Cloud Solution Architect - Tomoh Apprenticeship

Overview Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University apprentices from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, installation and maintenance of company products. Assist the sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer applications/solutions. At Microsoft, apprentices work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. 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 Program start date: January 2027 About: Tomoh Program is Microsoft's program for Emiritization, aiming to accelerate Emiratis employability and create market impact through Early-in-Profession recruitment, and skilling programs. Program overview: Microsoft Tomoh Apprenticeship is a paid six-month training program that offers globally recognized technical and professional certifications & skills, and on-the-job training to include mentoring, coaching, job shadowing and real-life scenario assignments. Program Details: The 6 months program is divided into two key phases (Phase 1 - Onboarding & Skilling, Phase 2 - On The Job Training) Phase one: Onboarding & Skilling Bootcamp (1 month) - Onboarding and introduction to Microsoft’s mission, culture, strategy & structure. - Technical skilling to obtain globally recognized Microsoft technical certifications. - Professional and soft skilling courses including project management, change management, effective interpersonal skills, creativity and innovation, and time management. Phase two: On-the-job training (5 months) - Joining as an Cloud Solution Architect for on-the-job shadowing and training. - Mentorship and coaching sessions. - Supporting Microsoft teams in digital transformation projects. - Advanced technology trainings including AI, Machine Learning & Cloud Computing. Responsibilities - Applies foundational technical knowledge of an architecture solution to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified technical constraints. - Acts as the voice of the customer (VOC)/partner by learning to identify and share feedback around technical capabilities, gaps, blockers, and insights that relate to the customer/partner with internal teams, using established channels. - Solicits input from others to contribute to proposals for viable solutions based on specific technical products. demonstrates basic technical concepts and proves those design solutions capability through design collaboration sessions with the customer/partner. - Supports research projects and contributes to scoping surveys for customers/partners to assess potential intellectual property (IP) needs or process changes. - Participates in external architect community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, Webcasts, blogs, hackathons) and shares learnings with the internal team. - Participates in discussions around architecture design, resiliency reviews, and technical optimization that result in production deployment application and increase customer business value. Ensures that the customer's environment and applications are well-architected. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications - Emirati National holding UAE Family Book. - Fluency in English. - You must be legally authorised to work in UAE to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorised = has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit) - Completed a Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, Business Administration/Management, Engineering, or related field. Preferred Qualifications - Passion for technology and customer obsessed. - Displays strong stakeholder and relationship management across senior leaders, partners, and customers. - Proficient communication, analytical and presentation skills. #EiP #MCAPSEiP 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 wit

Emirati national with UAE Family Book; English fluency; legally authorized to work in UAE (valid visa or work permit); Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration/Management, Engineering, or related field.

Applies foundational technical knowledge of an architecture solution to meet business and IT requirements and resolve identified technical constraints. Acts as the voice of the customer (VOC)/partner by learning to identify and share feedback around technical capabilities, gaps, blockers, and insights that relate to the customer/partner with internal teams, using established channels. Solicits input from others to contribute to proposals for viable solutions based on specific technical products; demonstrates basic technical concepts and proves those design solutions capability through design collaboration sessions with the customer/partner. Supports research projects and contributes to scoping surveys for customers/partners to assess potential IP needs or process changes. Participates in external architect community events and shares learnings with the internal team. Participates in discussions around architecture design, resiliency reviews, and technical optimization that result in production deployment and increase customer business value. Ensures that the customer's environment and applications are well-architected.