This job description accompanies the Practice Development Playbooks and Hire and Train Guide on the Microsoft

Partner Network with a full listing the skills, capabilities,

expertise, and project experience to consider. No candidate is likely to have all the attributes listed, but these are potential qualities and accreditations to look for.

Solution Architect
Drives customer initiatives in collaboration with customers and participates in both pre-and post-sales (e.g., deployment) efforts. The SA is
a technical, customer-facing role that is accountable for the end-to-end customer cloud deployment experience. SA’s own the Azure
technical customer engagement, including architectural design sessions, specific implementation projects and/or proofs-of-concept, and
deployment.

Technical Skills

• Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies, business drivers, and emerging computing trends
• Solid understanding of cloud virtualization, storage, and networking
• Understanding of cloud governance technologies for cost management and control
• Understanding of common database technologies such as SQL Database/Server, Oracle, MySQL
• Deep technical experience in enterprise mobile, identity and access control, & security solutions
• Working knowledge with AGILE development, SCRUM, and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), with one or more of the
following programming languages: PowerShell, Bash, .NET, C++, Java, JSON, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, Responsive Web Design
• Solid understanding of modern DevOps practices, including automation, continuous delivery, continuous deployment, and
continuous integration methodologies
• Deep understanding of cloud-based Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery practices

Non-Technical Skills

• Building customer/partner relationships

• Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior executives and growing cloud consumption share
in large or highly strategic accounts
• Proven track record of driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts & ensuring follow-through
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences
• Prior work experience in a consulting/architecture position within a software & services company
• Problem-solving mentality, leveraging internal and/or external resources
• Exceptional verbal and written communication.

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
• MCSE Data Management and Analytics
• MCSA Cloud Platform
• MCSA Linux on Azure
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and/or Professional
• AWS Certified Developer – Professional
Exam priorities:
• Implementing Infrastructure Solutions 70-533 (retired)
• Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment AZ-100 (retired)
• Microsoft Azure Integration and Security AZ-101 (retired)
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition AZ-102 (retired)
• Architecting Azure Solutions 70-535 (retired)
• Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
AZ-300, AZ-303
• Microsoft Azure Architect Design AZ-301, AZ-304

Project Experience Types/Qualities

• 5-8 years of experience designing and delivering cloud solutions on an enterprise scale
• 5+ years of experience with creating pilots, prototypes, and proof-of-concept to provide validation of specific scenarios
• 4-6 years of experience providing cloud solutions, including hybrid solutions on-premises or in the cloud, lift-and-shift
initiatives, migrations, and upgrades
Technologies

• Azure Machine Learning, Analytics, APS, AWS, Amazon RDS, Amazon EC2, Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3, Azure Active Directory,
Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure App Services, Azure API Management, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL
Data Warehouse, Azure Import/Export, Azure HDInsight, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure SQL Database, Azure Search,
Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Event Hubs, Azure IoT Hub, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Web Apps, Azure Web Jobs, Azure
Cognitive Services, BizTalk, Business Objects, Cassandra, Cloudera, Cognos, Cortana Intelligence, CouchDB, DB2, Docker, Excel, IBM
Bluemix, Google App Engine, Greenplum, Hadoop, HANA, HBase, Hive, Hortonworks, Teradata, IoT Solutions, Java, Kafka, Machine
Learning, MapR, MapReduce, ML, MongoDB, MariaDB, MySQL, Netezza, Networking, NoSQL, Oracle, Oracle Exadata, Oracle SOA,
PBI, Pig, Power BI, PostgreSQL, Python, QLik Tech, REST, Samza, SAP HANA, SASSecurity, Spark, SQL Server, SQL Server IaaS, SSIS,
Storage, Storm, Streaming, Sybase, Tableau, Teradata, T-SQL, Virtualization, WebSphere
• Programming/Scripting Languages: C#, C++, Apache Hive, Perl, PHP, Pig, PowerShell, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Scala, SQL, T-SQL

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