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Job Details
Posted date: Sep 16, 2026
Category: Cloud Solution Architecture
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $164,500
Range: $106,400 - $222,600
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewThe CCS Chief Architect’s Office is seeking an experienced SAP Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) with deep SAP and Microsoft Cloud expertise and a passion for customer and partner success. In this role, you will serve as a strategic technical leader responsible for accelerating the adoption and consumption of SAP solutions on the Microsoft platform, enabling customer transformation, removing technical blockers, and driving measurable business growth across the SAP ecosystem.
You will bring deep technical expertise across SAP solutions and Microsoft Azure infrastructure, data, and AI technologies to lead complex technical engagements with SAP, customers, Global System Integrators (GSIs), and strategic partners. You will help organizations modernize and maximize value from their SAP investments by architecting solutions that bring together SAP capabilities with the breadth of the Microsoft Cloud and AI platform.
Working across SAP, system integrators, Cloud Solution Architects, Customer Success Account Managers, Engineering, Partner Development, and field teams, you will provide technical leadership from strategy through execution, resolve critical technical challenges, accelerate production adoption and consumption, and enable scalable customer and partner success.
This role is ideal for a technically credible, business-minded architect who can operate effectively across customers, partners, engineering, and field organizations, translating complex SAP and Microsoft technologies into actionable architectures and measurable customer outcomes.
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
Customer Technical Leadership
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to joint SAP & Microsoft customers and partners, leading architecture strategy, design reviews, and deployment guidance for SAP workloads on Azure.Architect SAP S/4HANA, SAP RISE, BTP, hybrid cloud, data, and AI solutions using Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework principles. SolutionArchitecture & Consumption Growth
Drive technical discovery, architecture validation, migration readiness, go-live execution, post-deployment optimization, and workload expansion.Identify and accelerate next-best workload opportunities across Azure infrastructure, security, data, Microsoft Fabric, integration, and AI solutions aligned to customer business outcomes.Partner Ecosystem & Innovation
Partner with SAP, GSIs, and Microsoft field teams to develop joint technical strategies, enable co-sell execution, and accelerate Azure adoption and consumption.Co-innovate with strategic partners to create reusable IP, reference architectures, deployment guidance, demos, workshops, and solution accelerators.Technical Leadership & Operational Excellence
Resolve complex technical blockers by coordinating with engineering, product, customer, and partner teams while influencing product improvements and roadmap priorities.Drive operational excellence through risk management, governance, stakeholder communication, and execution against customer success milestones.Mentor architects and partners, contribute to technical communities, and maintain expertise across SAP, Azure, Security, Data, and AI technologies.Other 
Embody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field 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 OR equivalent experience
Other:
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.
Additional:
Extensive SAP & Cloud Architecture Expertise: 10+ years designing, migrating, integrating, and operating enterprise SAP environments (SAP S/4HANA, RISE, Basis, BTP, HANA) on Azure or other major cloud platforms.
Customer-Facing Technical Leadership: 8+ years leading architecture, design, and technical advisory engagements with senior technical decision-makers, resolving complex challenges and influencing outcomes across business and technical stakeholders.
Deep Azure for SAP Knowledge: Proven expertise in Azure infrastructure for SAP, including networking, identity, security, monitoring, backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, resiliency, capacity planning, and SAP-certified architectures.
Partner Ecosystem & Co-Innovation Experience: Strong track record collaborating with SAP, Microsoft, system integrators, ISVs, and consulting partners to deliver joint solutions, co-sell initiatives, customer outcomes, and innovation programs.
Trusted Advisor & Business Impact: Demonstrated ability to build executive-level relationships, provide strategic technical guidance, uncover customer needs, communicate effectively across audiences, and extend SAP solutions using Microsoft technologies such as Fabric, Azure AI, Copilot, Power Platform, and related services.
Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.