Partner Solution Architect - Data - Belgium Market

As a Cloud Solution Architect, you will guide the development of business solutions, provide deep technical insights, and accelerate the growth of Microsoft Tech priorities. You will work closely with partners to understand their technical requirements and business objectives, and guide them through architectural design sessions, developing proof of concepts, and help them transition from legacy systems to modern cloud environments, ensuring that their solutions are optimized for performance and cost-efficiency. Join our team as a Cloud Solution Architect and play a pivotal role in guiding our most significant partners to designing and implementing innovative scalable, secure, and efficient cloud architectures that meet market needs. By leveraging your skills in technical leadership, cloud computing, software development, problem solving and systems architecture, you will drive business impact by enabling digital transformation, optimizing performance, and driving innovation through the effective use of cloud technologies., As a Partner Solution Architect (PSA), you will serve as the deep technical SME to partners’ technical force & own the partner’s technical strategy plan for their Cloud Solution Area (CSA). Withing your responsibilities are:

• Guide Solution Development & Activation - You’ll lead the development and activation of new or enhanced partner offerings that align with Microsoft Cloud priorities. Your focus will be on ensuring these solutions are robust, scalable, secure, and tailored to meet evolving customer needs.
• Empower Innovation - You’ll run technical innovation workshops, tech briefings, and envisioning sessions to build technical intensity across partner teams. By collaborating with engineering and product teams, you’ll help accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies and shape partner Offerings that align with both business goals and technical requirements.
• Strategic Sales Enablement - You’ll play a key role in activating transformational deals by providing architectural guidance, resolving technical blockers, and enhancing solution design. Your work will directly contribute to workload consumption and revenue impact.
• Champion Technical Excellence - You’ll guide partners through architecture design sessions, proof-of-concepts, and MVP builds. You’ll ensure that solutions follow Microsoft’s Cloud and AI best practices and are optimized for performance, scalability, and security.
• Thought Leadership & Stakeholder Management - You’ll build long-term engagements with strategic partners, influencing their adoption of Microsoft technologies. You’ll develop deep technical relationships with CXOs and foster executive alignment to support joint success. Internal Job Additional Details External & Internal Footer partner Enablement & Business Acumen - You’ll coach broader partner technical teams to ensure pre-sales, deployrnent, and consumption are embedded in solution development. You’ll help partners build resilience to technical challenges, navigate competitive landscapes, and translate technical concepts into business value.

This job requires Dutch / Flamish language proficiency (verbal and written).

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND relevant experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
• OR masters degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND related technical consulting, technical consultative selling, product development, or related
• OR equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in cloud architecture, solution design, and partner enablement, particularly in large-scale or global engagements Demonstrated ability to lead technical innovation workshops, architecture reviews, and build-to-consume engagements with partners
• Extensive related experience in technology IP solutions or services development, with a deep understanding of digital transformation business drivers, cloud platforms, and emerging cloud trends like generative AI and SaaS (Software as a Service) services.
• Strong background and in-depth knowledge of cloud technologies, with a focus on Microsoft’s cloud Offerings (Azure, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365).
• Minimum L300 knowledge On Fabric: Become an expert in pitching the value prop of unified intelligent data and analytics platform.
• Minimum L300 knowledge in Azure AI platform: Learn how to holistically pitch models as a service, tooling, Al ready infrastructure and Responsible AI.
• Minimum L200 knowledge of Cosmos DB (databases): Learn how to create an application with Cosmos DB

Cloud Solution Architecture

IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Belgium is € 72,300.00 - € 122,000.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.