1 day ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$106k - $223k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Azure Networking reference architectures, migration frameworks, design patterns, best practices, workshops, white papers, training, and reusable customer-facing assets.
- Create guidance for migrating network architectures and workloads from on-premises environments and other cloud providers to Azure.
- Educate internal teams, partners, and customers on Azure Networking capabilities, security, resiliency, performance, governance, and operational best practices.
- Represent customer and partner requirements to Azure Networking engineering teams and influence product roadmaps and platform investments.
- Identify customer blockers, synthesize implementation feedback and market insights, and partner with engineering teams to drive resolution.
- Provide architectural guidance for networking modernization, hybrid cloud, data center migration, and multi-cloud connectivity initiatives.
- Support consulting, delivery, and migration teams in designing and implementing Azure Networking solutions.
- Develop repeatable migration methodologies and deployment patterns that improve implementation consistency and customer outcomes.
- Lead technical enablement through workshops, OpenHacks, LevelUps, conferences, and community engagements.
- Serve as an Azure Networking technical evangelist and trusted advisor across Microsoft, customer, partner, and community ecosystems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in relevant cloud, infrastructure, IT, systems administration, network operations, software development, architecture, or consulting work, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying core Azure Networking services, including Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Azure Firewall, Azure Virtual WAN, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Front Door, and DNS.
- 3+ years leading network modernization, data center migration, and hybrid or multi-cloud connectivity initiatives.
- 4+ years of experience in a customer-facing role.
- Experience liaising among customers, partners, field teams, and product engineering groups to influence product roadmaps and advocate for platform enhancements.
- Technical certification in cloud or security, such as Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, or security certifications.
- Preferred: bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Benefits
- The position is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; additional information is provided through Microsoft’s benefits and pay information page.
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.