Digital Cloud Solution Architect - Swedish Speaker Preferred

Dublin, Ireland

Date posted: Mar 05, 2025

Job number: 1812280

Work site: Up to 50% work from home

Travel: 0-25%

Role type: Profession

Digital Sales and Solutions

Employment type: Full-Time

Overview

In SMC and Digital Sales, we have set out with the purpose of empowering our customers through the unique value of the Microsoft cloud by building a globally led, digital-first scale organization aligned with partners. Dedicated to one of the fastest growing customer segments, the Small, Medium, Corporate (SMC) and Digital Sales organization is on pace to be Microsoft's next $100 billion-dollar business - this is where you come in. As part of local subsidiaries or Digital Sales centers around the world, you will support a dedicated set of customers in identifying and achieving their business objectives through best-in-class digital engagement and partner co-selling. You will also have an opportunity to work cross-collaboratively while living our shared SMC and Digital Sales Culture priorities: Diversity and Inclusivity, Wellbeing, Sustainability, and Learning.

Azure is the most comprehensive, innovative and flexible cloud platform today and Microsoft is seeking talented professionals that will drive customer cloud adoption within the most important companies in the market. We are always learning. Insatiably curious. We lean into uncertainty, take risks, and learn quickly from our mistakes. We build on each other’s ideas because we are better together. Together we make a difference.

The Digital Cloud Acquisition team drives growth for Microsoft by helping customers realize the value of the Microsoft Cloud. Powered by a world-class connected sales and marketing platform, this team leverages marketing insights to reach customers when and where they want to engage digitally to help solve their business problems.

Do you love working with customers to achieve their business outcomes? Would you love to build expertise around the leading, next generation cloud services? As a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), you will become part of the next generation of sales leaders at Microsoft. With the aid of best-in-class sales processes, techniques and technologies, you will be empowered to shape customer relationships for a strategic set of Microsoft's customers.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Technical architect, technical consulting, design and implementation, and/or technical sales experience OR relevant certifications from Microsoft or competitive platforms.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Engineering, or related field OR equivalent experience.
• Sales and negotiation experience, technical architect, technical consulting, design and implementation, technical sales experience, or related work OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following: designing architecture, networking, container services, data center migrations or database administration, design and architect experience in data analytics, coding/development, cloud-based solution designs, migrations or management of technology.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications:

• Fluent in the Swedish language is preferred.
• Relevant certifications from Microsoft or competitive platforms of similar product (e.g., AZ104 + AZ 303/304/ or 305, DP 203/204) OR equivalent certifications (AWS, GCP).

Language Requirements: Swedish preferred but not required.

Location: Dublin, Ireland OR Barcelona, Spain.

Relocation expenses are not provided as part of this role.

You must be legally authorised to work in Spain or Ireland to be eligible for this role.

Responsibilities

As a Digital Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), you'll be responsible for protecting and growing our most dynamic Azure customers. The successful Cloud Solution Architect leads, manages, and orchestrates their virtual teams and closes engagements with customers that produce transformative business outcomes. The Digital Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) will be responsible for:

• Business Relationship Owner: Build coalition of support (IT and business) with customer. Define specific technology outcomes that align to customer strategy.
• Digital Transformation Leader and Operational Excellence: Lead, drive and manage engagements for repeatable achievement of revenue and consumption targets.
• Portfolio Management: Manage a dedicated portfolio of customers while preventing churn.
• Operationally Excellent: Follow processes, systems, and documentation as expected; identifies issues or barriers to efficiency. Recommends improvements and partners to implement solutions.
• Value Creator: Identify and articulate business value of role and solutions for customer organization through demonstrations, storytelling, etc.
• Consumption: Conduct analyses into what customers are using versus needs. Drives greater consumption (cloud and support) with customers based on analysis of both usage and needs.
• Technical Acumen: Apply technical knowledge and customer insights to create a modernization roadmap. Architect solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work:

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

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.