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Cloud Solution Architect - Data & AI
@ Microsoft
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Microsoft is hiring a Cloud Solution Architect focused on Cloud & AI Data to help enterprise customers build unified, governed, secure and AI-ready data estates on Microsoft Azure. The role leads customer engagements from architecture and proof of concept through production and scaled adoption, using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and Azure databases. The posting states a full-time role at a base pay range of CAD $96,000 to $177,600 per year, with the work arrangement limited to options given in the posting template.
Pay:
$96,000–$177,600 a year
Responsibilities:
- Lead architecture design and data and AI platform roadmaps
- Drive engagements from proof of concept to production deployment
- Lead data platform modernization and migration
- Establish data governance practices
- Improve resiliency, security and performance of data workloads
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4+ years of cloud or IT consulting experience, or equivalent
- 4+ years in customer-facing and technical project roles
- Experience leading production data platform engagements
- Knowledge of security, governance, data quality and cost management
- Cloud, data or AI certifications preferred
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | IT |
| Experience | 4+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English, French |
| Encouraged to apply | People with disabilities |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts |
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We’re looking for a Cloud Solution Architect focused on Cloud & AI Data to help enterprise customers build unified, governed, secure, and AI-ready data estates on Microsoft Azure. In this customer-facing role, you will work with business and technology leaders to connect strategic priorities with architecture decisions, delivery roadmaps, and measurable production outcomes.
You will lead technical engagements spanning data platform modernization, analytics, databases, governance, and AI-ready data foundations. You will help customers move from early experimentation and proofs of concept to secure, resilient, and production-grade solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Cosmos DB, and related Azure data and AI capabilities.This opportunity will allow you to deepen your technical leadership, strengthen your business and industry acumen, and develop repeatable approaches that help customers accelerate adoption and realize value from their Microsoft investments. This role is flexible in that you can work up to [50% / up to 100% from home / This role is Microsoft onsite only].
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.
Responsibilities
Engage customer business and technology leaders to understand their data estates, AI priorities, governance needs, success measures, and business outcomes; translate these requirements into secure, scalable, and AI-ready Cloud & AI Data solutions.
Lead architecture design and create Data and AI platform roadmaps spanning analytics, data engineering, databases, governance, and AI-enabled scenarios. Guide customers in making architectural choices across Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure databases, and related Azure services.
Drive technical engagements from architecture and proof of concept through pilot, production deployment, and scaled adoption. Help customers establish reusable patterns rather than treating each implementation as an isolated solution.
Lead data platform modernization and migration across relational, non-relational, analytical, and data-engineering workloads, including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL, and Cosmos DB.
Help customers establish effective data governance practices, including data ownership, security, quality, discoverability, metadata management, compliance, and lifecycle management, aligned to their organizational and regulatory requirements.
Improve the health and sustainability of mission-critical data workloads by addressing resiliency, security, sovereignty, performance, capacity management, operational readiness, and cost optimization.
Partner with CSAMs, account teams, specialists, engineering teams, and delivery resources to remove technical blockers, align customer success plans with feasible delivery outcomes, contribute reusable IP, and share customer and field feedback with product teams.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field
o AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
o OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field
o AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
o OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field
o AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
o OR equivalent experience.
· 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
· 4+ years experience working on technical projects.
· Experience leading production data platform engagements in two or more of the following areas: Microsoft Fabric and analytics; Azure Databricks and data engineering; Azure SQL and open-source databases; data governance; or production data foundations for AI solutions.
· Experience with enterprise architecture considerations such as security, governance, data quality, metadata management, resiliency, performance optimization, capacity planning, operational readiness, and cost management. Relevant Cloud, Data, Analytics, Database, AI, or Security certifications are preferred.
Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $96,000 - CAD $177,600 per year.
Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 96,000 $ CAD à 177,600 $ CAD par année.
Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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