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Azure Solution Engineer

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106K-223K Annually
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Hiring Remotely in United States
106K-223K Annually
Mid level
Lead technical sales and customer engagements for Azure cloud, database, sovereign cloud, SAP, and AI solutions. Design secure, scalable architectures; conduct demos, proofs of concept, hackathons, and architecture workshops; resolve technical blockers; guide migrations and modernization; influence technical decisions; and help customers integrate agentic AI into development and deployment workflows.
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Overview

As the Azure Solution Engineer, you will lead the future of AI-powered transformation for some of the world's most influential Telco, Media, and Gaming organizations. The Telco, Media, and Gaming Operating Unit is a high-performing, industry-focused team dedicated to helping customers achieve their most ambitious business outcomes through Microsoft's AI, cloud, security, and data solutions. 

Are you passionate about the opportunity to shape the future of database or Sovereign or SAP in the era of Agentic AI? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Swarm Solution Engineer for commercial customers at Microsoft.

The Azure Solution Engineer will be at the forefront of cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

As an Azure Solution Engineer, you will help customers design secure, scalable, resilient, and database or sovereign cloud or SAP architectures that support their Frontier transformation and modernization goals and guide organizations through migration, modernization, and transformation — translating technical capabilities into significant business outcomes.

You will play a pivotal role in helping enterprise developers understand the value of Azure Databases or Azure Sovereign or SAP on Azure across every stage of the development & deployment lifecycle. You will work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support business-critical applications and Frontier AI transformation. As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers and win their technical decisions on Azure.

You bring deep expertise in Azure Databases or Azure Sovereign, or SAP on Azure while exploring how to accelerate Frontier transformation.

As you join the team, you will have the opportunity to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their existing platforms to realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities.

As an Azure Solution Engineer you’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate Agentic AI integration into their development & deployment workflows. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% 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, 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
  • Azure Solution Engineer will drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
  • Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s developer tools and cloud platforms.
  • Build trusted relationships with developers and platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions
  • Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products.
  • Maintain deep expertise in AI Foundry & App architecture (Agentic AI framework, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI) and App architecture/cloud native dev (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java or .NET).
  • Application Architecture or Development Experience
  • Maintain and grow expertise in AI Management & Security (Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, orchestrator, monitoring).  
  • Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums .
  • Embody our culture and values
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Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
 
Other Requirements
 
Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties
Additional or preferred qualifications
6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
Certification in relevant technologies or disciplines (e.g., Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture).

Solution Engineering 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.

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