Senior Cloud Solution Architect, Cloud and AI Platforms

The Americas Global Partner Solutions (GPS) team at Microsoft is seeking a Senior Cloud Solution Architect to drive cloud and AI platform adoption with strategic partners. This role focuses on building innovative technical solutions and helping partners develop their technical capabilities.

As a Senior Cloud Solution Architect, you will:

• Provide deep architectural guidance to partners building AI-powered solutions
• Accelerate Azure adoption and modern DevOps practices implementation
• Help teams implement robust software development patterns using generative AI
• Lead technical workshops, bootcamps, and training sessions
• Conduct architectural design sessions and proof of concepts
• Enable partners' technical pre-sales capabilities
• Collaborate with Microsoft Engineering teams to share best practices
• Support partners in developing high-quality cloud solutions

The role offers the opportunity to work with Microsoft's most significant partners, validating their technology architecture and helping them overcome technical challenges to drive cloud adoption. You'll play a key role in enabling partners to build innovative solutions that help companies empower employees, engage customers, optimize operations, and transform products.

The position offers competitive compensation ($106,400 - $203,600 base salary, higher in SF/NYC) and comprehensive benefits including healthcare, educational resources, savings plans, parental leave, and more. This is a remote-friendly role with 0-25% travel required.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise in cloud platforms, software development, and AI technologies, combined with excellent communication and consulting skills to effectively engage with partner executives and technical teams.

Join Microsoft's mission to empower global innovation through our partner ecosystem while working in an inclusive culture built on respect, integrity, and accountability.