Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect - & AI Infrastructure Dutch Speaker 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

441003748

At Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C), we are leading a high-growth, AI-powered global sales team—one that is deeply connected to our partners and driven by customer success. By uniting our Small Medium Business, Corporate, Strategy, and Partner teams, we are unlocking the largest customer opportunity, backed by the industry’s most significant investments. Leveraging the power of AI and our extensive partner ecosystem, we are redefining how businesses of all sizes adopt technology to drive growth and innovation. SME&C is more than a sales organization—it’s a culture of innovation, opportunity, and inclusivity. Here, you’ll be part of a diverse, high-performing, and customer-obsessed team where collaboration, connection, and continuous learning fuel everything we do. If you thrive in a fast-paced, digital-first environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact, explore how SME&C can be the next step in your career. Together, we are shaping the future of business.

We’re looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to help customers migrate, modernize and secure their infrastructure, applications, and data on Microsoft Azure, laying the foundation for scalable, production-ready AI solutions. As part of the Cloud + AI Infrastructure team, you’ll deliver engagements focused on migration, modernization, operational excellence and resilient architecture using frameworks like Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF). You’ll leverage existing Repeatable IP and execution engines for critical milestones, ensure infrastructure, application, and database readiness for AI workloads, and ensure successful deployment that accelerates adoption. You’ll work closely with customer IT leaders to design and implement scalable solutions, resolve blockers, and accelerate adoption of Azure services through repeatable IP and delivery excellence. With deep expertise across Azure infrastructure, applications, databases, SAP, and hybrid environments, you’ll play a key role in helping customers unlock the full value of their Microsoft Azure investments

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field 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
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience
• 4+ yearsexperience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
• 4+ years experience working on technical projects
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
• Proficient in Dutch (Professional).

Infrastructure & Platform Expertise

• Virtual Machines (VMs)– Windows and Linux

• Networking– VNETs, VPNs, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, Network Security Groups

• Storage– Blob, Disk, File, Backup, Recovery Services Vault

• Identity & Access Management– Azure Active Directory, RBAC, Conditional Access

• – Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Azure Policy, Sentinel

• Hybrid Cloud– Azure Arc, on-premises integration, VMware, and Hyper-V

• Containers & Infra as Code– AKS, Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates

• Monitoring & Management– Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights

Architecture & Design

• Cloud-based solution architecture (IaaS and PaaS)

• Azure Well-Architected Framework

• Cloud Adoption Framework

• Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

DevOps & Automation

• Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions

• PowerShell, CLI, Ansible

• CI/CD pipelines and automation scripting

• : Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

• Build trusted relationships with key customer IT decision makers to drive long-term cloud adoption and serve as the Voice of the Customer—sharing insights and removing blockers through collaboration with Microsoft engineering teams.
• Lead architectural design sessions and deliver secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions aligned to customer business goals using frameworks like CAF and WAF.
• Own the end-to-end technical delivery results, ensuring completeness and accuracy of consumption and customer success plans in collaboration with the CSAM.
• Drive migration and modernization initiatives, including committed proof of concept and production milestones, across infrastructure, data, SAP, and AI workloads.
• Ensure customer environments are optimized for health, resiliency, security, and performance—enabling production-scale AI use cases.
• Deliver repeatable IP and contribute to centralized IP development to accelerate deployment and achieve targeted outcomes.
• Identify and resolve technical blockers to accelerate go-live and ensure delivery excellence across key Factory engagements.
• Generate incremental pipeline from each engagement by driving next best actions and aligning with Unified Enterprise Support (ES) priorities.
• Maintain technical intensity through continuous skilling and certifications in priority workloads such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, AKS, App Service, AVS, SAP (Native + RISE), Windows, Linux and Defender for Cloud.