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We are looking for a **Cloud Solution Architect – AI Business Applications (Dynamics 365)** , who is passionate about driving our customers’ business applications, enabling low code agility and transforming those customers with AI. This is a customer-facing role, owning both the business applications-focused technical & business relationships and the technical, functional and/or governance strategies between the customer and Microsoft, helping customers to leverage their Microsoft investments through architecture, implementation and operational health engagements.

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

As the **Cloud Solution Architect – AI Business Applications (Dynamics 365),** you will be the Voice Of the customer: 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/or internal communities

• Be the Trusted Advisor: Contributes to identification of customer/partner problems and translates them into business applications or business process-oriented solutions aligned with customer outcomes and ROI goals, relative to competitive offerings. Helps customers use these solutions. Builds relationships with technical decision makers and contributes to helping build the bridge between TDMs and business decision makers (BDMs).

• Deliver Customer Satisfaction: Focuses on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience

Delivers Business Impact

• Drive Consumption/Usage through Unified: Delivers solutions using company methodologies and proven practices/patterns to support customer readiness and goals. Applies change management to drive adoption, customer satisfaction and consumption/usage. Designs well architected solutions to boost retention & growth.

• Resolve blockers with urgency: Identifies, escalates and mitigates blockers to accelerate solution deployment and usage with minimal guidance. Develops knowledge and applies it to projects with minimal guidance from experienced peers to meet requirements and resolve constraints.

• Identify opportunities: Identifies new opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion (especially Enhanced Solutions) at scale by communicating a clear understanding of the Microsoft value proposition for supported platforms to empower cloud success, foster and strengthen security and resiliency, and drive AI innovation. Proactively captures opportunities in appropriate systems, processes, and tools, working collaboratively across the organization to execute on opportunities aligned with Microsoft's Customer Engagement Model.

• Execute with Operational Excellence & Agility: Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record.

Technical Leadership

• Focus on Continuous Upskilling & Improvement: Demonstrates technical readiness aligned to solution area priorities and Customer Success Unit (CSU)/corporate initiatives. Contributes to the development and modification of company stock of structured frameworks and methodologies.

• Engage in Communities: Demonstrates industry knowledge and helps grow recognition for Microsoft AI Business Process solutions by developing materials and collateral for presentations and engagements with external and internal audiences (e.g., Tech Connect, Build, Ignite) as assigned. Supports team members on contributing to intellectual property (IP) and identifying patterns where no IP exists to help build scalable and repeatable models.

Other **:** Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

Required / Minimum Qualifications

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts or related field AND 2+ 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.

+ 2+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).

+ 2+ years experience working on technical projects.

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

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 5+ 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, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 3+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).

Cloud Solution Architecture IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,100 - $169,800 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 $112,000 - $185,300 per year.

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

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .