Cloud Solution Architect - Data Platform

Microsoft; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a senior professional with extensive experience in cloud and infrastructure technologies. The ideal candidate will lead strategic projects, optimizing solutions for clients while collaborating with internal teams. This role requires significant technical expertise, strong leadership in a customer-facing capacity, and a focus on innovation across technology areas.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies required.
• 12+ years preferred experience in similar fields or 8+ years with a Master's Degree.
• Technical certification in relevant cloud technologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive team to optimize high-impact situations for strategic customers.
• Lead adoption of Microsoft offerings and influence industry architecture.
• Connect gaps across business and technology to drive improvements.

Skills

Cloud technologies

IT consulting/support

Systems administration

Network operations

Software development/support

Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Business

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Fabric

Databricks

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Responsibilities

• You drive your team in operating and optimizing complex and high-impact situations for strategic customers/partners in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• You lead the adoption of Microsoft offerings based on analysis/differentiation of Microsoft and competitor products to influence the industry-wide direction for specific architecture(s).
• You connect gaps and patterns across business and technology areas, and drive changes and improvements to existing intellectual property (IP), technologies, and/or processes that enable solutions to scale across customers/partners.
• You lead virtual teams around technologies and customer/partner challenges by sharing ideas, insights, and strategic, technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using knowledge of Microsoft architectures and their context in the competitive landscape.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting.

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, IT consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting.
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
• 6+ years experience leading technical projects in the Data Platform domain (e.g., Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google, security certifications).

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the country where you work.