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Microsoft UK • Multiple Locations, United Kingdom

Solution Engineer (Cloud & AI Infrastructure)

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Overview

Are you curious, enthusiastic about infrastructure, and ready to solve complex challenges in the AI era? Join us as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer focused on the Azure Platform for ISV customers in EMEA at Microsoft.

In this technical sales role, you will play a pivotal part in empowering Independent Software Vendors to build, scale, and innovate on Azure. You’ll work closely with ISVs to design secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures that align with their product roadmaps and business goals. Leveraging Azure’s IaaS and PaaS services, you will guide them through migration, modernization, optimization, and innovation—translating technical capabilities into impactful, customer-facing solutions.

You will collaborate across teams to deliver tailored, high-value solutions that enhance agility, reduce costs, and unlock new opportunities through AI-powered infrastructure. As a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer for the Azure Platform, you will play a key role in helping customers modernize their infrastructure and unlock the full value of Microsoft’s cloud.

You will work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support AI workloads and business-critical applications. You bring deep expertise in migrating core workloads—including Windows, SQL Server, Linux, PostgreSQL, and Oracle—to Azure.

Beyond migration, you lead customers through modernization using the 6R strategy, containerization best practices, and Azure-native services like AKS and Arc, while exploring how AI and intelligent agents can accelerate legacy transformation. You also apply strong networking knowledge to design hybrid and cloud-native solutions, including virtual networks, VPNs, and secure routing architectures that meet enterprise performance and compliance needs.

You complement this with trusted partner solutions like NetApp, VMware, RedHat, and SAP to ensure a secure, optimized, and scalable migration experience. As you join the team, You will have the opportunity to grow your technical expertise with access to a wide range of Microsoft learning resources—including support for earning industry-recognized certifications across Azure infrastructure, security, and AI.

With a solid understanding of Azure security services and compliance frameworks you will help customers meet regulatory requirements and build Cloud environments that are ready for the future. 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, innovate to 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.



Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

  • Drive technical sales by using technical demos, proofs of concept, and technical architecture accelerators to influence solution design and enable deployments.
  • Lead architecture sessions and technical workshops to accelerate Azure adoption.
  • Build trusted relationships with platforms leads to co-design secure, scalable solutions.
  • Resolve technical blockers by collaborating with engineering and sharing customer insights.
  • Maintain expertise in cloud migration (Windows, SQL, Linux, PostgreSQL, app workloads), resiliency, security, and compliance.
  • Deepen knowledge of enterprise apps (SAP, Oracle) and Azure VMware Solution (AVS).
  • Represent Microsoft in customer forums and technical communities through thought leadership.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Extensive experience in technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND experience in technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR equivalent experience - Proven experience in cloud infrastructure, including migration of workloads such as Windows, SQL, Linux, and PostgreSQL.
  • Experience designing or selling solutions involving hybrid networking, secure connectivity, or network performance optimization in enterprise environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), App Platform, and containerization strategies. - Strong understanding of Azure services, including security, compliance, and hybrid cloud scenarios.
  • Ability to engage technical and business stakeholders to design and deploy scalable, secure cloud solutions.
  • Extensive experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management
  • Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, and ISVs like NetApp, VMware, and RedHat.
  • Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, and Public Sector compliance standards.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.



Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Company benefits

Wellbeing allowance
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Gym membership
Mental health platform access
Buy or sell annual leave
Shared parental leave
Charity donation scheme
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Volunteer days – 3 days a year
Fertility treatment leave
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Fertility benefits
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced sick days
Compassionate leave
Travel insurance
20 days annual leave + bank holidays
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks paid
Enhanced paternity leave – 6 weeks paid
Adoption leave – 24 weeks paid
Childcare credits
Carer’s leave – 4 weeks paid
Cycle to work scheme
Faith rooms
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Company car
Hackathons
Open to part-time employees
Pregnancy loss leave
Life insurance
Equity packages
Financial coaching
Relocation packages
Sabbaticals
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Family health insurance
LinkedIn learning license
In house training
Personal development days

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