Microsoft

Sr Cloud Solution Architecture-CTJ-Top Secret/SCI

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Washington, DC, USA or Arlington, VA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$106k - $223k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic, customer-facing technical engagements and advise technical and executive stakeholders on cloud solutions.
  • Architect and guide Azure solutions across AI, data, applications, infrastructure, security, resilience, cost, and performance considerations.
  • Drive projects from strategy through implementation, operational readiness, adoption, and operationalization.
  • Coordinate multiple technical teams and workstreams while identifying, escalating, and mitigating delivery blockers and risks.
  • Support technical pre-sales, proof-of-concept development, partner enablement, customer implementations, and solution utilization growth.
  • Translate customer problems and complex technical concepts into business outcomes, return on investment, and executive-level messaging.
  • Share customer insights with engineering and product teams and contribute to reusable architectures, frameworks, intellectual property, and technical communities.
  • Mentor colleagues and support technical readiness, upskilling, and accreditation activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure technologies, IT consulting or support, systems administration, network operations, software development or support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting, or equivalent experience.
  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
  • Ability to satisfy Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • U.S. citizenship verification is required due to applicable citizenship-based legal restrictions.
  • Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, a master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include 4+ years in a customer-facing role and 4+ years working on technical projects.
  • Technical cloud certification, such as Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, or security certifications, is preferred.

Benefits

  • Typical U.S. base pay range is USD $106,400–$203,600 per year, with a separate San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area range of USD $137,600–$222,600 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the position open for at least 5 days.

Tech Stack

Categories

Solutions Engineering
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About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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