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Senior Cloud Solution Architect AI Business Solutions

Microsoft
$106,400.00 - $203,600.00 / yr
United States, Texas, Irving
7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map)
Mar 12, 2026
Overview Join Microsoft's US Public Sector Industries Defense Industrial Base (DIB) team-where mission meets innovation. The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Operating Unit (OU) partners with regulated defense industry customers to modernize, secure, and scale their digital environments using Microsoft Cloud and AI. Our customers operate in complex, highsecurity environments and support critical national missions across manufacturing, aviation, cybersecurity, and advanced technology domains. The DIB OU manages strategic and major DIB accounts across Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Americas while enabling growth across the broader organization. We build trusted relationships, modernize legacy systems, and help customers adopt secure, resilient, and scalable cloud solutions with confidence. We are seeking a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) with experience in AI Business Solutions and Microsoft technologies to serve as a trusted technical advisor. This role owns the technical relationship with customers and partners, translates complex business and technical requirements into secure cloud architectures, removes adoption blockers, and accelerates value realization through effective delivery and orchestration. As a CSA, you act as the voice of the customer and partner, leveraging insights and feedback to shape solutions, guide adoption, and scale impact across accounts. You collaborate across Microsoft teams and partners, contribute to virtual teams, and operate with strong operational discipline to drive customer success, usage, and consumption growth. By applying to this position, you may be considered for multiple, similar career stages within the organization. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We operate with a growth mindset, lead with integrity, and foster an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. Responsibilities Business Impact Deliver solutions aligned with Microsoft methodologies and proven practices, including valuebased deliverables (VBDs), technical guidance, and architectural validation to prepare customers for operational readiness and longterm success. Guide customers toward wellarchitected, secure, resilient, AIenabled, and costoptimized solutions that support business outcomes, retention, and expansion. Identify and execute opportunities for consumption, usage, and Unified expansion based on customer value and Microsoft platform capabilities. Proactively manage and mitigate technical and business risks by applying governance principles, industry knowledge, and operational excellence standards. Capture and progress opportunities using appropriate systems and tools, aligning execution to Microsoft's Customer Engagement Model and business priorities. Customer Centricity Act as the voice of the customer and partner, sharing insights, feedback, and success patterns with internal teams to inform solution improvements and roadmap discussions. Translate customer and partner challenges into Microsoftaligned solutions, clearly articulating business value and return on investment through proofs of concept, MVPs, or rapid prototypes. Build strong relationships with technical and business decision makers, including CIO, CISO, and other executive stakeholders, bridging security, compliance, operational, and risk considerations. Define and measure customer conditions of success, anticipate adoption challenges, and execute strategies that improve customer experience and accelerate transformation. Partner Engagement Identify and prioritize opportunities that align with revenue and customer outcomes, coselling and codelivering solutions with partners. Collaborate with Global Partner Solutions (GPS) stakeholders to translate market opportunities into actionable partnerled solutions. Guide partners in developing repeatable offerings, practices, and solutions, supporting early customer implementations and scalable delivery models. Technical Leadership Role model technical readiness across priority solution areas and corporate initiatives, including security, resiliency, and AI. Mentor peers and contribute to team readiness by sharing best practices, architectural guidance, and technical insights. Identify delivery gaps and patterns that inform improvements to products, intellectual property (IP), frameworks, and methodologies, enabling solutions to scale. Contribute to virtual teams, internal communities, and external engagements by sharing technical thought leadership, architecture insights, and lessons learned. Participate in industry and technical community activities that elevate Microsoft's brand and strengthen internal capability. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or a related field AND 4+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting or support, systems administration, network operations, software development or support, technology solutions, architecture, or consulting OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States governments agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet these legal requirements, citizenshipwill be verified via a valid passport. Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under U.S. export control regulations, potentially under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency or other protected status under 8 U.S.C. * 1324b(a)(3) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information.To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport. Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Additional or Preferred Qualifications 4+ years of experience in a customerfacing role (internal and/or external). 4+ years of experience delivering or supporting technical projects. Cloud or security certifications (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud). Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.