Senior Solutions Architect, Microsoft SME

Remote, North America•NA

Remote

Senior

Full Time

3 days ago

💰$137,400 - $231,300

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Requirements

•Experience working in customer-facing technical roles that combine architecture guidance, solution validation, and strategic customer engagement.
•Knowledge of the Microsoft ecosystem, including how customers use Microsoft and GitHub products within software delivery environments.
•Practical background in modern software development or operations, including continuous integration and continuous delivery, DevSecOps practices, and related tooling.
•Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and architectures, including how cloud services enable secure and scalable application delivery.
•Ability to design and communicate architectures that span multiple teams and stages of the software lifecycle.
•Skill in facilitating workshops, technical discovery sessions, and evaluation programs with audiences that range from practitioners to executive stakeholders.
•Strength in communication, relationship building, and stakeholder management across Sales, Product, Engineering, and customer teams.
•Openness to applying transferable experience from adjacent platforms or environments if you can translate technical depth into customer outcomes in a clear, practical way.

•Provide guidance for technical discovery with prospects and customers to assess current Microsoft ecosystem investments, development workflows, security needs, and platform requirements.
•Design solutions that show how GitLab supports secure, scalable software delivery across the software lifecycle, from planning and code management through deployment and monitoring.
•Deliver tailored demonstrations and technical presentations that map customer needs to GitLab's platform capabilities, including AI-powered DevSecOps use cases.
•Facilitate proofs of concept and proofs of value end to end, guiding stakeholders through evaluation plans, technical validation, and solution fit.
•Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Solutions Architecture to advance strategic customer engagements and extend specialized expertise across the broader go-to-market motion.
•Partner with Product Marketing and Field Enablement on building up GitLab's position relative to GitHub in clear, evidence-based terms while also identifying ways GitLab can work alongside existing Microsoft products in customer environments.
•Create reusable assets, technical frameworks, and field guidance that help teams apply Microsoft-focused expertise consistently across opportunities.
•Collaborate with Product and Engineering to relay customer feedback, field insights, and technical patterns that can influence future product direction and enablement.