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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.\nInfrastructure 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.\nAs 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.\nAs 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.\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\nDrive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.\n\nLead hands-on engagements-hackathons and architecture workshops-to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s cloud platforms.\n\nBuild trusted relationships with platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions.\n\nResolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products.\n\nMaintain 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).\n\nMaintain and grow knowledge in on-prem infrastructure (VMware, Hyper-V), hybrid cloud, and migration strategies.\n\nRepresent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud infrastructure communities and customer forums.\n\nQualifications\nRequired/Minimum Qualifications:\nMaster's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experienceOR 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\nOR equivalent experience.\n\nExperience in Azure Infrastructure services (Compute, Networking, Storage) from migration & modernization to creating new cloud-native solutions.\nExperience in hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, governance, and security frameworks.\nExperience in leading technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.\nGlobal collaboration is integral to our work at Microsoft, and proficiency in English is essential for effective communication in this role.\nAdditional or Preferred Qualifications:\n6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience.\n4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.\n\nCertification in relevant technologies or disciplines (e.g., Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture).\n\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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