Microsoft
Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Infrastructure
$86K–$223K
United States · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- Required: 2+ years in listed cloud/infrastructure, IT, or related technology fields, or equivalent experience. Preferred alternatives: Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years; Master's Degree and 6+ years; or equivalent experience. Also preferred: 4+ years customer-facing and 4+ years on technical projects.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience. Preferred alternatives include a Master's Degree in the listed fields or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not eligible for visa sponsorship; candidates must have U.S. work authorization that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.
About the job
Helps customers migrate, modernize, secure, and optimize workloads on Azure, designing resilient infrastructure that supports production-scale AI solutions.
What you'll do
- Lead architectural design sessions and deliver secure, scalable infrastructure solutions using CAF and WAF.
- Drive migration and modernization across infrastructure, data, SAP, and AI workloads; resolve technical blockers and support go-live.
- Partner with customer, technical, and sales teams to deliver customer outcomes and reusable solutions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 2+ years experience in listed cloud, IT, or technology fields OR equivalent experience.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer visa sponsorship.
Nice to have
- 4+ years experience in a customer-facing role and 4+ years experience working on technical projects.
- Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
Pay
USD $86,100 - $169,800 per year (base salary); USD $113,300 - $187,400 per year (base salary); USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year (base salary); USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year (base salary)
Tools
Microsoft Azure, Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), Well-Architected Framework (WAF), Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, Defender for Cloud
AI focus
Enables production-ready, production-scale AI use cases by preparing and optimizing Azure infrastructure, applications, and data.
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