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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Applications - **Company:** Microsoft - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $86,100.0 - $169,800.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Github, Microsoft Software, Software Engineering, Computer Network Operations, AI Platforms, Information Technology, Azure AKS, Azure AI, Api Management - **Published:** November 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/cloud-solution-architect-cloud-ai-applications-new-york-ny--82cbeec0-1d3e-475f-bae7-bf33feee0ea9 ## About the Role Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Architecture, Cloud Applications, Microsoft Product Family, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sales, Business Growth, Customer Experience, Market Share, * Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 2+ years 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 equivalent experience, * Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 5+ years 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 3+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting * OR equivalent experience. * 2+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). * 2+ years experience working on technical projects. * Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications). * Proficiency in workloads including Azure Logic Apps, Azure DevOps, Azure AI Foundry, AKS, App Service, APIM, and GitHub. Cloud Solution Architecture IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $86,100 - $169,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $113,300 - $187,400 per year. ## Description Engage with customer IT and business leaders to understand their application and AI priorities, and design secure, scalable solutions that drive business value and customer satisfaction. Proven expertise in Azure Logic Apps with demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, develop and deliver workshops and assessments, and create scalable, reusable intellectual property (IP) that enables consistent customer delivery. Lead technical engagements across architecture design, Proof of Concepts (POCs), and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to accelerate adoption of Azure AI, App Services, Containers, and GitHub. Own the end-to-end technical delivery results, ensuring completeness and accuracy of consumption and customer success plans in collaboration with the Customer Success Account Manager. Drive next best actions and generate incremental Cloud pipeline from each engagement. Deliver repeatable intellectual property (IP) and contribute to centralized IP development to accelerate deployment and achieve targeted outcomes. Provide delivery oversight and escalation support for key Cloud Acceleration Factory engagements across AI and App Innovation projects. Lead the health, resiliency, security, and optimization of mission-critical workloads, ensuring readiness for production-scale AI use cases. Act as the Voice of the Customer by sharing insights and feedback with engineering teams to influence product improvements and remove adoption blockers. Support customer skilling through technical workshops, readiness activities, and recommendations that ensure solution performance, maintainability, and reliability. Maintain deep technical expertise and stay current with Azure, AI, GitHub, and cloud-native development trends, while contributing to internal and external technical communities. Be accredited and certified to deliver with advanced and expert-level proficiency in priority workloads including Azure AI Foundry, AKS, App Service, APIM, and GitHub. Collaborate hands-on with customer development teams to understand their application landscape and constraints, then design and drive application migration and modernization strategies that improve scalability, resiliency, and readiness for AI-powered workloads on Azure. Demonstrate a growth mindset by continuously aligning your skills to customer needs, contributing to knowledge sharing, and mentoring others to accelerate customer outcomes.