Cloud Solution Architect

Do you have a passion for Azure PaaS/IaaS and using best-in-class tools created by Microsoft? Are you looking for a role where you can interact directly with large enterprise customers to improve the stability and performance of the solutions they are deploying in Azure? Do you want to join one of Microsoft's fastest growing businesses? If so, we are looking for you

Support for Mission Critical is a team within Microsoft that provides solution-specific expertise designed to drive peak health and optimum performance of a customer’s most important solutions. As a key technical resource for the customer, you will be primarily focused on delivering proactive services such as education workshops, delivering assessments, and providing tailored guidance. Troubleshooting skills are essential as this role will include working with Microsoft Support to expedite incident resolution.

**Responsibilities**:

- Planning and delivering proactive and reactive support including onsite presence as needed (post Covid restrictions)
- You will Identify and manage customer goals and SfMC opportunities across Azure PaaS to improve the quality, consumption, and health of the customer’s solution.
- You will drive and participate in proactive delivery management as well as spot performance issues, analyze problems, and drive activities focused on stabilizing and optimizing your customer’s solution.
- You will work with internal Microsoft support teams, account teams, product engineering and service engineering teams and other stakeholders to ensure a streamlined and efficient customer support experience.
- You will engage in meetings with your customers and account teams to review Support for Mission Critical services, customer support issues, and articulate your Customer Success Plans.
- You will share and gain knowledge through technical communities.
- You will contribute to on-call rotations to ensure a high quality of service for the critical incidents created by Support for Mission Critical customers.

**Qualifications**:

- 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, Typescript, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years’ experience with architecting and building large-scale complex enterprise services on cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
- 5+ years of Azure PaaS related experience. Breadth of technical experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in the following Azure PaaS areas is expected.
- Azure Container Services, including AKS, ACA, ACI etc.
- Azure API Management
- Azure App Service
- Azure Function
- Application Development
- Strong knowledge and experience in designing and implementing Azure PaaS solutions.
- Experience in designing, implementing, and shipping complex enterprise software products/services.
- Hands-on ability to write secure, reliable, and maintainable code and to test and debug.
- Familiar with Microsoft cloud adoption framework, Well-architected framework.
- Strong knowledge and experience in.NET Core,.NET Framework and C#.
- Strong knowledge and experience in DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering.
- Strong knowledge and experience in microservice design.
- Strong knowledge and experience in container ecosystems, including Kubernetes, docker, service mesh etc.
- Proficiency in utilizing GitHub and/or Azure DevOps Service.
- Ability to operate and be successful in a highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving environment.

**Azure IaaS**
- Strong knowledge and experience in designing and implementing Azure storage solutions.
- Strong knowledge and experience in designing and implementing Azure networking solutions.
- Strong knowledge and experience in designing and implementing Azure compute solution.
- Strong knowledge in high availability and disaster recovery features for IaaS components.
- Familiar with Azure security services/features.
- Strong knowledge and experience in building infra-as-code

**Other Qualifications**
- Experience in systems management, network operations, software support, IT consulting, or related roles.
- Solid understanding of client/server, networking, and Internet technologies fundamentals.
- Must have outstanding customer service skills with excellent oral and written communication skills as well as experience providing training to peers or customers.
- Must demonstrate strong interpersonal and leadership skills while working with diverse audiences including highly technical IT professionals, engineers, developers, and architects as well as executives and management professionals in both customer and Microsoft teams.
- Must have experience leading and driving projects as well as motivating others.
- Must be self-motivated, resourceful and able to handle multiple responsibilities as a Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect and Support for Mission Critical professional.
- Need to demonstrate the ability to develop strong strategic customer relationships that gain the t