Microsoft

Solution Architect - Apps & AI

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7 days ago
Thailand (city not specified)Senior

Responsibilities

  • Engage customer executives and technical stakeholders to define outcome-based Apps and AI transformation solutions.
  • Create architecture visions, value propositions, modernization strategies, target architectures, transition roadmaps, decisions, and risk plans.
  • Architect enterprise application modernization using cloud-native, API, microservices, container, serverless, integration, event-driven, and platform engineering patterns.
  • Design Generative AI and Agentic AI applications incorporating RAG, enterprise knowledge, tools, grounding, orchestration, memory, workflows, and evaluation.
  • Lead technical discovery, architecture workshops, demonstrations, proofs of concept, estimation, and solution proposals with sales, engineering, delivery, consulting, and partner teams.
  • Establish architecture principles, standards, quality gates, and governance across design, development, testing, deployment, production, and optimization.
  • Embed security, identity, privacy, Responsible AI, observability, resilience, compliance, and operational controls into architectures.
  • Guide consultants, engineers, and partners through delivery while managing technical dependencies, risks, and complex design challenges.
  • Develop reusable reference architectures, modernization patterns, agent skills, architecture decision records, and solution accelerators.
  • Mentor architects and technical professionals and communicate architecture and business value to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field and 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience shaping and architecting enterprise application modernization, cloud-native, Generative AI, Agentic AI, or digital transformation solutions.
  • Experience with modern application architecture patterns including APIs, microservices, containers, serverless, integration, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native development.
  • Experience designing AI-powered or Agentic AI solutions involving RAG, grounding, tool or function calling, reusable skills, workflows, orchestration, memory, and evaluation.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, API Management, GitHub, and related technologies.
  • Understanding of Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, observability, and secure software development.
  • Experience translating business requirements into architecture strategies, roadmaps, solution designs, delivery approaches, estimates, risks, and measurable success criteria.
  • Experience taking solutions from envisioning and proof of concept through secure, scalable production deployment and adoption.
  • Understanding of application and AI security, identity, privacy, Responsible AI, resilience, observability, compliance, performance, and cost optimization.
  • Strong executive communication, customer consulting, solution-shaping, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management abilities.
  • Ability to independently lead complex architecture workstreams and influence decisions across business, sales, engineering, delivery, and partner teams.
  • Preferred qualifications include 12+ years of relevant experience, deep Azure and AI architecture expertise, end-to-end technical presales leadership, complex modernization program experience, enterprise-scale AI application experience, and experience with GitHub Copilot and AI-native engineering.
  • Relevant Azure, architecture, delivery, DevOps, security, TOGAF, Agile, Scrum, PMP, or Change Management certifications are advantageous.
  • Ability to mentor architects and engineers, lead technical communities, and contribute thought leadership across Apps and AI.

Benefits

  • Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and provides consideration without regard to legally protected characteristics.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available during the application process.
  • The position is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.

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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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