical blockers (e.g., changing configurations, sample coding) to accelerate architecture implementations and routes non-technical issues for removal by the appropriate party. Trusted Advisor (Challenger Mindset): Respectfully challenge customers/partners when going in the wrong direction and escalate appropriately. Customer Usage: Lead architecture design, resiliency reviews, and technical optimization that result in production deployment application and increase customer business value. Drive efforts to ensure that the customer's environment and applications are well-architected. Customer Satisfaction - Deliver positive Customer Satisfaction and become trusted advisors to customers by leveraging solution area expertise to enable defined Customer Success Plan outcomes. Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years technical leadership experience in relevant area of business OR equivalent experience. 8+ years of experience in object-oriented programming skills, cloud application architecture and microservices development for public clouds. 5+ years of experience in capturing application requirements, design review meetings, development, designing and deploying software using automated processes and troubleshooting and resolving software defects over Pure Cloud and/or Hybrid environments. 5+ years of experience working with Agile/Scrum, CI/CD or DevOps models involving multiple disciplines of coding, testing and deployment Experience in application development leveraging the GitHub ecosystem Solution Architecture (e.g., SOA, enterprise architecture). Experience with Modern .NET technologies (e.g., .NET 8/9, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and Dapr). Language: Advanced written, spoken English level with direct customer facing experience. The Azure Cloud Solution Architect role requires knowledge and experience in several the following technologies/areas: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, Containers and Orchestrators & Microservices Azure Infrastructure Fundamentals (Compute, Storage, Migration, Security) Azure Networking Technical Delivery and Customer facing presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences. Must have the ability to take on internal initiatives to create services opportunities, and work in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple demands, addressing shifting priorities, and maintaining focus. Analytical Problem Solving Building Customer/Partner Relationships Value Selling

Responsibilities

The role involves applying technical knowledge across various architecture solutions to meet requirements and resolve constraints while developing relationships with stakeholders. The candidate will also participate in community events and act as the voice of the customer to drive feedback and insights.