Sr Solution Engineer, Cloud & AI Infrastructure - CTJ - Top Secret

Microsoft•11h ago

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Overview Are you curious, enthusiastic about infrastructure
ready to solve complex challenges in the Frontier AI era? Join us as a Sr Solution Engineer, Cloud & AI Infrastructure for commercial customers at Microsoft. In this technical sales role, you will help customers design secure, scalable, resilient
sovereign cloud architectures that support their Frontier transformation and modernization goals and guide organizations through modernization, migration
transformation — translating technical capabilities into significant business outcomes. You will collaborate across teams to deliver impactful solutions that enhance agility, reduce costs
unlock value through AI-powered infrastructure . As a Sr Solution Engineer, Cloud & AI Infrastructure, you will play a key role in helping customers modernize their Platform Estate, including hardware, software, applications, databases, security and networking with the full value of Microsoft’s cloud. You will work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design secure, scalable, resilient, compliant
sovereign architectures that support business-critical applications and Frontier AI transformation. As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers and win their technical decisions on Azure solutions and deployment. You bring deep expertise in migrating core workloads—including Windows, Linux
Oracle—to Azure. Beyond migration, you lead customers through modernization using the 6R strategy, containerization best practices
Azure-native services like AKS
exploring how Agentic AI and Tooling (e.g., Azure Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Agentic Assessment) can accelerate Frontier transformation. You complement this with strong networking knowledge to design hybrid and cloud-native solutions, including virtual networks, VPNs, secure routing architectures and trusted partner solutions to ensure secure, optimized
scalable solutions. As you join the team, you will have the opportunity to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills
become adept at solution design and deployment. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their existing platforms to realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities. Responsibilities Lead Platform Estate modernization & Sovereign Cloud customer engagements. Drive technical workshop using live technical demos, co-create with customers whiteboarding & architecture, rapid prototyping, hands-on proofs of concept & pilots to resolve technical blockers. Prove technical solutions, co-create or re-use existing architecture to influence solution design and enable customer commitment for deployments. Maintain deep expertise in cloud migration (Windows, Linux, app workloads), resiliency, security
compliance. Know main market enterprise apps: SAP, Oracle and VMware. Qualifications Required Qualifications: Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology
related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology
related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements: Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport
other approved documents
verified US government Clearance Preferred Qualifications: Proven experience in cloud infrastructure, including migration of workloads such as Windows, Linux, VM. Experience designing or selling solutions involving hybrid networking, secure connectivity
network performance optimization in enterprise environments. Hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot (GHCP), Agentic tooling, Windows Server, Linux, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps
Defender for Cloud. Strong understanding of Azure services, including networking, security, compliance
hybrid cloud scenarios. Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., prototyping, pilot, PoCs) that drive production-scale outcomes. 6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting
related experience 4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid
on premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle
ISVs like NetApp, VMware
RedHat. Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA
Public Sector compliance standards. Solution Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area
the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation
any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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