Overview
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) for Data & AI, you will operate as a senior technical leader responsible for shaping how enterprise customers modernize their data estates and unlock production-scale AI transformation.
In this role, you will lead complex, high-impact engagements across strategic customers, guiding the design and adoption of AI-ready data platforms that power Generative AI, Copilot, and agent-based solutions. You will work at the intersection of data, AI, and cloud platforms to drive end-to-end transformation; from foundational data architecture through to production AI outcomes at scale.
You will act not only as a delivery leader, but as a thought partner and strategic advisor, influencing customer roadmaps, platform decisions, and Microsoft solution plays across industries.
Responsibilities
- Lead and own end-to-end architecture and technical strategy for large-scale data and AI transformation programs across enterprise and public sector customers.
- Architect and drive adoption of enterprise-grade data platforms (lakehouse, real-time streaming, governance and compliance frameworks) aligned to AI-enabled use cases.
- Enable and scale production AI workloads (GenAI, RAG, Copilot, AI agents) by ensuring strong alignment between data platforms, applications, and business processes.
- Operate as a technical leader across multiple engagements, stepping into complex or at-risk scenarios to unblock delivery, resolve architectural challenges, and accelerate outcomes.
- Influence and align senior stakeholders across Data, AI, Infrastructure, Security, and Partner ecosystems, driving decisions in highly ambiguous and dynamic environments.
- Translate architectural decisions into business value, measurable impact, and consumption growth, shaping customer investment and long-term platform strategy.
- Contribute to solution play development, reusable IP, and best practices, helping scale learnings and standardize patterns across customers and teams.
- Mentor and guide other CSAs, sharing expertise and elevating technical capability across the team.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, or related technical disciplines.
- Significant experience in leading customer-facing architecture and delivery engagements, including influencing senior technical and business stakeholders.
- Deep expertise in data platform architecture, including large-scale analytics systems, distributed data processing, real-time architectures, and enterprise data governance.
- Proven ability to design and enable AI and advanced analytics workloads, including familiarity with modern AI patterns such as retrieval-augmented generation and AI-driven applications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Microsoft Azure data and AI services (e.g., Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Power BI, Azure AI services).
- Strong understanding of data modeling, optimization, performance tuning, and enterprise data architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to operate with a T-shaped skill profile, combining deep technical specialization with broad cross-domain knowledge across AI, applications, infrastructure, and security.
- Experience leading or contributing to large-scale cloud transformation or AI adoption programs across multiple business units or customers.
- Track record of influencing architecture standards, reusable patterns, or strategic technical direction within an organization or customer environment.
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, 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.**