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Cloud Solution Architecture - Azure Infrastructure - Microsoft

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With over 17,000 employees worldwide, the Microsoft Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization is responsible for the strategy, design, and implementation of Microsoft’s end-to-end customer experience. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers come to us not only because we provide industry-leading products and services, but also because we provide a differentiated and connected customer experience.

Do you have a passion for Azure IaaS 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.

This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home.

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.

Plan and deliver proactive and reactive support including onsite presence as needed (post Covid restrictions).

Work within a larger virtual account team to strengthen customer relationships and work on mobile-first, cloud-first strategies for immediate and long-term service delivery plans.

Identify and manage goals and opportunities across Azure IaaS to improve customer solution health, performance, and availability.

Drive and participate in proactive delivery management, spot 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 a streamlined customer experience.

Apply lessons learned for continuous process and delivery improvement for the customer.

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.

5+ years of Azure IaaS related experience is required. Breadth of technical experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in one or more of the following Azure IaaS areas is expected:

 Azure IaaS Storage Networking Compute High availability and disaster recovery features for IaaS components. Experience with Azure PaaS, WVD, Identity, or Azure Security offerings is a plus.

Other Qualifications

Experience in systems management, network operations, software support, IT consulting, or related roles.

Solid understanding of client/server, networking, and Internet technologies fundamentals.

The ability to handle customer critical issues and work in difficult situations.

Demonstrate a strong ability to develop strategic ongoing customer relationships to gain the trust and respect of customers.

Excellent customer service skills, good oral and written communication skills, proven ability to handle difficult and sensitive situations involving the most critical and politically charged customer situations, lead projects and motivate others.

Certification in Microsoft and other Cloud Technologies.

Ability to take on internal initiatives to create services opportunities, and work in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple demands, addressing shifting priorities, and maintaining focus.

Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, while working with diverse audiences including highly technical IT professionals, developers, architects, and executive account management.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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Published on: 12/2/2022
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