Senior Cloud Solution Architect - Azure Local & Hybrid Infrastructure

The Senior Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) is a technical leader and trusted advisor responsible for designing, validating, and guiding enterprise customers through hybrid cloud and infrastructure modernization using Azure, Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI), and Hyper-V.

This role focuses on architecture-first engagement, proactive guidance, and complex solution design across compute, storage, networking, identity, and operations, rather than reactive support. The CSA works closely with customer architects, IT leadership, and delivery teams to ensure secure, scalable, and resilient hybrid solutions aligned with Microsoft best practices.

Responsibilities:

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for hybrid and on-prem to Azure scenarios with hands on experience.
• Lead architecture design sessions, technical deep dives, and roadmap planning
• Translate business and technical requirements into Azure-aligned reference architectures
• Act as senior technical authority for Azure Local and virtualization workloads

Azure Local & Virtualization

• Architect and validate Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI 22H2+) solutions
• Provide senior guidance on Hyper-V-based platforms and modernization strategies
• Design for resiliency, scalability, and performance using:
• Failover Clustering
• Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
• Guide customers through VMware to Hyper-V / Azure Local migrations

Hybrid Azure Integration

• Design hybrid Azure IaaS architectures (compute, storage, networking)
• Enable hybrid management and governance using Azure Arc
• Architect business continuity and disaster recovery using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery
• Ensure designs align with the Microsoft Well-Architected Framework

Identity, Networking & Security

• Architect Active Directory-integrated hybrid identity solutions
• Design and review networking architectures across on-prem and Azure:
• Virtual networking
• Connectivity and routing
• Performance and availability
• Ensure solutions follow security-by-design and least-privilege principles

Customer Engagement & Influence

• Partner with customer architects, infrastructure leads, and decision makers
• Influence technical strategy and platform adoption decisions
• Provide technical governance, risk identification, and design assurance
• Mentor delivery engineers and act as escalation point for complex design challenges

Core Technical Expertise

• Azure Local / Azure Stack HCI
• Hyper-V (2016+)
• Azure IaaS (VMs, networking, storage)
• SCVMM & SCOM (architecture-level understanding)
• Windows Server & Failover Clustering
• Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
• Active Directory & hybrid identity
• Azure Arc
• PowerShell (architecture-level automation understanding)

Do you have experience in Virtualization?, * 15+ years in architecture, consulting, or senior engineering roles

• Strong background in hybrid infrastructure and virtualization platforms
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale, mission-critical systems
• Comfortable operating at architect, platform lead, and decision-maker level
• Azure / Windows Server / Azure Stack HCI certifications preferred
• Architecture ownership, not task execution
• Proactive guidance over reactive support
• Design authority across multiple technical domains
• Strong influence on customer technical strategy
• Hands on Troubleshooting skills