Overview
With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.
We are looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) specializing in Microsoft Modern Endpoint ith deep expertise in Microsoft Intune and the Endpoint stack including OnPremises technologies . This is a customer‑facing, architecture‑led role where you act as a trusted advisor, guiding customers through secure digital transformation and maximizing the value of their Microsoft investments. The Cloud Solution Architecture role involves gathering customer insights, mapping architecture, and proposing digital transformation solutions based on Microsoft technologies. The role requires coaching team members to focus on customer experience through efficient delivery, driving adherence to Microsoft standards and recommended practices, and providing a holistic perspective of customer challenges and competitor architectures. The role is within the CSA Global Delivery team. It is a centralized group consisting of both full-time employees (FTEs) and Partner CSAs dedicated to enhancing the customer's experience with Microsoft as they transition to hybrid/public cloud solutions. We achieve this by offering our customers value through adaptable and efficient delivery methods, all underpinned by standardized processes
The Cloud Solution Architecture role involves gathering customer insights, mapping architecture, and proposing digital transformation solutions based on Microsoft technologies. The role requires coaching team members to focus on customer experience through efficient delivery, driving adherence to Microsoft standards and recommended practices, and providing a holistic perspective of customer challenges and competitor architectures. The role is within the CSA Global Delivery team. It is a centralized group consisting of both full-time employees (FTEs) and Partner CSAs dedicated to enhancing the customer's experience with Microsoft as they transition to hybrid/public cloud solutions. We achieve this by offering our customers value through adaptable and efficient delivery methods, all underpinned by standardized processes.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
• Act as a trusted advisor, driving positive customer satisfaction and long‑term success outcomes. • Represent the Voice of the Customer, sharing insights, feedback, and best practices across Microsoft teams. • Design and deliver end‑to‑end endpoint and security value propositions, aligned to Zero Trust principles. • Lead Architectural Design Sessions and technical workshops, translating customer business goals into secure, scalable endpoint architectures. • Drive adoption and usage excellence across the modern endpoint stack, ensuring customers realize measurable business value. • Build and reuse repeatable architectures, best practices, and intellectual property (IP) to accelerate customer outcomes. • Collaborate with peer Cloud Solution Architects, customer stakeholders , and Microsoft stakeholders to deliver solutions aligned to outcomes Microsoft customers on the investments they have with Microsoft complex, enterprise‑scale solutions.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting; OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting;
Endpoint & Intune Expertise • Enterprise‑scale expertise in Microsoft Intune and related technologies • Design and architecture experience for Windows device management at scale. • Hybrid and cloud‑native endpoint strategies, including Co‑management (ConfigMgr/SCCM + Intune). • Windows Autopilot, enrollment strategies, configuration profiles, compliance, and update management. • Entra ID (Azure AD) integration with Conditional Access and Zero Trust alignment. Modern Endpoint Stack • Windows 10 / 11 lifecycle management. • Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) solution architecture. • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) integration. • BitLocker strategy, compliance, and configuration profiles. • Cross‑platform endpoint design: macOS, iOS, Android (architecture level).
• Technical certifications in relevant technologies, including: o MD‑102: Endpoint Administrator Associate o AZ‑104: Azure Administrator Associate • Strong value‑add certifications: o MS‑500 (Security) o SC‑300 (Identity) o AZ‑140 (Azure Virtual Desktop) o Windows 365 / AVD specialization o ConfigMgr / SCCM experience
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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