Senior Cloud Solution Architect

Shape the Future of AI. Transform Partners into Frontier Leaders. Scale Business Impact. Join Microsoft's high-performing Cloud & AI Partner Architects team in DACH and play a pivotal role in accelerating AI innovation and business transformation across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland through our strategic partner ecosystem. As a Senior Cloud Solution Architect - Data & AI , you will combine deep technical expertise, architectural leadership, and strategic business acumen to help our most influential partners design, build, and scale innovative AI-powered solutions. You will act as a trusted technical advisor, guiding partners through complex architectural decisions, solution development, and the adoption of Microsoft's latest cloud, data, and AI technologies. A key part of your mission is to accelerate the evolution of our partners into Frontier Partners -helping them move beyond traditional technology services and isolated AI experiments toward AI-first business models, intelligent agent-based solutions, differentiated intellectual property (IP), and scalable, repeatable offerings that deliver measurable customer outcomes. You will work closely with partner executives, technical leaders, engineering teams, and Microsoft sales organizations to shape AI transformation strategies, lead architectural design sessions, accelerate production-ready solutions, and unlock new market opportunities . By combining technical leadership with a strong understanding of partner business models, you will help partners turn innovation into sustainable growth and scale successful solutions across customers and markets. Leveraging technologies such as Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Services, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, and GitHub , you will drive the development of scalable, secure, and enterprise-ready AI and data architectures. We are looking for a senior technical leader who can connect technology with business impact -someone who challenges conventional thinking, influences strategic decisions, inspires technical teams, and helps shape the next generation of AI-powered partner businesses. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day, we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Business Impact Drive Frontier AI Transformation: Act as a strategic technical advisor to senior partner stakeholders, helping partners evolve into Frontier Partners by adopting AI-first strategies, agentic AI solutions, and new business models. Connect technology innovation with measurable business outcomes, accelerating partner growth and customer transformation. Accelerate Data & AI Business Growth: Proactively identify and shape opportunities to increase Azure Data & AI consumption, drive adoption of Microsoft Fabric and Foundry, and expand partner-led customer reach. Collaborate across Microsoft sales, engineering, and partner organizations to accelerate pipeline creation, solution adoption, and sustainable business impact at scale. Influence Strategic Technology Decisions: Challenge conventional approaches, guide partners through complex architectural and business decisions, and translate emerging technology trends into actionable transformation strategies. Proactively address technical and business risks, including security, data governance, privacy, responsible AI, and operational resilience. Partner Specialization Build Frontier Partner Capabilities: Lead the technical transformation of strategic partners by developing their Data & AI practices, architectural capabilities, and technical readiness. Help partners establish differentiated AI offerings, agentic