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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.\nOur 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.\nThe Apps & AI Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and delivering enterprise-scale AI-powered applications and digital solutions that drive business transformation. The role combines expertise in application architecture, cloud-native development, data and AI platforms, security, integration, and business advisory capabilities to enable AI-first and agentic enterprise solutions.The architect serves as the trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, business leaders, and engineering teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned to business outcomes.\nMicrosoft’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.\nResponsibilities\nKey Responsibilities\nSolution Architecture & Design\nDefine end-to-end architecture for enterprise applications, AI solutions, and intelligent agents.\nLead solution design across business applications, custom applications, data platforms, integrations, and AI services.\nCreate architecture blueprints, reference architectures, target state roadmaps, and implementation strategies.\nEvaluate architectural trade-offs, technical risks, and technology selection decisions.\nEnsure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks.\nAI & Agentic Solutions\nDesign AI-first and agentic business solutions using Generative AI, AI Agents, and Copilot technologies.\nArchitect multi-agent orchestration patterns and AI-powered workflows.\nDesign Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge grounding capabilities.\nDefine AI model selection strategies and integration approaches.\nEstablish AI observability, monitoring, evaluation, and continuous improvement practices.\nDrive responsible AI adoption and governance.\nApplication Platform Architecture\nArchitect cloud-native applications using microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and serverless patterns.\nDesign modern web, mobile, and omnichannel application solutions.\nLead API strategy, integration architecture, and application modernization initiatives.\nDefine DevSecOps, CI/CD, and application lifecycle management strategies.\nData & Integration Architecture\nDesign enterprise data platforms supporting AI and analytics workloads.\nDefine data governance, data quality, and information architecture standards.\nArchitect integration solutions spanning SaaS, PaaS, on-premises, and partner ecosystems.\nEnable real-time data processing and intelligent automation capabilities.\nSecurity & Compliance\nEnsure solutions meet enterprise security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.\nDesign identity, access management, and Zero Trust controls.\nEstablish AI security controls including prompt protection, model governance, data residency, and auditability.\nPerform architecture risk assessments and mitigation planning.\nBusiness & Strategy Advisory\nTranslate business strategy into technology roadmaps.\nFacilitate architecture workshops and executive decision-making sessions.\nBuild business cases, ROI models, and transformation plans.\nAlign technology investments with measurable business outcomes.\nPresent architecture recommendations to C-suite and senior stakeholders.\nTechnical Skills\nCloud & Infrastructure\nMicrosoft Azure\nAzure Landing Zones\nCloud Native Architecture\nContainers and Kubernetes\nServerless Computing\nHybrid and Multi-Cloud Patterns\nAI & Machine Learning\nAzure AI Foundry\nAzure OpenAI Service\nCopilot Studio\nAgentic AI 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