Solution Engineer | Infrastructure Platform

Are you insatiably curious and deeply passionate about the realm of cloud infrastructure and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in the era of AI? If so, we invite you to join our team as an Infrastructure Platform Cloud & AI Solution Engineer, for commercial customers at Microsoft. Here, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, working on 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.

Infrastructure is a growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, as well as its partners and customers. It includes a rich portfolio of products including IaaS and PaaS services on the Azure Platform in the AI era. These technologies empower customers to build, deploy, and manage infrastructure solutions in a cloud-native way.

As an Innovative Infrastructure Platform Solution Engineer (SE), you will play a pivotal role in helping enterprises unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure stack across every stage of deployment. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate Azure Infrastructure services-including compute, networking, storage, security, hybrid solutions, and governance-through hands-on engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. You’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate infrastructure modernization into their deployment workflows. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their infrastructure platform and realize the full value of Microsoft’s cloud, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities.

As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate infrastructure migration into their deployment workflows. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their infrastructure platform and realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform.

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

• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.

• Lead hands-on engagements-hackathons and architecture workshops-to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s cloud platforms.

• Build trusted relationships with 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 knowledge in Azure Infrastructure Portfolio: Compute (VMs, Scale Sets), Networking (Virtual Network, ExpressRoute), Storage (Blob, Files), Hybrid solutions (Azure Arc), Governance and Security (Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud).

• Maintain and grow knowledge in on-prem infrastructure (VMware, Hyper-V), hybrid cloud, and migration strategies.

• Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud infrastructure communities and customer forums.

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.
• Experience in Azure Infrastructure services (Compute, Networking, Storage) from migration & modernization to creating new cloud-native solutions.
• Experience in hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, governance, and security frameworks.
• Experience in leading technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.
• Global collaboration is integral to our work at Microsoft, and proficiency in English is essential for effective communication in this role.

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).

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.