About the role – Solution Architect, Technology Innovation

 As part of the Industry Solutions Delivery WW CTO team, specializing in Azure Cloud and AI, you will be at the forefront of developing and implementing digital solutions that derive transformational business outcomes for our customers. Based in the EMEA time zone, you will leverage your experience and leadership to support field Architects and Consultants to deliver high-quality, strategic solutions, leveraging leading edge delivery approaches.

 You will join Microsoft’s most senior solution architects, responsible for developing technology strategy, setting standards, and implementing practices that ensure the best outcomes for our customers. In particular you will be developing novel solutions using new technologies in order to scale new capabilities. The team is focused on technology areas like Azure Open-Source Software Development and Devops. You will bring both broad and deep technology knowledge, business acumen and the ability to provide strategic technical direction and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

You will be one of Microsoft’s most senior solution architects, responsible for developing technology strategy, setting standards and implementing practices that ensure the best outcomes for our customers.  The team is focused on technology areas like Azure Open-Source Software Development and Devops. This role requires both broad and deep technology knowledge, business acumen and the ability to provide strategic technical direction and technical leadership.  Major areas of responsibility include:

• Complex Deal Presales & Delivery Support
• Technical Standards & Quality Enablement
• Methodology Enablement & Tools, including standard workload estimation
• IP/Offerings Development & Management
• Readiness Planning, Development & Delivery
• Architect maturity increase in mega projects, transformational in nature
• Alignment with the product groups

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND experience in technology solutions, architecture, and/or consulting in application development, including e.g., Azure, Devops, or AI
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND experience in technology solutions, architecture, and/or consulting in application development, including e.g., Azure, Devops, or AI
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience engaging in pre-sales with customers at senior levels and comfortable providing technology and business consulting as well as architectural guidance
• Strong track record of performing in a highly matrixed organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Technology leadership experience consulting with complex customers in applications development in an agile Devops environment at scale or spanning multiple feature teams
• Consulting leadership experience with complex customers in an agile Devops environment at scale
• Experience engaging with customers at senior levels and comfortable providing technology and business consulting as well as architectural guidance
• Strong knowledge, experience and application of core architectural methodologies and frameworks for large-scale software applications
• Evidenced experience of architecting, building, and deploying software applications in the cloud that are scalable, repeatable, secure, and maintainable
• Ability to manage stakeholders, strong communication skills, comfortable working with ambiguity and solid technical leadership to set the direction
• Scrum or Agile certification
• Product Management and broad Service design