Technical Solutions Architect II – Microsoft Azure

World Wide Technology; Maryland Heights (MO); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Profit Sharing

401k Matching

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Employee Discounts

Job summary

World Wide Technology (WWT) is seeking a Technical Solutions Architect focused on Microsoft Azure, AI agents, Foundry, and Fabric. You will lead pre-sales activities, architect cloud modernization, and collaborate with partners to deliver production-grade AI-enabled solutions.

The role requires hands-on experience with Azure, Foundry, Fabric, and AI tooling, plus strong communication skills and travel up to 50% as needed. WWT offers a comprehensive benefits package and a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years selling, architecting and/or implementing Microsoft Azure cloud solutions.
• Hands-on experience designing, building and deploying AI agents using Microsoft Foundry.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric as a unified data platform.
• Strong communication and pre-sales capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Architect and codify Azure AI, Data, and Application Modernization approaches.
• Lead pre-sales briefings, assessments, and workshops for Azure clients.
• Align solution portfolio with Microsoft Foundry, Fabric, and AI tools.
• Elevate technical fluency of the sales org around Agentic Platforms and Data Modernization.

Skills

Azure

AI

Foundry

Fabric

Cloud architecture

Pre-sales

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Azure DevOps

Job description

Why WWT?

World Wide Technology (WWT) strives to make a new world happen. WWT's work benefits clients and partners as much as it does its people and community across the globe.

Why WWT?

World Wide Technology (WWT) strives to make a new world happen. WWT's work benefits clients and partners as much as it does its people and community across the globe. Founded in 1990, WWT brings together strategy, deep technical expertise and world-class partnerships to help public and private sector organizations design, build and scale intelligent AI, digital, cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure solutions. Through its Advanced Technology Center (ATC)—a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software—WWT enables clients and partners to conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology and then deploy solutions at scale using its global integration and distribution capabilities. With more than 14,000 team members and over 60 locations globally, WWT's culture—grounded in core values and leadership philosophies—has been recognized by Fortune® and Great Place to Work for its commitment to innovation, trust and creating a great place to work for all. WWT provides products and services to large enterprise, global service provider and public sector clients in up to 130 countries across six continents. Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company, supports commercial and SMB markets in the U.S. and Canada. Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

Why should you join the WWT Cloud Team?

WWT's Cloud Team is dedicated to delivering top-notch consulting services and cloud solutions to our clients. By combining subject matter and operational expertise with business acumen, this position plays a critical role in defining and building go-to-market solutions for our practice area as well as enabling and supporting our matrixed sales organization around the same. WWT's Cloud Team operates in a dynamic environment where innovation and collaboration are encouraged. This is an exciting opportunity for well-qualified and passionate team players looking to make a real impact as part of a high performing team.

What will you be doing?

Technical Solutions Architects are quintessential customer advocates with both superb business acumen and deep technical proficiency. As a key contributor around Microsoft Azure, and especially the areas of Agentic Platforms, Data Platforms, and Application Modernization, you will focus on transforming business through innovative solutions that deliver best in class omnichannel experiences. You will use data-driven approaches and cutting-edge AI tools to align and execute WWT's portfolio across the business. More specifically, you will be WWT's go-to Microsoft Azure thought leader as pertains to AI, Data, and Application Modernization, helping clients achieve critical business outcomes related to the same. To that end, you will serve as an industry-recognized technical authority on building production-grade AI agents with Microsoft Foundry, unifying data estates to fuel those agents with Microsoft Fabric, and modernizing legacy applications, including the integration of AI capabilities, through the use of AI Coding Assistants such as GitHub Copilot and Developer Experience (DevEx) tools such as Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities:

• Practice Area Development: Architect and codify WWT's Azure AI, Data, and Application Modernization approach, pairing AI-assisted code refactoring and modernization tooling with Microsoft Foundry to embed agentic capabilities, and with Microsoft Fabric to provide the unified, contextual data those agents need.
• Strategic Portfolio: In collaboration with the larger WWT team, build and maintain the AI, Data, and Application Modernization portions of WWT's Cloud solution portfolio, driving the creation of standardized and repeatable solution offerings in conjunction with our strategic partners and their programs.
• Partner/Solution Alignment: Work with our professional services organization and trusted services partners to ensure alignment between our solution portfolio and services capabilities across Microsoft Azure, Foundry, and Fabric.
• Pre-Sales: Lead AI, Data, and Application Modernization briefings, assessments, and workshops, guiding Azure client stakeholders on Microsoft Foundry-based agent design, Microsoft Fabric-based data platform strategy, and overall application modernization approach. You will be the technical authority validating and differentiating WWT’s approach and offerings from commodity migration and AI point solutions.
• Enablement: Elevate the technical fluency of our matrixed sales organization on Microsoft Azure, especially in the areas of Agentic Platforms, Data Platforms, and Application Modernization, teaching them to identify and helping them to qualify relevant professional services opportunities within client accounts.
• Competency Leadership: Drive WWT’s alignment with Microsoft’s relevant Azure, AI, and Data solution partner designations, ensuring our internal IP maps directly to Microsoft funding and co-sell programs.

• Experience: At least 5 years selling, architecting and/or implementing Microsoft Azure cloud solutions, with hands-on expertise in application modernization.
• Agentic Platforms / Microsoft Foundry: Hands-on experience designing, building and deploying AI agents using Microsoft Foundry (or a comparable agentic platform), including agent orchestration, grounding and integration with enterprise data and applications.
• Data Platforms / Microsoft Fabric: Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric as a unified data platform, including its role in powering AI and agentic workloads.
• Azure Application Modernization: Demonstrable expertise modernizing legacy applications on Azure, including, ideally, refactoring monolithic workloads into cloud-native architectures and leveraging AI-assisted development and refactoring tools to accelerate modernization work.
• AI Fluency: Deep fluency in AI, with hands-on comfort using everyday Workspace AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic Claude, and experience applying Gen AI coding and refactoring assistants to modernization work.
• Communication: Outstanding organizational, presentation and speaking skills. This is a technical pre-sales role that is both customer-facing and partner-facing.
• Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert preferred; completion of the Frontier Transformation Engineer journey will be strongly preferred. Confident ability to demonstrate equivalent-level subject matter expertise with an immediate plan to acquire or re-acquire relevant certifications will also be considered.
• Education: 4-year bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• Travel: Ability for overnight travel (25% - 50%).

Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $175,000.00 to $225,000.00 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in the base pay.

The well‑being of WWT employees is essential. When it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full‑time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Health (Medical & Prescription), Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers (MO & IL), Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive Pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Medical Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement, Day of Caring
• Additional Perks: Family Planning Benefits, Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Voluntary Supplemental Accident/Illness/Hospital, Voluntary ID Theft, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Note: This is not an all‑encompassing list and should not be used as a complete description of the plan’s benefits. For more information, see our US benefits website at wwt.com/us-benefits.

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for all!

If you require accessibility accommodation(s) or adjustment during any stage of the hiring process, please let your WWT Recruiter know. The recruiter will work with you to understand your needs and help ensure an accessible experience throughout the interview process.

World Wide Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer.