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Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Infrastructure

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2 days ago
Oslo, NorwayStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Build trusted relationships with customer IT and technical decision makers, understand modernization priorities, remove blockers, and represent customer needs to Microsoft engineering and product teams.
  • Lead architecture design sessions for secure, scalable, resilient modernization solutions across applications, databases, and infrastructure using CAF, WAF, landing zones, and resiliency guidance.
  • Partner with Customer Success Account Managers and account teams to ensure consumption plans, customer success plans, and committed milestones are technically sound.
  • Drive application, database, infrastructure, SAP, hybrid, and agents modernization initiatives through proof-of-concept, pilot, and production milestones.
  • Improve workload health, resiliency, sovereignty, security, capacity, and performance for production-scale AI and long-term Azure growth.
  • Use agents, repeatable IP, templates, and frameworks to scale modernization outcomes and contribute to knowledge reuse and IP development.
  • Identify and resolve technical blockers, oversee delivery risks, and support go-live across modernization engagements.
  • Identify next-best workload opportunities and partner with account teams to generate incremental pipeline.
  • Maintain technical expertise and certifications across Azure modernization, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, Azure Container Apps, hybrid infrastructure, Defender for Cloud, GitHub Copilot, Azure Copilot, and modernization agents.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in application modernization, database modernization, security, resiliency, AI-ready platform technologies, IT consulting or support, systems administration, network operations, software development or support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting.
  • Fluency in Norwegian and English.
  • Preferred: experience designing and implementing Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and modernization solutions, including application, database, and hybrid workload migration.
  • Preferred: relevant certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300), or equivalent cloud certifications.

Benefits

  • The typical base pay range is kr 798,000.00–kr 1,470,000.00 per year in Norway.
  • 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 a minimum of 5 days.

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Solutions Engineering
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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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