Senior Cloud & AI Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect- CTJ - Poly

As a Cloud & AI Infrastructure CSA, you will: 

• Lead architecture and delivery of Azure, hybrid, and multicloud infrastructure solutions in federal environments 

• Establish secure, resilient cloud foundations that support AI, analytics, and mission-critical workloads 

• Drive consumption, usage, and customer success across Azure infrastructure and AI-enabled services 

• Ensure architectures align with federal security, compliance, and sovereignty requirements 

You will deliver deep technical expertise across infrastructure, platform engineering, security, and operational excellence while helping customers transform legacy environments into modern, AI-ready platforms. 

Business Impact 

• Deliver solutions aligned with Microsoft methodologies and operational excellence standards, including accurate pipeline management, documentation, and time tracking 

• Identify, escalate, and help mitigate technical and business risks that could impede solution delivery or value realization 

• Contribute to identifying and accelerating blockers to cloud adoption, consumption, and usage using approved tools and processes 

• Identify opportunities for Azure infrastructure, hybrid, security, and AI consumption growth aligned to customer mission outcomes and Microsoft value propositions 

• Actively engage customers to challenge assumptions, propose alternative architectures, and recommend optimized solutions that improve security, resiliency, cost, and performance 

Solution Delivery & Technical Execution 

• Design and guide implementation of: 

• Azure Landing Zones, hybrid and multicloud architectures 

• Secure infrastructure platforms supporting AI/ML, data, and mission workloads 

• Governance, identity, networking, resiliency, and operational controls aligned with federal requirements 

• Ensure solutions follow well-architected, secure-by-design, and compliance-ready patterns that enable long-term operational success 

• Support value-based deliverables such as architecture design sessions, proofs of concept, and technical validation engagements 

• Contribute feedback to internal delivery and engineering teams to improve offerings, patterns, and reusable assets 

Customer Centricity 

• Learn customer missions, technical constraints, and conditions for success in federal environments 

• Translate customer challenges into Azure infrastructure and AI-enabled solutions aligned to Microsoft’s Cloud & AI platform strategy 

• Build trusted relationships with technical and business decision-makers, helping bridge infrastructure, security, compliance, and mission requirements 

• Act as the voice of the customer, providing feedback and insights to Microsoft engineering, product, and internal communities 

Partner Collaboration 

• Collaborate with Microsoft partners to enable joint solutions, technical readiness, and successful customer implementations 

• Support partners in removing technical blockers and accelerating delivery and consumption 

• Provide technical enablement and guidance to align partner offerings with Microsoft Federal infrastructure and AI priorities 

Technical Leadership & Readiness 

• Maintain deep technical depth across Azure infrastructure, hybrid cloud, security, and AI-enabling platforms, with breadth across CSU initiatives such as security, resiliency, and AI 

• Mentor peers and contribute to virtual teams, communities of practice, and internal readiness initiatives 

• Contribute to intellectual property, reusable architectures, and patterns that scale across federal customers 

• Represent Microsoft through internal and external technical engagements, sharing best practices and lessons learned where appropriate