About the Job
At Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C), we are leading a high-growth, AI-powered global sales team focused on customer success. We’re looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to help customers migrate, modernize, and secure their infrastructure, applications, and data on Microsoft Azure, establishing the groundwork for scalable, production-ready AI solutions.
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Responsibilities
- Deliver engagements focused on migration, modernization, operational excellence, and resilient architecture using frameworks like Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF).
- Work closely with customer IT leaders to design and implement scalable solutions, resolve blockers, and accelerate Azure services adoption through repeatable IP and delivery excellence.
- Build trusted relationships with key customer IT decision makers to drive long-term cloud adoption, acting as the Voice of the Customer by sharing insights and collaborating with Microsoft engineering teams.
- Drive migration and modernization initiatives, ensuring customer environments are optimized for health, resiliency, security, and performance.
- Maintain technical intensity through continuous learning and certifications in priority workloads such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, and Defender for Cloud.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 4+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies or IT consulting/support.
- Strong focus on infrastructure & platform expertise, including virtual machines, networking, identity & access management, and security.
- Experience working in a customer-facing role and on technical projects is essential.
Certifications
- Required: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Preferred: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Location
Multiple Locations, Saudi Arabia
Work Conditions
2 days / week in-office
