Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In SMC and Digital Sales, we have set out with the purpose of empowering our customers through the unique value of the Microsoft cloud by building a globally led, digital-first scale organization aligned with partners. Azure is the most comprehensive, innovative and flexible cloud platform today and Microsoft is seeking talented professionals that will drive customer cloud adoption within the most important companies in the market. As part of the EMEA Digital Sales center, you will support a dedicated set of customers in identifying and achieving their business objectives through best-in-class digital engagement and partner co-selling.
You will also have an opportunity to work cross-collaboratively while living our shared SMC and Digital Sales Culture priorities: Diversity and Inclusivity, Wellbeing, Sustainability, and Learning. And benefit from family friendly policies such as maternity and paternity leave and pay, up to 50% work from home opportunity, carer’s leave and health insurance. It’s an environment where we are always learning and are curious. We lean into uncertainty, take risks, and learn quickly from our mistakes. We build on each other’s ideas because we are better together. Together we make a difference.
As a Digital Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), you’ll be responsible for protecting and growing our most dynamic Azure customers. Embracing a challenger mindset, the successful Cloud Solution Architect leads, manages, and orchestrates their virtual teams and closes engagements with customers that produce transformative business outcomes.

REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience as a technical architect, technical consulting, design and implementation, and/or technical sales experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sales and negotiation experience, technical architect, technical consulting, design and implementation, technical sales experience, or related work experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following: designing architecture, networking, container services, data centre migrations or database administration, design and architect experience in data analytics, coding/development, cloud-based solution designs, migrations or management of technology.
• Relevant certifications from Microsoft of competitive platforms of similar product (e.g., AZ104 + AZ 303/304/ or 305, DP 203/204) OR equivalent certifications (AWS, GCP).
• Bachelor’s degree in business management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

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THE DIGITAL CLOUD SOLUTION ARCHITECT (CSA) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Business Relationship Owner: Build coalition of support (IT and business) with customer. Define specific technology outcomes that align to customer strategy.
• Digital Transformation and Operational Excellence: You will conduct analyses into what customers are using versus needs. Drives greater consumption (cloud and support) with customers based on analysis of both usage and needs. Leverages insights to provide guidance and recommendations to customers; drives, retains, and optimizes customer consumption
• Technical Advisor: You will apply technical knowledge and customer insights to create a modernization roadmap. Architect solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments, while orchestrating key resources and infusing key Infrastructure technologies
• Technical Design: You will run Architectural Design Session(s) to build plans for implementing solutions which align to customer business goals and technical environments.
• Value Creator: You will collaborate and orchestrate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders, including FastTrack, Solution Assessments, etc., in developing cloud solutions on Azure.
• Customer Obsessed: Be the Voice of the Customer; Share customer insights, best practices, and connect with internal teams to remove key blockers. Leverage social, digital, video, chat, phone and demonstration environments to effectively reach, sell to and manage Microsoft customers.