Softchoice is looking for a Technical Solutions Architect to help organizations design, secure, and scale modern cloud platforms. You will act as a trusted advisor, architecting Azure infrastructure, security, and AI solutions while aligning business goals with Azure platform capabilities.
What You'll Do
- Lead outcome-focused conversations that align Azure infrastructure, security, and AI investments with business and IT strategy.
- Develop cloud and platform roadmaps based on the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework.
- Guide customers through cloud adoption, platform modernization, security posture improvement, and AI readiness.
- Bridge executive vision with hands-on technical execution across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
- Architect end-to-end Azure solutions including compute, networking, storage, identity, and platform services.
- Design resilient architectures using Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Services, and event-driven services.
- Define consulting and implementation scope through Statements of Work (SOWs) and partner with delivery teams to ensure secure, scalable, and well-architected implementations.
- Design Azure landing zones, subscriptions, and management groups aligned to enterprise governance standards.
- Architect hybrid connectivity using Azure Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, VPN, and Azure Arc.
- Apply Azure Well-Architected Framework principles to ensure reliability, security, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and operational excellence.
- Architect Zero Trust cloud security solutions using Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, and identity governance.
- Design cloud security architectures using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Defender XDR.
- Implement cloud security posture management (CSPM), policy enforcement, and compliance controls.
- Align security architecture with cloud infrastructure and AI workloads.
- Design and govern Azure AI solutions using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, and machine learning platforms.
- Architect AI-enabled applications using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and intelligent data access patterns.
- Establish responsible AI practices including security, monitoring, and governance.
- Lead customer-facing Azure AI demonstrations and architecture sessions.
- Enable sales and delivery teams on Azure infrastructure, security, and AI solutions.
- Lead through influence, collaboration, and technical credibility.
- Contribute to internal intellectual property, best practices, and Azure go-to-market strategies.
Technical Stack
- Azure
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Azure App Services
- Azure Virtual Network
- ExpressRoute
- VPN
- Azure Arc
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Conditional Access
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Defender XDR
- Azure OpenAI
- Azure AI Services
Team & Environment
This is a senior individual contributor role with architectural ownership across customer engagements.
Company Culture
- We stand proudly for our people and support their success through career development and advancement.
- We are recognized and respected for our culture of inclusion and belonging, continuously striving to do what’s good for our people and communities.
