Overview The Role As Principal, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), you’ll guide the modernization of crucial enterprise integrations—defining how systems link across Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Integration Cloud. You’ll drive migrations from on‑premises platforms to cloud‑native architectures, partnering with engineering and collaborators to deliver integrations that are secure, resilient, and built for scale. You’ll improve observability and operational excellence, establish integration standards used across teams, and mentor engineers through complex build and production challenges. This is a senior, hands‑on technical leadership role with end‑to‑end ownership—from architecture and delivery to reliability in production—where your work will directly accelerate business outcomes. HOW YOU WOULD CONTRIBUTE: Integration Architecture & Delivery - Architect and deliver enterprise integrations using Oracle Fusion Middleware (SOA Suite, OSB, BPM, ODI) and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC). - Integrate Oracle Cloud Applications and third‑party platforms with on‑premise and cloud systems using OIC adapters. - Design API‑led integration architectures, publishing reusable and reliable REST and SOAP APIs. - Own orchestration, data mapping, transformations, and exception handling to ensure predictable and high‑quality data flows. Production Ownership & Reliability - Run integrations in production environments, including monitoring, resolving problems, and performance tuning. - Ensure high availability, resiliency, and low downtime through proactive operational practices. - Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives. Modernization & Cloud Enablement - Drive modernization using cloud‑native and event‑driven patterns, including microservices, containers, and OCI/serverless where appropriate. - Lead technical decisions for platform migration, refactoring, and integration standardization. Security, Quality & Engineering Excellence - Embed security and quality by design using OAuth, SSO/SAML, SSL/TLS, and enterprise IAM standards. - Champion engineering excellence through automated testing, peer reviews, CI/CD, and paired programming. - Define and maintain integration standards, architectural guidelines, and reusable assets. Leadership & Collaboration - Lead delivery end‑to‑end, partnering with collaborators to translate requirements into scalable integration solutions. - Develop clear user documentation and reference architectures. - Coach and mentor engineers, promoting guidelines across the integration and API stack. Qualifications SKILLS AND BACKGROUND REQUIRED TO BE SUCCESSFUL: Integration & Middleware - Strong hands‑on experience with Oracle SOA Suite, OSB, BPM, ODI, and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC). - Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, messaging, transformations, and orchestration. Full‑Stack & PaaS - Proven experience in full‑stack development on PaaS platforms, preferably OCI PaaS. - Backend development using Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, or equivalent. - Frontend development using modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, Oracle JET, Visual Builder). - Experience with cloud databases, API gateways, and service integration. Cloud & Operations - Experience operating applications and integrations in production cloud environments. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, and cloud deployment models. - Working knowledge of containers, serverless, and event‑driven architectures. Professional - Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills. - Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. - Experience mentoring engineers or acting as a technical lead. - Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills. Experience - 10+ years in application or services development. - 7+ years designing and delivering complex, end‑to‑end enterprise solutions. Education - Required: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience. - Preferred: Advanced technical degree or equivalent experience. Certifications / Training - Required: Relevant, industry‑recognized certifications (Oracle / Cloud / Integration). #LI-AR1 #LI-REMOTE US Benefits Statement Herbalife offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees in the U.S. (limited to the 50 States and the District of Columbia), which includes Group Health Programs, other Voluntary Benefit Programs, and Paid Time Off. Group Health Programs include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Basic Life/AD&D; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Other Voluntary Benefit Programs include a 401(k) plan, Wellness Incentive Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Supplemental Life/Critical Illness/Hospitalization/Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance. Paid time off includes Company-observed U.S. Holidays, Floating Holidays, Vacation, Sick Time, a Volunteer Program, Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave, Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave and time off for voting.

Req ID: 366997 NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now. We are currently seeking a Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team in Richmond, Virginia (US-VA), United States (US). Azure Cloud Engineer NTT Data is seeking a highly capable Azure Cloud Engineer with at least 5 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, automating, and supporting Microsoft Azure environments. This role requires a well-rounded engineer with strong expertise across Infrastructure as Code (IaC), IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and the ability to work across infrastructure, platform services, security, automation, and operational support. The ideal candidate will have deep technical knowledge of Azure services, strong scripting and automation skills, and a proven ability to build scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions. This individual should be comfortable working independently and collaboratively, supporting both project-based implementations and day-to-day cloud operations. Key Responsibilities - Design, deploy, configure, and support cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure - Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or similar - Engineer, manage, and optimize Azure IaaS services including virtual machines, networking, storage, backup, and disaster recovery - Implement and support Azure PaaS services such as App Services, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Functions, API Management, Logic Apps, and storage services - Administer and integrate Azure-related SaaS offerings including Azure AD/Entra ID, and other enterprise cloud applications as needed - Design and manage Azure networking components including VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Application Gateways, VPNs, ExpressRoute, DNS, and firewalls - Implement identity and access management using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, conditional access, and privileged access controls - Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation for repeatable, secure, and efficient deployments - Monitor system performance, availability, cost, and security posture using Azure-native and third-party tools - Troubleshoot issues across compute, storage, networking, identity, security, and application hosting layers - Ensure cloud environments align with organizational standards for security, governance, compliance, and operational excellence - Collaborate with architects, developers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud solutions that meet technical and operational requirements - Develop and maintain technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and operational procedures - Provide support for cloud migration, modernization, optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives Required Qualifications - 5+ years of experience working as an Azure Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Systems Engineer. - 3+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure across infrastructure and platform services - Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code - Experience supporting IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions in Azure environments - Experience with Azure compute, storage, networking, monitoring, backup, and identity services - Experience with Azure governance, security, and best practices - Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar - Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent Required Certifications Candidates must hold active Azure certifications, preferably including one or more of the following: - Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate - Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert - Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate - Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate - Other relevant Microsoft Azure certifications may also be considered Preferred Qualifications - Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments - Experience with security hardening, compliance frameworks, and governance policies - Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning - Familiarity with Kubernetes, containers, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Experience supporting enterprise-scale Azure environments - Experience with cost optimization and Azure resource management - Familiarity with ITSM, DevSecOps, and cloud operational support models - Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills - Ability to work across multiple disciplines and function as a well-rounded cloud engineer - Strong verbal and written communication skills - With at least 5 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, automating, and supporting Microsoft Azure environments. This role requires a well-rounded engineer with strong expertise across Infrastructure as Code (IaC), IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and the ability to work across infrastructure, platform services, security, automation, and operational support. - The ideal candidate will have deep technical knowledge of Azure services, strong scripting and automation skills, and a proven ability to build scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions. This individual should be comfortable working independently and collaboratively, supporting both project-based implementations and day-to-day cloud operations. Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this remote role is $94,736 – $ 150,525. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance. This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits. About NTT DATA NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D. Whenever possible, we hire locally to NTT DATA offices or client sites. This ensures we can provide timely and effective support tailored to each client’s needs. While many positions offer remote or hybrid work options, these arrangements are subject to change based on client requirements. For employees near an NTT DATA office or client site, in-office attendance may be required for meetings or events, depending on business needs. At NTT DATA, we are committed to staying flexible and meeting the evolving needs of both our clients and employees. NTT DATA recruiters will never ask for payment or banking information and will only use @nttdata.com and @talent.nttdataservices.com email addresses. If you are requested to provide payment or disclose banking information, please submit a contact us form, https://us.nttdata.com/en/contact-us. NTT DATA endeavors to make https://us.nttdata.com accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at https://us.nttdata.com/en/contact-us. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. 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Overview The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources – including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment – Civilian, Defense, or Intelligence community.  We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Solution Architect – Cloud & AI Apps to join our Federal organization. This role requires technical expertise across Azure workloads, specifically with AI, Foundry, application services, Power Platform Fusion Development, and GitHub Copilot, and a passion for helping enterprise customers solve complex challenges and accelerate their digital transformation.. This Cloud Solution Architect will work with the customer’s architects, developers and IT staff to build new AI-infused applications hosted on Azure, modernize existing Azure applications, or migrate applications to Azure and enhance them with AI. Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.  Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission. Responsibilities Business Impact - Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies (e.g., product offerings such as value-based deliverables [VBDs], advice, training, technical validation), ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed to prepare complex customers for operational readiness and achievement of their business goals and targets. Leveraging knowledge of change management proven practices and/or involving the change management team, proactively helps the customer deploy for long-term organizational adoption to increase customer satisfaction and drive consumption/usage. Guides complex customers/partners towards a well-architected (e.g., secure, resilient, artificial intelligence [AI]-enabled), and cost- and performance-optimized solution to increase retention and expansion opportunities. Articulates the value of Unified and supports sellers, partnering with account teams to build consumption plans aligned with appropriate services. Provides feedback to Unified Delivery Team on VBDs to refine and further develop content. - Proactively identifies and anticipates new cross-solution opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion (especially Enhanced Solutions) at scale based on business value to customer/partner and clear understanding of the Microsoft value proposition for supported platforms to empower cloud success, foster and strengthen security and resiliency, and drive AI innovation. Strategically consults with, actively listens to, and respectfully challenges customers/partners, building trust to then advocate for alternative architectures/solutions/approaches that shape and/or enhance customer requirements. Identifies, anticipates, and evaluates industry trends (e.g., customer industry verticals, information technology [IT] industry), gathers customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and maps both existing and novel architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Proactively anticipates and captures opportunities in appropriate systems, processes, and tools, working collaboratively across the organization to execute on opportunities aligned with Microsoft's Customer Engagement Model. - Anticipates, identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers using appropriate tools and processes to accelerate solution deployment, value realization and usage/consumption for complex customers/scenarios. Proactively applies broad business, technical, industry, and/or enterprise knowledge to architecture or support projects to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified constraints. - Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record (e.g., pipeline updates, time tracking). Orchestrates and collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams through on-strategy delivery to achieve customer/partner objectives and increase customer/partner satisfaction. Proactively anticipates and manages business and technical risks, adapts methodology and applies governance principles to identify, communicate, and minimize business and technical risks. Executes work in compliance with industry and Microsoft guidelines and procedures. Continuously prioritizes among competing demands in their work and identifies where impact occurs with customers, ensuring alignment with business priorities and goals. Customer Centricity - Proactively identifies and/or translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft product and platform strategy, creates or improves an existing business model, and explains why and/or how they meet customer/partner outcomes and return on investment (ROI) goals (e.g., via proof of concept, minimally viable product [MVP], rapid prototype) relative to competitive offerings. Proactively helps the customer/partner accelerate their adoption and use of Microsoft product/platform strategy-aligned (cross-solution area) solutions. Builds relationships with, and provides direction to technical decision makers (TDMs) up to the C-suite level, and builds the bridge between TDMs and business decision makers (BDMs). Leads and elevates interactions as needed with customers/partners' Chief Information Office (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and other C-level (CXO) roles to bridge understanding of security, compliance, operational and risk requirements across BDMs, TDMs, CIO and CISO teams, appropriately engaging additional subject matter experts when deeper expertise is required. - Proactively acts as the voice of the customer/partner, sharing ideas, feedback, insights, success stories and strategic/technical input with Engineering teams, Product Offerings teams and internal communities leveraging relevant insights from feedback tools and systems. Identifies and aggregates patterns of feedback across customers/partners/territories/industries, and leverages them with relevant industry perspective to develop strategic and actionable insights. Presents business cases to program managers to advocate for and influence product roadmaps, decision making, and bug fix prioritization, and own and drive initiatives as appropriate. - Drives self and guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Drives the realization of customer/partner conditions of success by leveraging an understanding of customer goals. Anticipates, addresses, and leads customer confidence calls to resolve customer/partner dissatisfaction and unmet needs, and creates and executes strategies to improve customer experience, value realization, and acceleration of transformation. Partner Specialization - Identifies and prioritizes opportunities aligned with revenue goals and orchestrates the growth of the solution utilization pipeline with partners. Provides support to partner and sales teams by bringing clarity to opportunities through proof-of-concept development and technical pre-sales engagement. - Understands solution area-specific market opportunities (e.g., competitor insights) and collaborates with Global Partner Solutions (GPS) stakeholders to lead and execute initiatives that translate opportunities into actionable plans. Proactively guides and supports partners in developing repeatable offerings, practices, products, and solutions, and advises partners through initial strategic customer implementations.   Technical Leadership - Leverages market insights and demand signals to assist leadership in identifying relevant areas in which to drive up-skilling and/or accreditations based on demand. Role models technical readiness, both depth-aligned to solution area priorities and breadth-aligned to Customer Success Unit (CSU)/corporate initiatives (e.g., security, resilience, AI), and influences team to drive their own technical readiness. Acts as a mentor, leading readiness and upskilling activities in the team/organization by educating colleagues on technical and non-technical concepts and sharing proven practices. - Demonstrates deep industry knowledge and drives recognition for Microsoft solutions by leading presentations and engagements with external and internal audiences (e.g., Tech Connect, Build, Ignite) Contributes to and collaborates on intellectual property (IP) and proactively identifies patterns where no IP exists (e.g., CoPilot and AI scenarios) to help build scalable and repeatable models. Participates in and leads external technical and non-technical community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, webcasts, blogs, hackathons) that elevate the Microsoft brand and shares learnings across internal teams. - Identifies and anticipates gaps through delivery, communicates those gaps to and influences relevant team members and internal/external stakeholders, and connects gaps and patterns across business and technology areas that drive changes and improvements to products, IP (both existing and new), technologies, and/or processes/practices that enable solutions to scale across customers. Develops and contributes to modifications of Microsoft's structured frameworks and methodologies. Proactively provides thought leadership and innovation to customers/partners and internal communities at the worldwide level. Core Responsibilities: - Build trusted relationships with IT executives and business leaders to shape their Cloud and AI strategy, acting as a technical advisor and champion for customer success. - Lead and coordinate across Microsoft, partner, and customer technical teams to manage dependencies, technical risks, and delivery milestones across complex engagements. - Lead architectural design sessions and guide the implementation of secure, scalable, and resilient solutions using Microsoft best practices and frameworks such as CAF and WAF. - Drive technical excellence across Azure workloads—particularly AI, Foundry application services, and GitHub Copilot— along with Power Platform Fusion Development - ensuring mission-critical workloads are optimized for performance, security, and production-scale AI readiness. - Align technical delivery to customer success plans and consumption priorities, ensuring solutions deliver measurable business value and long-term platform adoption. - Accelerate Azure consumption and customer outcomes by developing repeatable intellectual property (IP), resolving technical blockers, and providing delivery oversight for key engagements. - Collaborate with internal teams and partners to design impactful delivery proposals and support execution. - Translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and executive-level messaging for senior stakeholders. - Contribute to Microsoft’s technical community by mentoring peers, sharing insights, and serving as a spokesperson in internal and external forums. - Maintain advanced certifications and deep technical expertise across priority workloads such as Azure AI Foundry, GitHub, App Services, and Power Platform. - Inspire customer innovation by helping customers adopt AI at scale and guiding them through their transformation journey. - Demonstrate a growth mindset by continuously developing technical and professional skills and contributing to a culture of learning and excellence. - Embody our culture and values Qualifications Required/minimum 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. Other Requirements: Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: - The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate 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 security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment. - Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. - This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship. - 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 Additional or 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 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting - OR equivalent experience. - 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). - 4+ years experience leading technical projects. - Comfort and actively uses code/script generation tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, Opus, Codex - Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of enterprise public cloud platforms and related industry/marketplace - Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications). Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay 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.

Overview The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources – including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment – Civilian, Defense, or Intelligence community.  We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Apps to join our Federal organization. This role requires technical expertise across Azure workloads, specifically with AI, Foundry, application services, Power Platform Fusion Development, and GitHub Copilot, and a passion for helping enterprise customers solve complex challenges and accelerate their digital transformation.. This Cloud Solution Architect will work with the customer’s architects, developers and IT staff to build new AI-infused applications hosted on Azure, modernize existing Azure applications, or migrate applications to Azure and enhance them with AI. Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.  Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission. Responsibilities Business Impact - Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies (e.g., product offerings such as value-based deliverables [VBDs], advice, training, technical validation), ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed to prepare complex customers for operational readiness and achievement of their business goals and targets. Leveraging knowledge of change management proven practices and/or involving the change management team, proactively helps the customer deploy for long-term organizational adoption to increase customer satisfaction and drive consumption/usage. Guides complex customers/partners towards a well-architected (e.g., secure, resilient, artificial intelligence [AI]-enabled), and cost- and performance-optimized solution to increase retention and expansion opportunities. Articulates the value of Unified and supports sellers, partnering with account teams to build consumption plans aligned with appropriate services. Provides feedback to Unified Delivery Team on VBDs to refine and further develop content. - Proactively identifies and anticipates new cross-solution opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion (especially Enhanced Solutions) at scale based on business value to customer/partner and clear understanding of the Microsoft value proposition for supported platforms to empower cloud success, foster and strengthen security and resiliency, and drive AI innovation. Strategically consults with, actively listens to, and respectfully challenges customers/partners, building trust to then advocate for alternative architectures/solutions/approaches that shape and/or enhance customer requirements. Identifies, anticipates, and evaluates industry trends (e.g., customer industry verticals, information technology [IT] industry), gathers customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and maps both existing and novel architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Proactively anticipates and captures opportunities in appropriate systems, processes, and tools, working collaboratively across the organization to execute on opportunities aligned with Microsoft's Customer Engagement Model. - Anticipates, identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers using appropriate tools and processes to accelerate solution deployment, value realization and usage/consumption for complex customers/scenarios. Proactively applies broad business, technical, industry, and/or enterprise knowledge to architecture or support projects to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified constraints. - Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record (e.g., pipeline updates, time tracking). Orchestrates and collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams through on-strategy delivery to achieve customer/partner objectives and increase customer/partner satisfaction. Proactively anticipates and manages business and technical risks, adapts methodology and applies governance principles to identify, communicate, and minimize business and technical risks. Executes work in compliance with industry and Microsoft guidelines and procedures. Continuously prioritizes among competing demands in their work and identifies where impact occurs with customers, ensuring alignment with business priorities and goals. Customer Centricity - Proactively identifies and/or translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft product and platform strategy, creates or improves an existing business model, and explains why and/or how they meet customer/partner outcomes and return on investment (ROI) goals (e.g., via proof of concept, minimally viable product [MVP], rapid prototype) relative to competitive offerings. Proactively helps the customer/partner accelerate their adoption and use of Microsoft product/platform strategy-aligned (cross-solution area) solutions. Builds relationships with, and provides direction to technical decision makers (TDMs) up to the C-suite level, and builds the bridge between TDMs and business decision makers (BDMs). Leads and elevates interactions as needed with customers/partners' Chief Information Office (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and other C-level (CXO) roles to bridge understanding of security, compliance, operational and risk requirements across BDMs, TDMs, CIO and CISO teams, appropriately engaging additional subject matter experts when deeper expertise is required. - Proactively acts as the voice of the customer/partner, sharing ideas, feedback, insights, success stories and strategic/technical input with Engineering teams, Product Offerings teams and internal communities leveraging relevant insights from feedback tools and systems. Identifies and aggregates patterns of feedback across customers/partners/territories/industries, and leverages them with relevant industry perspective to develop strategic and actionable insights. Presents business cases to program managers to advocate for and influence product roadmaps, decision making, and bug fix prioritization, and own and drive initiatives as appropriate. - Drives self and guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Drives the realization of customer/partner conditions of success by leveraging an understanding of customer goals. Anticipates, addresses, and leads customer confidence calls to resolve customer/partner dissatisfaction and unmet needs, and creates and executes strategies to improve customer experience, value realization, and acceleration of transformation. Partner Specialization - Identifies and prioritizes opportunities aligned with revenue goals and orchestrates the growth of the solution utilization pipeline with partners. Provides support to partner and sales teams by bringing clarity to opportunities through proof-of-concept development and technical pre-sales engagement. - Understands solution area-specific market opportunities (e.g., competitor insights) and collaborates with Global Partner Solutions (GPS) stakeholders to lead and execute initiatives that translate opportunities into actionable plans. Proactively guides and supports partners in developing repeatable offerings, practices, products, and solutions, and advises partners through initial strategic customer implementations.   Technical Leadership - Leverages market insights and demand signals to assist leadership in identifying relevant areas in which to drive up-skilling and/or accreditations based on demand. Role models technical readiness, both depth-aligned to solution area priorities and breadth-aligned to Customer Success Unit (CSU)/corporate initiatives (e.g., security, resilience, AI), and influences team to drive their own technical readiness. Acts as a mentor, leading readiness and upskilling activities in the team/organization by educating colleagues on technical and non-technical concepts and sharing proven practices. - Demonstrates deep industry knowledge and drives recognition for Microsoft solutions by leading presentations and engagements with external and internal audiences (e.g., Tech Connect, Build, Ignite) Contributes to and collaborates on intellectual property (IP) and proactively identifies patterns where no IP exists (e.g., CoPilot and AI scenarios) to help build scalable and repeatable models. Participates in and leads external technical and non-technical community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, webcasts, blogs, hackathons) that elevate the Microsoft brand and shares learnings across internal teams. - Identifies and anticipates gaps through delivery, communicates those gaps to and influences relevant team members and internal/external stakeholders, and connects gaps and patterns across business and technology areas that drive changes and improvements to products, IP (both existing and new), technologies, and/or processes/practices that enable solutions to scale across customers. Develops and contributes to modifications of Microsoft's structured frameworks and methodologies. Proactively provides thought leadership and innovation to customers/partners and internal communities at the worldwide level. Core Responsibilities: - Build trusted relationships with IT executives and business leaders to shape their Cloud and AI strategy, acting as a technical advisor and champion for customer success. - Lead and coordinate across Microsoft, partner, and customer technical teams to manage dependencies, technical risks, and delivery milestones across complex engagements. - Lead architectural design sessions and guide the implementation of secure, scalable, and resilient solutions using Microsoft best practices and frameworks such as CAF and WAF. - Drive technical excellence across Azure workloads—particularly AI, Foundry application services, and GitHub Copilot— along with Power Platform Fusion Development - ensuring mission-critical workloads are optimized for performance, security, and production-scale AI readiness. - Align technical delivery to customer success plans and consumption priorities, ensuring solutions deliver measurable business value and long-term platform adoption. - Accelerate Azure consumption and customer outcomes by developing repeatable intellectual property (IP), resolving technical blockers, and providing delivery oversight for key engagements. - Collaborate with internal teams and partners to design impactful delivery proposals and support execution. - Translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and executive-level messaging for senior stakeholders. - Contribute to Microsoft’s technical community by mentoring peers, sharing insights, and serving as a spokesperson in internal and external forums. - Maintain advanced certifications and deep technical expertise across priority workloads such as Azure AI Foundry, GitHub, App Services, and Power Platform. - Inspire customer innovation by helping customers adopt AI at scale and guiding them through their transformation journey. - Demonstrate a growth mindset by continuously developing technical and professional skills and contributing to a culture of learning and excellence. - Embody our culture and values Qualifications Required/minimum 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. Other Requirements: Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: - The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination. - . Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate 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 security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment. - Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. - This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship. - 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 Additional or 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 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting - OR equivalent experience. - 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). - 4+ years experience leading technical projects. - Comfort and actively uses code/script generation tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, Opus, Codex - Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of enterprise public cloud platforms and related industry/marketplace - Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications). Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay 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.