1 month ago
Base Salary
$102k - $208k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead cloud architecture and DevSecOps transformation initiatives for Microsoft Federal customers.
- Define enterprise architecture roadmaps and design secure, scalable Azure landing zones, platform services, and application hosting environments.
- Establish DevSecOps reference architectures, engineering standards, governance models, and Infrastructure as Code solutions.
- Lead the design and implementation of Kubernetes platforms, containerized applications, and platform engineering capabilities.
- Integrate security, compliance, identity, and governance controls into cloud and software delivery architectures.
- Gather and document customer requirements, constraints, risks, architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and solution approaches.
- Serve as the primary technical advisor to customer leadership and engineering teams and lead architecture reviews and modernization planning.
- Collaborate with Microsoft teams, partners, project managers, account teams, and customer organizations to deliver mission-focused solutions.
- Mentor consultants, engineers, and technical teams while promoting engineering best practices.
- Support proposals, technical solutioning, practice development, and strategic growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience, or bachelor's degree in a related field and 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI security clearance and ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government screening requirements.
- U.S. citizenship verification is required for this federal government customer work.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale Azure solutions and cloud-native or hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, Terraform, ARM Templates, or similar tools.
- Hands-on experience designing CI/CD and DevSecOps solutions using Azure DevOps, GitHub, and modern automation platforms.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service, container platforms, and platform engineering.
- Working knowledge of Zero Trust architecture, cloud security principles, and compliance frameworks.
- Strong consulting, communication, leadership, architecture governance, and executive stakeholder engagement skills.
- Preferred qualifications include a master's degree with 6+ years or bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, 4+ years of technical sales, 4+ years of project management, and a technical or professional domain certification.
- Preferred experience includes 8+ years in cloud architecture, DevSecOps, software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related disciplines, plus experience with government security and compliance frameworks.
Benefits
- Typical U.S. base pay is $101,800-$193,800 per year; specific San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area ranges are $126,100-$207,600 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 posting open for at least five days.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Microsoft
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.