Senior Cloud & AI Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect- CTJ Poly
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Reston, VA - USA
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Job Summary
Join Microsoft Federalwhere mission trust and cutting-edge innovation converge.
Microsoft Federal partners with U.S. government agencies and mission owners across defense intelligence and civilian sectors to deliver secure resilient and intelligent solutions that advance national priorities. We are seeking a Cloud & AI Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to help customers modernize infrastructure enable AI-ready platforms and operate securely in highly regulated federal environments.
In this role you will act as a trusted technical advisor leading the design and deployment of secure scalable and compliant cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions. You will work closely with customers sales teams partners and engineering to accelerate cloud adoption enable AI at scale and drive measurable mission outcomes.
As a Cloud & AI Infrastructure CSA you will:
Lead architecture and delivery of Azure hybrid and multicloud infrastructure solutions in federal environments
Establish secure resilient cloud foundations that support AI analytics and mission-critical workloads
Drive consumption usage and customer success across Azure infrastructure and AI-enabled services
Ensure architectures align with federal security compliance and sovereignty requirements
You will deliver deep technical expertise across infrastructure platform engineering security and operational excellence while helping customers transform legacy environments into modern AI-ready platforms.
Responsibilities
Business Impact
Deliver solutions aligned with Microsoft methodologies and operational excellence standards including accurate pipeline management documentation and time tracking
Identify escalate and help mitigate technical and business risks that could impede solution delivery or value realization
Contribute to identifying and accelerating blockers to cloud adoption consumption and usage using approved tools and processes
Identify opportunities for Azure infrastructure hybrid security and AI consumption growth aligned to customer mission outcomes and Microsoft value propositions
Actively engage customers to challenge assumptions propose alternative architectures and recommend optimized solutions that improve security resiliency cost and performance
Solution Delivery & Technical Execution
Design and guide implementation of:
Azure Landing Zones hybrid and multicloud architectures
Secure infrastructure platforms supporting AI/ML data and mission workloads
Governance identity networking resiliency and operational controls aligned with federal requirements
Ensure solutions follow well-architected secure-by-design and compliance-ready patterns that enable long-term operational success
Support value-based deliverables such as architecture design sessions proofs of concept and technical validation engagements
Contribute feedback to internal delivery and engineering teams to improve offerings patterns and reusable assets
Customer Centricity
Learn customer missions technical constraints and conditions for success in federal environments
Translate customer challenges into Azure infrastructure and AI-enabled solutions aligned to Microsofts Cloud & AI platform strategy
Build trusted relationships with technical and business decision-makers helping bridge infrastructure security compliance and mission requirements
Act as the voice of the customer providing feedback and insights to Microsoft engineering product and internal communities
Partner Collaboration
Collaborate with Microsoft partners to enable joint solutions technical readiness and successful customer implementations
Support partners in removing technical blockers and accelerating delivery and consumption
Provide technical enablement and guidance to align partner offerings with Microsoft Federal infrastructure and AI priorities
Technical Leadership & Readiness
Maintain deep technical depth across Azure infrastructure hybrid cloud security and AI-enabling platforms with breadth across CSU initiatives such as security resiliency and AI
Mentor peers and contribute to virtual teams communities of practice and internal readiness initiatives
Contribute to intellectual property reusable architectures and patterns that scale across federal customers
Represent Microsoft through internal and external technical engagements sharing best practices and lessons learned where appropriate
Qualifications
- The successful candidate must have anactiveU.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with accessto Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation(SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government 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 securityclearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provideclearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloudbackground 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 or other approved documents or verified US government Clearance
Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106400 - $203600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137600 - $222600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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 or 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.
Required Experience:
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