Cloud Solution Architect- Infrastructure & Cross Solutions -CTJ- Top Secret

The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Operating Unit (OU) is a newly formed team with a bold mission: to consolidate, simplify, and accelerate Microsoft’s presence across the DIB landscape. This expansive network includes over 100,000 organizations specializing in manufacturing, aviation, cybersecurity, and more—all united in their support of all Federal Agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense and other mission-based intelligence and civilian organizations. 

Our team is dedicated to empowering these commercial contractors throughout their digital transformation journey—from envisioning new possibilities to delivering secure, scalable solutions that drive mission outcomes, elevate customer experience, and fuel Microsoft’s growth. 

The DIB OU will directly manage and accelerate strategic and major DIB accounts across MCAPS Americas, while also enabling growth across other OUs and SME&C. We’re building new relationships, transforming legacy operations, and helping our customers modernize with confidence. 

We are looking for a Cloud Solution Architect – Infrastructure / Cross Solutions with deep expertise in cloud modernization and a passion for enabling mission success across the Defense Industrial Base. In this role, you’ll lead the design and deployment of secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions that empower customers to transform their environments and accelerate innovation.

As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful outcomes using Microsoft Cloud and AI technologies. You’ll be at the forefront of strategic engagements—driving cloud adoption, enhancing operational agility, and ensuring compliance with defense-grade security standards.

This role is part of a newly established team focused on supporting the Defense Industrial Base, a $400B+ sector that includes Tier 1–3 defense partners. As an Infrastructure CSA, you will deliver deep technical expertise in cloud architecture, security, and platform modernization—accelerating adoption of Microsoft’s Cloud solutions across classified and sovereign environments. You’ll drive usage excellence by designing and deploying resilient, scalable, and compliant cloud foundations that enable mission-critical workloads.

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—embracing challenges, learning continuously, and striving to make a meaningful impact. In this role, you’ll join a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and customer obsession, working together to deliver secure, innovative solutions that support our nation’s most critical missions.

Business Impact

• Operates with disciplined operational excellence across all sales and delivery stages, adhering to Microsoft tools of record, governance models, and compliance requirements while executing in disconnected, classified, and sovereign environments. Collaborates across Microsoft, customers, systems integrators, and partners to deliver resilient‑by‑design Azure infrastructure solutions aligned to mission platforms and national security objectives.
• Leads the technical delivery and orchestration of Azure services—including compute, networking, storage, hybrid cloud, and Azure Government capabilities—ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, compliant, and optimized for cost, performance, and mission continuity. Proactively identifies and mitigates business, technical, and cybersecurity risks, including those posed by nation‑state threats.
• Aligns technical engagements to measurable mission and business outcomes such as legacy modernization, secure migration strategies, and operational readiness. Guides customers toward well‑architected, Zero Trust–aligned solutions that accelerate value realization while meeting ITAR, DFARS, and FedRAMP High requirements.
• Proactively identifies and drives Azure Consumption, Unified Azure ES Offers, MACC agreements, and Azure Consumption Plans across accounts by recommending next‑best workloads and Enhanced Solutions that unlock incremental mission value. Captures and executes opportunities through Microsoft’s Customer Engagement Model in close partnership with account teams.
• Identifies, escalates, and removes blockers to accelerate deployment, consumption, and value realization, applying deep industry, regulatory, and technical expertise to resolve constraints in complex, high‑assurance environments.

Customer Centricity

• Acts as a trusted advisor and the voice of the customer, translating complex mission, security, and compliance requirements into Azure‑aligned industry solutions. Shares customer insights, feedback, and patterns with Engi