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Lead Solution Architect

Posted 24 Mar 2024
Work experience
3 to 5 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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An experienced Solutions Architect, you will get to use the knowledge and skills you have developed in your career to impact and influence our enterprise clients across EMEA.

As part of Microsoft Services Worldwide Chief Technology Office, you will partner with some of our most innovative and progressive customers as they go through their digital transformation journey. We aim to provide business value, so your technical know-how will be important, but, just as relevant, will be your strategic and commercial sense, and the enthusiasm for technology.

Responsibilities

A Solutions Architect with a background in software development and architecting cloud platforms, you will be comfortable communicating with senior level stakeholders in multinational organisations and enjoy solving complex technology problems.

Imaginative and assured under pressure, you will be responsible for various tasks and activities, including:

  • Maintaining leadership relationships within our key customers,
  • Providing expertise and guidance to customers in large-scale application development
  • Assisting customers in architecting, planning, testing and deploying Microsoft technologies
  • Supporting product and engineering teams, and provide them with feedback from real-world scenarios
  • Maintaining an understanding of competitor technology to enable you to effectively assess the feasibility of migrating from and/or integrating customer solutions on non-Microsoft platforms
  • Helping customer account teams identify, pursue and close strategic business development opportunities
  • Assisting with internal community efforts and developing skills of consultants, as well as providing technical quality assurance to other engagements as required.

Qualifications

A history of managing projects through the complete project lifecycle will set you up for success in this role. You will also be able to demonstrate:

  • Knowledge of a modern programming language (e.g. C#, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, PHP, Python etc.)
  • Design and implementation of modern web services and web apps
  • An understanding and practical application of DevOps
  • Designing and deploying native Cloud infrastructure using Containers, Kubernetes and Serverless technologies from Microsoft, popular Open Source technologies or 3rd party services
  • Management of global integration projects and working with offshore teams
  • Experience with Agile and/or SCRUM
  • An ability to present to an executive audience, and able to articulate platform and technical trade-offs and decisions
  • Travel is an integral part of this position and the amount required can fluctuate in line with the demands of our customers and our business.

We are flexible regards where this role is based within the EMEA time zone so, if you are willing to travel, and looking for your next challenge, this could be your next opportunity!

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care 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, regulations and ordinances.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Onze belofte?
'At Microsoft we help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.’

We werken met meer dan 100.000 Microsoft collega’s in ruim 60 landen aan het inlossen van deze belofte. In Nederland verzorgen wij samen met onze partners de verkoop en marketing van Microsoft technologie met ruim 900 medewerkers. Daarnaast houden IT professionals, binnen MicrosoftNL Services, zich bezig met strategie, consultancy en support bij de grootste organisaties van Nederland. Zij dragen end-to-end verantwoordelijkheid voor de business impact van Microsoft technologieën bij klanten. Klanten variërend van multinationals tot hulporganisaties.

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