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Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud and AI Platform

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering, IT, Data Science
Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on Mar 12, 2026
Overview

With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.

Do you have a passion for Azure PaaS and using best-in-class tools created by Microsoft? Are you looking for a role where you can interact directly with large enterprise customers to improve the stability and performance of the solutions they are deploying in Azure? Do you want to join one of Microsoft's fastest growing businesses? If so, we are looking for you!

Support for Mission Critical is a team within Microsoft that provides solution-specific expertise designed to drive peak health and optimum performance of a customer’s most important solutions. As a key technical resource for the customer, you will be primarily focused on delivering proactive services such as education workshops, delivering assessments, and providing tailored guidance. Troubleshooting skills are essential as this role will include working with Microsoft Support to expedite incident resolution.

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
  • Plan and deliver proactive & reactive support including onsite presence as needed.
  • Work within a larger virtual account team to strengthen customer relationships and work on cloud-first strategies for immediate and long-term service delivery plans.
  • Identify and manage goals and opportunities across Azure ecosystem to improve customer solution health, performance, and availability.
  • Drive and participate in proactive delivery management, identify solution performance issues, analyze problems, and provide solutions to meet customer needs.
  • Work with support teams, account teams, product engineering teams and other stakeholders to ensure streamlined customer experiences.
  • Apply lessons learned for continuous process and delivery improvement for customers.
  • Engage in meetings with customers and account teams to articulate service offerings.
  • Share and gain knowledge through communities.
  • Contribute to on-call rotations to ensure a high quality of service for the critical incidents created by Support for Mission Critical customers.



Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
  • 4+ years experience working on technical projects.
  • Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
  • Experience troubleshooting, configuring, and supporting complex, enterprise-scale architectures in large cloud-based environments.
  • Solid understanding of client/server, networking, n-tier architectures, and Internet technologies.
  • Strong debugging and IDE proficiency, including use of industry tools to analyze issues and develop solutions; may include writing custom or sample scripts for automation.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage customer-critical issues and operate effectively in high-pressure, sensitive situations.
  • Proven ability to build trusted, long-term customer relationships.
  • 3+ years of experience developing, debugging, performance tuning, and supporting solutions using:
    • Azure Cognitive Services and/or Azure OpenAI
    • DevOps processes, including Azure Web Apps, App Services, and Function Apps
    • Scripting languages such as PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash
    • High-level languages and frameworks (C#, .NET/.NET Core, Java, Python)



Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $96,000 - CAD $177,600 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html



Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 96,000 $ CAD à 177,600 $ CAD par année.

Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html



Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.


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




Microsoft est un employeur offrant l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour l’emploi, sans égard à l’âge, à l’ascendance, à la citoyenneté, à la couleur, aux congés médicaux ou familiaux, à l’identité ou à l’expression de genre, aux renseignements génétiques, à l’état d’immigration, à l’état matrimonial, à l’état de santé, à l’origine nationale, à un éventuel handicap physique ou mental, à l’affiliation politique, au statut de vétéran protégé ou au statut militaire, à la race, à l’ethnie, à la religion, au sexe (y compris la grossesse), à l’orientation sexuelle ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois, ordonnances et règlements locaux applicables. Si vous avez besoin d’aide avec des accommodements religieux et/ou d’un accommodement raisonnable en raison d’un handicap pendant le processus de candidature, apprenez-en plus sur la demande d’accommodement.


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.