Sr Enterprise Cloud Solution Architect-CTJ-Top Secret

We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Cloud Solution Architect to join our Federal organization. This role requires deep technical expertise across Azure workloads, including AI, data, applications, and infrastructure, and a passion for helping enterprise customers solve complex challenges and accelerate their digital transformation.In this senior, customer-facing role, you will lead strategic technical engagements and serve as a trusted advisor to both technical and executive stakeholders.The ideal candidate brings a rare combination of deep technical competency, the ability to technically program manage complex, multi-workstream initiatives, and the executive presence required to communicate effectively with senior leaders and decision-makers.   You will ensure end cloud solutions are deployed effectively, partner with Customer Success leaders and account teams to shape and execute cloud strategies, and drive projects from strategy through implementation and operationalization. This role requires the ability to orchestrate across multiple technical teams, align architecture to business outcomes, and translate complex technical concepts into clear executive-level messaging.This is a unique opportunity to operate at the intersection of strategy and execution—helping government customers modernize mission-critical systems, adopt AI responsibly, and build secure, scalable cloud platforms that enable long-term innovation and mission impact. This role requires occasional overnight travel to customer locations. The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources – including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment – Civilian, Defense, or Intelligence community.    Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.

Operates in accordance with required operational excellence and proven practice standards across all sales stages, activities, and tools of record (e.g., pipeline updates, time tracking). Collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams to deliver on strategy and achieve customer and partner objectives while increasing overall satisfaction. Proactively manages business and technical risks, adapts methodology, and applies governance principles to identify, communicate, and mitigate risks. Executes work in compliance with industry and Microsoft guidelines and procedures. Continuously prioritizes among competing demands, focusing on where the greatest customer impact can be achieved while ensuring alignment with business priorities and goals.   Proactively identifies new opportunities for Consumption, Usage, and Unified expansion (especially Enhanced Solutions) at scale, based on customer and partner business value and a clear understanding of the Microsoft value