As a Cloud Engineering Consultant on the development team, you will partner with customers and their integrators to modernize infrastructure and accelerate cloud adoption. You’ll design and implement secure, scalable, and automated solutions in Microsoft Azure—migrating from on-premises environments and guiding them through integration strategies that optimize workload performance, scalability, and operational efficiency in the cloud. Your work will leverage Azure technologies such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with BICEP, Azure DevOps Server (ADO), Azure Monitor, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), containers, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Azure DNS, Azure Firewall, Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM). Experience with related on-premises technologies and Azure hybrid design is desired. Candidates should be well versed in proactively moving forward solutions through organizational processes and working across customer and internal teams.
This opportunity will allow you to:
- Accelerate your career growth by leading complex cloud transformation initiatives.
- Hone your skills in cloud-native technologies and secure automation practices.
- Develop deep business acumen by aligning DevOps strategies with customer goals and compliance frameworks.
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
Technical Delivery
- Demonstrate the ability to articulate value propositions for the most strategic Microsoft products and services and uses business, technology and industry strategies to define customer/partner requirements and constraints.
- Demonstrate expertise in a specific solution, or several products, feature functions, or services and drive opportunities to accelerate the adoption of the Microsoft Cloud.
- Drive and support innovation focusing on industry solutions and customer business outcomes on the Microsoft platform.
- Ensure solutions align with the intent of the architecture allowing for clear build test specifications and development of operations guides for the customer.
- Identify business and technical risks in programs, assesses their impactand proposes mitigations and contingencies.
- Provide stakeholder assistance throughout deployment to avoid/resolve technical issues.
- Balance Configure-Before-Customize principles with the goals of maximum customer/partner value and with the use of Microsoft core/baseline assets, people, products and tools and develop project plans that use the full project life cycle accounting for current & future business value of each solution while defining all technical dependencies for project.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND 3+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business
- OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements
- The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret /SCI Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business.
- Technical certifications based on domain/service line (e.g., Azure, Security, Dynamics).
- Delivery Management certification (e.g., Scrum, Agile, Change Management, Project Management).
- 5+ years DevOps experience in (Impact Level Environments) IL4, IL5 and IL6
Technology Consulting IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $101,800 - $193,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $126,100 - $207,600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or a related field
- 3+ years of leadership experience in a relevant area of business, or equivalent experience
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI security clearance
- Ability to pass Microsoft, customer, and government security screenings
- U.S. citizenship verification
- Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter
- 5+ years of leadership experience in a relevant area of business
- Technical certifications such as Azure, Security, or Dynamics certifications
- Delivery Management certification such as Scrum, Agile, Change Management, or Project Management
- 5+ years of DevOps experience in IL4, IL5, and IL6 environments
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
Microsoft Insights
What We Do
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.
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