Microsoft

Cloud Solution Architect - POD Lead

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3 days ago
Auckland, New ZealandStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Provide architectural guidance, best-practice validation, and delivery assurance across Microsoft solution areas.
  • Conduct delivery audits and lead key customer engagements to establish technical and quality standards.
  • Manage POD business cadences, dashboards, reviews, utilization, compliance, CSAT, KPIs, and delivery lifecycle governance.
  • Oversee workload planning and capacity management with Resource Coordinators and Service Delivery Managers.
  • Mentor and enable vendor Cloud Solution Architects and represent the POD in regional stakeholder forums.
  • Identify delivery risks, implement corrective actions, and contribute to pilots, automation, delivery frameworks, and intellectual property improvements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience, or a master's degree with 6+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 4 years of customer-facing experience and 4 years working on technical projects are preferred.
  • Technical certification in cloud, such as Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, or security certifications, is preferred.

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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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