Microsoft
Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Infrastructure
$86K–$223K
United States · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting; alternatives: relevant bachelor’s degree plus 2+ years, relevant master’s degree plus 1+ year, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 6+ years in technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or related experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field is an alternative to the experience requirement; equivalent experience also accepted.
- 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
Drives technical sales and helps commercial customers design, migrate, and modernize secure Azure cloud infrastructure for business-critical and AI workloads.
What you'll do
- Use demos, proofs of concept, and architecture accelerators to influence solution design and enable deployments; lead architecture sessions and workshops.
- Co-design secure, scalable solutions with customer stakeholders and resolve technical blockers in collaboration with engineering.
- Advise customers on cloud migration, modernization, resiliency, security, and compliance; represent Microsoft in customer forums and technical communities.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; OR a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years of such experience; OR a master’s degree in those fields AND 1+ year(s) of such experience; OR equivalent experience.
- Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer visa sponsorship.
Nice to have
- 6+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or related experience.
- Experience or knowledge in cloud infrastructure migration, enterprise platforms, compliance frameworks, hybrid networking, AKS, containerization, and Azure security and hybrid cloud.
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
Azure, Windows, SQL Server, Linux, PostgreSQL, Oracle, AKS, Arc
AI focus
Supports customer infrastructure and AI workloads, and explores how AI and intelligent agents can accelerate legacy transformation.
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