31 Technical Architect jobs in Australia

**Introduction**
As a Package Consultant at IBM, get ready to tackle numerous mission-critical company directives. Our team takes on the challenge of designing, developing and re-engineering highly complex application components and integrating software packages using various tools. You will use a mix of consultative skills, business knowledge, and technical expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into our clients' business environment and achieve business results.
**Your role and responsibilities**
· Leading and managing the SAP Basis team in the design, delivery, and operation of SAP systems
· Leading and managing the SAP Basis team in the design, delivery, and operation of SAP Project systems during IBM Rapid Discovery, Hybrid / Brownfield or Greenfield migration projects
· Planning, coordinating, and overseeing SAP system installations, upgrades, and migrations
· Establishing and maintaining system configurations, system monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
· Ensuring the integrity of the SAP environment by managing the SAP correction and transport system
· Ensuring regular backups and disaster recovery plans are operational and effective
· Working closely with functional team members and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
· Managing and resolving issues in the SAP landscape, including root cause analysis
· Developing and maintaining documentation for SAP system configurations and procedures
· Leading on Technology projects - installation, configuration, upgrade, migration, conversion, greenfield implementation, integration with other systems
· Provide architectural guidance on cloud migration (AWS, GCP, Azure, IBM)
· Leading end-to-end security design for SAP on premise and SAP Cloud based applications including two factor authentications and single sign-on from anywhere on any device
· Troubleshoot/analyze and resolve technical problems
· Manage multiple tasks, work in a team environment, understand and be responsive to project and customer needs.
· Adapt and function effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment while working under deadlines.
· Build credible relationships with peers and clients, and continuously learn about SAP products
**Required technical and professional expertise**
· 5+ years of experience with SAP S/4HANA and HANA solutions, migrations, and conversions.
· Min 4 project experience with Selective Data Transition with SNP tools
· 5+ years working with SAP customers to define migration/conversion project requirements, approaches, and / or roadmaps
· Hands on implementation and conversion experience for S/4HANA solutions.
· SAP Basis - Current hands-on experience on Technical Planning, Installations, Upgrades, OS/DB Migrations, Unicode Conversions for SAP NetWeaver platform, and SAP HANA.
· Deep knowledge of SAP HANA in-Memory Platform core technology, including architecture, landscape design, installation, upgrades, performance tuning, and system integration.
· Excellent problem-solving skills.
· Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
· Demonstrated ability to manage projects effectively under pressure and within tight deadlines.
· Experience working in a fast-paced and agile environment.
Preferred candidate holds a valid AGSVA security clearance, or must be an Australian citizen with the ability to obtain clearance.
**Preferred technical and professional experience**
· SNP CrystalBridge Knowledge
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Microsoft Industry Solutions Delivery is a global organization hosting over 6,000 strategic sellers, industry and security experts, elite engineers, world-class data scientists and architects, consultants, and delivery specialists. Together with our partners, we help Microsoft's most strategic customers worldwide to address their specific challenges and provide comprehensive and industry-specific solutions that meet their unique needs.
Our organization is at the forefront of innovation, driving value across the entirety of the customers' digital and AI transformation journey through repeatable and customized cutting-edge solutions powered by Microsoft Cloud and AI. We take pride in embodying Microsoft's mission of empowerment, promoting a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and fostering a culture of inclusivity where everyone is encouraged to share their unique perspectives and be their authentic selves. By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to life-changing innovations that impact billions of people worldwide.
The Solution Architect is responsible for translating the client's business requirements into specific systems, applications, or process designs for very large complex technology solutions and architectures. You'll act as an advocate for the client as the ultimate authority on the architecture designed to address client business problems. You'll provide direction for design activities, often project-based, sometimes working at customer sites.
As a Solution Architect you'll gather customer/partner insights from a broad range of stakeholders to shape and form both the definition and ongoing execution of projects. You'll define and document the architecture to communicate the value proposition of the business solution along with the project approach. Collaborating with the Project Manager you'll jointly drive project/technical governance of the design, build, and deployment into use. You'll work with the business sponsor and customer/partner stakeholders to gather and ratify requirements and constraints and collaborating with the Account Team and/or Bid Team to understand the business solution/problem. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home.
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**
+ Dynamics 365 Solution Architect responsible for providing technical expertise and leadership across Pre-Sales and Delivery.
+ Act as a mentor to delivery teams to help shape the solution and provide Quality assurance and guardrails to ensure successful delivery.
+ Evaluate client requirements and align solution to Microsoft D365 CE and Power Platform offerings.
+ Develop end-to-end solutions based on Dynamics 365 and Microsoft stack including identification of relevant technology components based on functional and non-functional requirements.
+ Develop high quality proposals, client presentations and demonstrations.
+ Develop and Harvest solution IP, assets/accelerators and support go-to-market activities.
+ Lead delivery engagements including planning and leading workshops.
+ Work closely with Microsoft internal stakeholders like STU, ATU, GBB, Fast Track leaders to develop and support Microsoft Business Applications growth plans across ANZ and Asia.
**Qualifications**
+ **Technical Skills Required**
+ Specialise in Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform with a good understanding of the overall Microsoft stack including basic Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Azure and Microsoft 365.
+ Deep functional and technical knowledge of Dynamics 365 CE including Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Contact Centre, Field Service, Project Operations and Copilot.
+ Deep knowledge of Power Platform including Power Apps (Model Driven and Canvas), Power Automate, Power Pages, Power Virtual Agents.
+ A good understanding of Integration and Data migration platforms.
+ A good understanding of DevOps processes.
+ Demonstrated experience in the delivery of complex and large-scale applications based on Dynamics 365 CE.
+ Experience working in Waterfall, Iterative and Agile methodologies. **Non-Technical Skills Required**
+ Excellent relationship building and influencing skills with the ability to engage with various stakeholders including internal, external and partner organisations.
+ Strong communication skills.
+ Ability to present complex ideas and solutions to various levels of internal and external stakeholders. **Certifications**
+ Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant (PL-200)
+ Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600)
+ Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Functional Consultant (MB-210
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

We are seeking a Solution Architect Open to :   Must be able to obtain baseline clearance Location : ACT, NSW, VIC, OffsiteIf successful you will travel to the office for 1-2 days to complete their onboarding. You will also be expected to travel to Canberra at least 4 times per year.Seeking an experienced Solution Architecture to work on a number of initiatives including uplifting customer experience, modernising IP Rights processing, enabling improved efficiency of our workforce and enhancing business agility by transitioning to hyper-scale cloud providers.Architect cloud solutions and document the solution design to enable communication with required stakeholders.Communicate solution designs to team members including business analysts and developers to enable solution delivery.Verify and validate solution implementation in accordance with solution designs.Contribute to adopting DevOps, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, automation and cloud-native tools.Ensure compliance with relevant standards and architectural principles, compatibility with ICT target state and associated roadmaps.Participate in project planning activities. Requirements Essential criteria 1. Demonstrated experience in developing solutions using cloud services across the AWS stack, including but not limited to EC2, VPCs, Aurora, SNS, Kubernetes, API Gateway and Lambda Function.2. At least 4 years demonstrated experience working as a solution architect, producing quality outcomes in complex business and technical environments with demonstrated quality outcomes.3. Demonstrated ability to facilitate architecture decisions, working with business, architecture peers and technical staff.4. Demonstrated experience in producing solution designs covering application, information, integration, technology and security perspectives.5. Demonstrated self-starter with the ability to effectively manage and prioritise workloads. Desirable criteria 1. AWS Cloud certification or equivalent.2. Understanding core technologies which include AWS cloud native technologies, Java Enterprise Edition, PostgreSQL, SAP, M365, SharePoint Online, Power Apps and the supporting infrastructure including OpenShift, RHEL, NAS and network services.

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.
The Global Customer Success (GCS) organization, an organization within CE&S, is leading the effort to enable customer success on the Microsoft Cloud by harnessing leading, AI-powered capabilities and human expertise to deliver innovation solutions that accelerate business value, drive operational excellence and nurture long term loyalty.
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 Vendor 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.
This role requires prior experience on virtualization technologies such as Hyper-V, Azure Stack and/or VMware solutions.
This role will require security clearance (which can be sponsored by Microsoft)
This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home.
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**
**Customer Centricity**
+ Gathers customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and maps architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Acts as the voice of the customer (VOC)/partner by driving new feedback, insights, and resources across internal teams to add and prioritize. Represents the customer/partner to internal teams (e.g., Engineering) to shape products and services by providing insights across the territory.
+ Advocates for the customer/partner at all opportunities and shares customer success stories with the wider internal team.
+ Guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Supports definition of customer/partner conditions of success. Anticipates customer/partner dissatisfaction and unmet needs and executes strategies to improve experience, value realization, and acceleration of customer transformation.
+ Actively listens and respectfully challenges customers/partners when going in the wrong direction, presents insights and alternatives, and takes action appropriately.
**Business Impact**
+ Drives customer/partner relationships to anticipate, identify, escalate, and work to resolve technical blockers to accelerate consumption and solution implementations (e.g., by application of technical capabilities). Routes non-technical issues for removal by the appropriate party. Applies broad business and technical knowledge across various architecture or other Microsoft solutions to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified technical constraints. Shapes and enhances customers' requirements.
+ Proactively uses knowledge of the products, services, and value propositions of Microsoft and its competitors in customer/partner conversations to identify growth opportunities based on knowledge of customer/partner needs. Contributes to increase in consumption and aligns with Customer Success Account Management or other Account Team members on customer/partner priorities to drive growth in consumption via cost optimization, operational excellence performance efficiency, and security. Drives architecture design, resiliency reviews, and technical optimization that result in production deployment application and increase customer/partner usage and consumption.
+ Ensures that the customer/partner's application has as few points of failure as possible. Consults and provides thought leadership for technical solution design, development, and deployment and supports the customer/partner throughout implementation to achieve value outcomes and Microsoft's Customer Promise.
+ Understands industry trends and the competitor's architecture solutions and identifies Microsoft's strengths over competitive solutions to drive conversations with customers/partners and convince them of solution.
**Technical Leadership**
+ Demonstrate the capability to act as CSA Pod Lead with ability to drive planning and delivery of Pod team by engaging CSAM and ATU, manage customer relationship by conducting monthly engagement reviews and assuring quality and be accountable for capacity planning, hiring, skilling and utilization of Pod members.
+ Proactively develops technical and professional learning and development plan in alignment with and support from their manager. Role models effective technical readiness. Acts as a mentor and role model to less experienced colleagues to educate them on technical and non-technical concepts. Participates in development opportunities (e.g., Ready, Build, Ignite).
+ Shares ideas, insights, and strategic technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using a thorough knowledge of specific Microsoft products and their context in the competitive landscape. Participates in external technical community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, Webcasts, blogs, hackathons) and shares learnings with the internal team.
+ Generates new ideas for changes and improvements to existing intellectual property (IP), technologies, and processes for designated customers/partners. Drives opportunities for IP reuse, best practice sharing, and consumption acceleration. Proactively identifies gaps through delivery and communicating those gaps to others (e.g., Leadership, managed intellectual property (MIP), Design, and Governance). Applies subject matter expertise to develop new IP that fills identified gaps.
**Qualifications**
**Minimum required 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;
+ Prior experience on virtualization technologies such as Hyper-V, Azure Stack and/or VMware solutions.
+ Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
+ Have potential to scale as CSA Pod Lead with ability to lead planning and delivery of vendor Pod team by engaging account team
+ Ability to manage customer relationship by conducting monthly engagement reviews and assuring quality and be accountable for capacity planning, hiring, skilling and utilization of Pod members
**Other requirements**
**This position requires verification of Australian citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports Australian government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.**
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

**Job Description**
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
Job Title: **Solution Architect** - Aerospace, Defence & Manufacturing
Location: Boeing Australia ( **Brisbane** or **Melbourne** with **hybrid** work options)
**Position Summary:**
Boeing Australia is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect with 5-7 years' experience to design and deliver integrated, scalable, and secure IT solutions across corporate and operational systems.
This role spans Payroll, HR, ERP, Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing Systems, supporting Boeing's aerospace and defence services environment.
You will apply Boeing's Application Development & Sustainment methodology and enterprise architecture principles to drive digital transformation, system integration, platform development, and custom software solutions that align with business goals and compliance requirements.
Due to the International nature of the role and business as a whole, there may be the requirement to support after hours meetings and calls, however flexibility is encouraged. Some domestic travel may be required.
**About the Role:**
+ Design fit-for-purpose, technically sound solution architectures that optimise business value and comply with Boeing's architecture standards and governance.
+ Develop current and future-state technical architecture documents to support project planning and delivery phases
+ Lead feasibility study's, business cases, and support solution implementation, testing, and transition to operations.
+ Collaborate closely with business and technical stakeholders to elicit, analyse, and document solution requirements, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and project objectives.
+ Work with technical teams including developers to support technical proof-of-concept work to prove out potential solutions and new architecture patterns.
+ Apply deep ERP knowledge (Finance, HR, Supply /chain) and expertise in Engineering and Quality Systems to guide solution design and integration with business processes and data models.
+ Provide strategic guidance and subject matter expertise across diverse platforms and enterprise technologies, including cloud environments such as Azure/M365 and AWS.
+ Support the development of long-term product and system roadmaps by identifying future capability needs and technology opportunities.
+ Participate in architecture compliance reviews and manage waivers in accordance with governance mandates.
+ Contribute to the continuous improvement of architecture standards, practices, and forums within Boeing's Global IT community.
+ Mentor development teams on architecture best practices and ensure solutions meet security, scalability, and performance requirements.
**Basic** **Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)**
+ 5-7 years' experience as a Solution Architect or similar role, preferably in aerospace, defence, manufacturing, or other regulated industries.
+ Proven track record in planning, designing, developing, and implementing complex IT solutions involving system integration, platform development, and custom software.
+ Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure/M365/AWS), ERP systems (e.g., Oracle eBusiness / SAP), and service management tools (e.g., ServiceNow)
+ Experience with Enterprise Cloud environments, governance frameworks and tooling
+ Understanding of Cloud Economics and FinOps concepts
+ Solid understanding of cyber and information security principles and their application in IT environments.
+ Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to develop innovative, practical solutions.
+ Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of working effectively across business and technical teams.
+ Familiarity with Boeing's AD&S methodology or equivalent software development and sustaining frameworks.
+ Applicants must be Australian Citizens to meet defence security requirements
**Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)**
+ Relevant architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect)
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
+ Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments is advantageous.
**About Us**
Boeing Australia and New Zealand are shaping the future of aerospace and delivering some of the nation's most important programs for both the defence space and the manufacturing of composite components for commercial aircraft. From the seabed to outer space, we have helped shape aerospace, manufacturing and defence innovations in Australia over the past 95 years.
In addition to a competitive salary, our employees benefit from flexible working options, global opportunities, salary packaging, performance incentives, study assistance, wellbeing programs and discounts on health insurance, travel and accommodation.
We're also committed to fostering an environment that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive for every employee, with great opportunities for professional growth.
As an equal opportunity employer, female candidates, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent and ex-defence personnel are encouraged to apply. We are also open to candidates from other industries including mining, communications, ICT and oil and gas. If you don't meet 100% of the criteria for this role although you have the right foundational experience and qualifications, don't hesitate to apply.
Benefits
+ Cutting edge projects
+ Flexible working options
+ Competitive remuneration and incentive plan available
+ Discounts for health insurance, travel and accommodation
+ Salary packaging options
+ Health and wellbeing benefits
Applications for this position will be accepted until **Aug. 26, 2025**
**Export Control Requirements:** This is not an Export Control position.
**Relocation**
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
**Security Clearance**
This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance post-start. See job description for details.
**Visa Sponsorship**
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
**Equal Opportunity Employer:**
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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.
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 Cloud and AI Platform CSA team which is dedicated to enhancing the customer's experience with Microsoft's Cloud and AI services as they transition to cloud solutions. We achieve this by offering our customers value through adaptable and efficient delivery methods, all underpinned by standardized processes.
We are seeking a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) specializing in Data to join our Cloud and AI Platforms (CAIP) team. This role is pivotal in helping customers realize the full value of Microsoft's data platform, including Azure Data Services, Microsoft Fabric, and AI-powered analytics. You will work directly with enterprise customers to drive deep usage, accelerate adoption, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
**Responsibilities**
**Customer Centricity**
+ Gather and apply customer insights to align technical solutions with business outcomes.
+ Act as the voice of the customer to internal teams, sharing feedback and influencing product direction.
+ Support customer skilling and readiness by facilitating technical discussions and best practices.
**Technical Leadership**
+ Deliver architectural guidance across Azure Data Services, including Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse, and Microsoft Fabric.
+ Lead design sessions and proof-of-concepts to demonstrate solution value.
+ Collaborate with engineering and partner teams to close capability gaps and accelerate deployments.
**Business Impact**
+ Drive usage milestones aligned with MCEM stages 4-5.
+ Contribute to pipeline creation and expansion through technical enablement and solution delivery.
+ Maintain operational excellence through rigorous documentation and time tracking.
**Qualifications**
**Required**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
+ 6+ years of experience in data architecture, cloud solutions, or consulting.
+ Proficiency in Azure Data Services and modern data platforms.
+ Strong communication and customer engagement skills.
**Preferred**
+ Certifications: Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100), Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300), Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600).
+ Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and AI-driven analytics.
+ Familiarity with CAF/WAF, data governance, and security best practices.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

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.
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 Cloud and AI Platform CSA team which is dedicated to enhancing the customer's experience with Microsoft's Cloud and AI services as they transition to cloud solutions. We achieve this by offering our customers value through adaptable and efficient delivery methods, all underpinned by standardized processes.
We are hiring a senior-level Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) focused on Application Innovation to lead customer engagements across Azure App Services, Containers, DevOps, and AI-powered applications. This role is ideal for a technical leader who thrives on solving complex challenges and driving digital transformation at scale.
**Responsibilities**
**Customer Centricity**
+ Lead customer engagements to modernize applications using Azure-native services.
+ Translate business needs into technical solutions that drive value and innovation.
+ Build trusted relationships with technical and business stakeholders.
**Technical Leadership**
+ Architect and deliver solutions using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, App Services, and GitHub Copilot.
+ Guide customers through DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and secure software development.
+ Contribute to internal communities and mentor junior CSAs.
**Business Impact**
+ Drive adoption of Azure App Innovation workloads and AI application patterns.
+ Support milestone delivery and usage acceleration aligned with MCEM.
+ Influence partner and engineering teams to remove blockers and scale impact.
**Qualifications**
**Required**
+ Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
+ 8+ years of experience in application architecture, cloud-native development, or consulting.
+ Deep expertise in Azure App Services, AKS, GitHub, and DevOps practices.
**Preferred**
+ Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204), GitHub Copilot certifications.
+ Experience with AI application frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Foundry).
+ Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

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.
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 Cloud and AI Platform CSA team which is dedicated to enhancing the customer's experience with Microsoft's Cloud and AI services as they transition to cloud solutions. We achieve this by offering our customers value through adaptable and efficient delivery methods, all underpinned by standardized processes.
We are hiring a senior-level Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) focused on Application Innovation to lead customer engagements across Azure App Services, Containers, DevOps, and AI-powered applications. This role is ideal for a technical leader who thrives on solving complex challenges and driving digital transformation at scale.
**Responsibilities**
**Customer Centricity**
+ Lead customer engagements to modernize applications using Azure-native services.
+ Translate business needs into technical solutions that drive value and innovation.
+ Build trusted relationships with technical and business stakeholders.
**Technical Leadership**
+ Architect and deliver solutions using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, App Services, and GitHub Copilot.
+ Guide customers through DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and secure software development.
+ Contribute to internal communities and mentor junior CSAs.
**Business Impact**
+ Drive adoption of Azure App Innovation workloads and AI application patterns.
+ Support milestone delivery and usage acceleration aligned with MCEM.
+ Influence partner and engineering teams to remove blockers and scale impact.
**Qualifications**
**Required**
+ Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
+ 8+ years of experience in application architecture, cloud-native development, or consulting.
+ Deep expertise in Azure App Services, AKS, GitHub, and DevOps practices.
**Preferred**
+ Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204), GitHub Copilot certifications.
+ Experience with AI application frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Foundry).
+ Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

**Make an impact with NTT DATA**
Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it's a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.
The Solutions Architect is a seasoned subject matter expert, primarily responsible consulting with the client and working with internal teams to create costed solutions incorporating Technology HW/SW, Technical Services and On-going Technical Support Services.
This role provides multi-technology consulting services on all aspects of application software, infrastructure and related technology components.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Apply your proven technical networking systems and platform deployment experience in a Presales Solution Architecture capacity
+ Proactively work with Sales Teams to generate demand to refresh and modernize data networking with the Campus, Branch, SDWAN/WAN edge and Datacenter/Cloud connectivity
+ Convert customer requirements and proactive suggestions to modernized enterprise networks into Costed, Scoped Professional Services Statements of Work and Bill of Hardware and Software materials
+ Develop Project Execution plans in collaboration with NTTD Project Managers and Technical Consultants/Delivery Engineers to provide confidence to customers and accuracy in Professional Services estimates
+ Drive NTTD branded Support Services attach to OEM Vendor Hardware and Software
+ Be a trusted advisor to customer counterparts
+ Work closely with key vendor counterpart to remain current with networking technology developments and in turn share these developments directly with customer counterparts
**Academic Qualifications and Certifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or business or a related field.
+ Vendor certifications such as Cisco CCxx, Aruba Certified X, Juniper Certified X. etc.
+ Certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (for example, TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.).
+ Safe Scaled Agile certification advantageous.
**Required experience:**
+ Advanced professional technical design, deployment, change implementation, testing and day-to-day management of Data Networking infrastructure and associated control platforms.
+ Advanced Project or Program Management experience would be preferred but not essential.
+ Advanced client engagement and consulting experience coupled with solid experience in client needs assessment and change management.
+ Advanced experience in integrating the solution for the particular project with the business domain, enterprise concerns, industry standards, established patterns and best practices.
+ Advanced experience working in an agile development environment.
+ Advanced experience in developing, selling and delivering technical solutions.
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Hybrid Working
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