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Microsoft Industry Solutions – Global Center Innovation and Delivery Center (GCID) delivers end-to-end solutions by enabling accelerated adoption and productive use of Microsoft technologies. An organization of well over 1000+ exceptional people, GCID presents a compelling opportunity for senior technical leaders to drive enterprise scale transformation through consulting, architecture, and delivery leadership. The Principal Architect (L65) is a senior technical and business leader accountable for shaping, influencing, and driving successful outcomes across large, complex, multiyear enterprise engagements. This role operates at the convergence of technology, business strategy, and executive decision making, acting as a trusted advisor to customer CEO, CIO, CTO, and CDO stakeholders. In the AI first GCID organization, Principal Architects lead the adoption of AI native, cloud first, and platform driven execution models at enterprise scale—ensuring solutions are not only technically sound but strategically aligned with customer business transformation goals.

Job Responsibility:

  • AI First Enterprise Delivery Leadership
  • Own and drive enterprise scale architecture and delivery execution across highly complex customer portfolios
  • Embed AI first and AI native principles across solution design, delivery models, and operating frameworks
  • Serve as the primary executive technical interface for CIO / CTO / CDO leadership
  • Lead strategic recovery and stabilization of high risk or mission critical programs
  • Influence architectural direction beyond a single program
  • Engineering Excellence
  • Set and enforce engineering excellence standards across organizations
  • Champion modern engineering practices including AI assisted development, DevSecOps, SRE, observability, and platform engineering
  • Drive creation and reuse of enterprise grade reference architectures, accelerators, patterns, and paved road platforms
  • Establish and govern architecture review cadences aligned with the Microsoft WellArchitected Framework
  • Innovation & Thought Leadership
  • Act as a visible thought leader with customers and internal leadership
  • Track and evaluate emerging technologies, AI platforms, and engineering paradigms
  • Influence innovation across GCID by sharing best practices, defining reusable assets, and mentoring senior architects
  • Client Engagement & Solutioning
  • Operate as a trusted advisor to CEO / CIO / CTO stakeholders
  • Lead executive design sessions, architecture boards, and transformation roadmap reviews
  • Own technical leadership during presales, deal shaping, and complex pursuits
  • Build long term executive relationships
  • Team Leadership, Mentorship & Organizational Impact
  • Provide senior-most technical leadership across multiple architect teams
  • Mentor and develop senior and principal architects
  • Influence talent strategy, capability development, and succession planning
  • Quality, Security & Compliance
  • Ensure enterprise grade security, governance, reliability, and compliance across all engagements
  • Drive adoption of secure by design, Responsible AI, and privacy first engineering practices
  • Partner with customer security, risk, and compliance leadership
  • Other
  • Embody our culture and values

Requirements:

  • 22+ years of experience in software engineering and enterprise architecture
  • Significant experience operating at CxO level technical leadership roles
  • Proven track record leading large-scale transformation programs across cloud, data, AI, and modern application platforms
  • Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence, and decision-making capability
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Advanced certifications and industry recognition preferred
  • Expertise in Full Stack Application Engineering
  • Expertise in AI-Driven & AI-Enabled Application Development
  • Expertise in Cloud-Native Architecture (Azure)
  • Expertise in DevOps, Platform & Developer Productivity
  • Expertise in Solutioning, Pre-Sales & Strategic Leadership
  • Expertise in Frontier Engineering & Customer Enablement Skills
  • Executive presence with the ability to influence CEO / CIO / CTO stakeholders
  • Strong strategic thinking combined with deep technical credibility
  • Outcome oriented mindset with a focus on measurable business impact
  • Passion for technology, leadership, and continuous growth

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Job Posted:
February 01, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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