6 Azure Architecture jobs in Saudi Arabia

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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.
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**Responsibilities**
**Location: Riyadh**
**Program start date: January 2026**
**About:** **Ru'aa Program** is Microsoft's program tailored for **Saudi Nationals** , aiming to accelerate Saudi employability and create market impact through early in career recruitment, and skilling programs.
**Program overview:** Microsoft Ru'aa Internship 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, full-time** 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 a **CSA Intern** 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**
+ Currently pursuing/ completed a Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field (OR must be recent graduates or recently graduated)
+ Saudi nationality
+ Legally authorized to work in Saudi Arabia (Legally authorized = Has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit)
+ Fluency in English.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Passion for technology and customer obsessed
+ Displays strong stakeholder and relationship management across senior leaders, partners, and customers
+ Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills
+ Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g. Azure) are preferred but not required.
+ Change Management Certification (e.g. Prosci) are preferred but not required.
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Join to apply for the Azure Sr. Solutions Architect needed role at Ctelecoms (Consolidated Telecoms)

Join to apply for the Azure Sr. Solutions Architect needed role at Ctelecoms (Consolidated Telecoms)

The Role will be a technical architect with specific experience in working with end clients. He/She will be developing and delivering an architecture strategy to support various Ctelecoms Services and Offerings. Architect and Design functional technology solutions, Leading the Design for customers and document the scope of projects, conduct presentations to customers both in-person and using telepresence as well as other collaboration tools and prepare demos and POCs for customers that will help open new Business Opportunities.

Description Of The Job

• The Main Objective of this role is to translate the technical specification of the products or solution in a straightforward business language to the clients and to generate demands in his specialized solution areas within customer segments with specific approaches.
• He/She will be engaged in all technical sales activities, and He must have Microsoft Azure-specific knowledge., Any certifications and specializations to back up that knowledge are highly recommended.
• Collaborate with the sales team to build a winning strategy, whiteboard with a customer and team members - Build BOM’s, Costing Analysis, SOW’s, and Visio’s
• Able to relay technical information to both technical and non-technical personnel.
• Develop strategic relationships with Microsoft.
• Manage and support the pre-sales process in cooperation with the sales Team.
• Attending initial sales meetings and meeting the client to analysis its IT needs. And answering any technical questions the client might have.
• Provide strategic technical advice to customers, communicating value-added contributions of MS products and services (mainly Microsoft Azure), including both long term messages about products, technologies, and services, as well as short term positioning for competitive situations or dynamic market conditions.
• Support Proof of Concepts, Architecture Design Sessions and Strategy/Technology Briefings proving Microsoft’s capabilities and other products can meet customer’s requirements.
• Build Proactive GTM Approaches for Azure Solutions.
• Proactively identify opportunities for upselling and cross-selling to maximize revenue growth.
  

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing Azure solutions that meet customer needs and align with best practices and industry standards.
• Work with the Sales Team and Operations in evolving the proposition.
• Leading the design and implementation of complex cloud solutions, including integrating with other systems and platforms.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including developers, project managers, and other architects, to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Conducting architecture assessments, providing recommendations, and creating roadmaps to help customers achieve their business goals.
• Advising and guiding customers on cloud-related topics, including security, compliance, performance, and cost optimization.
• Understand customer needs: Work closely with customers to understand their business objectives and technical requirements. Identify opportunities where Azure solutions can address customer challenges and add value to their business.
• Staying up-to-date with emerging cloud technologies and best practices and sharing this knowledge with customers and the internal team.
• Design solutions for customers and document the scope of projects.
• Conduct presentations to customers both in-person and using telepresence as well as other collaboration tools.
• Prepare demos and POCs for customers that will help open new pipelines.
• Proposal development: Develop proposals and presentations that clearly articulate the proposed solution, its business value, and its technical capabilities. Work closely with sales teams to ensure proposals are accurate and meet customer requirements.
• Collaboration: Work closely with sales teams, technical architects, and other subject matter experts to ensure proposed solutions meet customer needs and align with company strategy.
• Coordinate with the Microsoft for both opportunities and Approaches Alignment.
• Provide continuous support and knowledge transfer to the Sales team in the specialized areas.
• Attend pre-sales meetings with sales staff and meetings with the customer where input/contribution is required.
• Presenting and demonstrating Ctelecoms services to customers.
• Primary Focused Domain(s): Microsoft Azure (Focusing on Infrastructure and Migration), Active Directory, Hyper-V, SQL Servers, Networking, and Backup & DR.
• Build scope of work/low level technical scope and technical design documents based on the business requirements.
• Assist the Sales team in forecasting and managing the Microsoft pipeline, meeting sales goals, and achieving targets.
• Explore cross-selling and up-selling opportunities by coordinating with Microsoft and other vendors and manage opportunities on both CRM and the Microsoft Partner Center Portal.
• Coordinate with Microsoft Teams and other vendors for aligning opportunities and approaches.
• Support Marketing by providing continuous technologies updates in (Articles, Videos, Events …etc.).
• Conduct frequent internal knowledge transfer and enablement sessions for the Sales Team.
• Completes required training and obtains relevant product and role certifications aligned to the role and workload / industry.
  
  

Qualification (Education/Work Experience)

• BA in Information Technology or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles, including scalability, availability, and resilience.
• Minimum 5 Years of Experience in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Infrastructure Technologies.
• Minimum 3 years of Experience in presales.
• Expertise in Azure services, including compute, storage, networking, and security.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles, including scalability, availability, and resilience.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Azure certifications, such as the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification, are preferred.
• Strong understanding of core architectural concepts, including distributed computing, scalability, availability, and performance within depth knowledge of MS Azure IaaS, PaaS SaaS services, and Building a technical architecture in MS Azure.
• Experienced with operating Azure Stack infrastructure end-to-end - planning, deployment and integration, packaging and offering cloud resources and requested services on the infrastructure.
• Have good experience and Hands-on on the following tools (Azure Migration and assessment tools, Azure site recovery deployment planner tool, Azure price calculator, AVD Experience Estimator).
  
  

Other Knowledge, Additional Competencies

• Fluent in English.
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed.
• Good time management.
• Good understanding of priorities and the proper finalization of tasks.
• Good reporting and documentation skills.
• Proven ability to work under stress and time pressure.
• Commitment and dedication.
• Team player.
• Self-Learning and Strong Search capability.
• Proven presentation and communication skills as well as a professional approach and appearance
• Being client service oriented
• High sense of responsibility and ownership, acting like owner in what you do.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.

Seniority level

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Join to apply for the Cloud Architect Engineer (Azure) role at VIVADATA

Artefact is a new generation of data service providers, specialising in data consulting and data-driven digital marketing. It is dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organisations. We are proud to say we’re enjoying skyrocketing growth.The backbone of our consulting missions, today our Data consulting team has more than 400 consultants covering all Artefact's offers (and more): data marketing, data governance, strategy consulting, product owner…

About The Role …

As a Cloud Architect Manager at Artefact, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that support our clients’ data and technology ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture is aligned with business needs, optimizing tool selection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Additionally, you will lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to Artefact’s growth by driving innovation and promoting best practices in cloud technology.

What You'll Be Doing …

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure architectures (cloud, on-premise, hybrid) aligned with business requirements.
• Define and enforce best practices for cloud platform deployment and configuration, security, networking, operations and tools selection.
• Oversee the integration of cloud platforms with data pipelines, storage, and compute services.
• Standardize coding, deployment, and monitoring practices across cloud environments.
• Design and implement automated solutions to set up, monitor, and adjust cloud infrastructure efficiently.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives for complex technical challenges related to cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple cloud projects, ensuring efficient resource management.
• Foster teamwork by mentoring, coaching and guiding cloud engineers and ensuring knowledge transfer.
• Manage client relationships regarding project expectations, timelines, and outcomes.
• Contribute to Artefact's growth by maintaining tech partnerships, leading technical proposals to support project planning and identify potential growth areas with existing accounts.
  
  

What You'll Need …

• Proven experience designing and implementing cloud architectures on Azure at scale
• Strong expertise in cloud security, networking, and compliance frameworks.
• Led the end-to-end design of highly available, secure, and cost-optimized Azure environments for enterprise customers, leveraging services such as Azure Virtual Network, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure App Service.
• Defined multi-region DR/HA architectures using Azure Traffic Manager, paired regions, and Azure Site Recovery, achieving RTOs under 1 hour for mission-critical workloads.
• Enable automated patching, scaling, and monitoring tasks via Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and PowerShell DSC, improving operational efficiency.
• Deep understanding of cloud cost optimization, monitoring, and high availability design patterns.
• Collaborated with data engineers to optimize architectures on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse, and MS Fabric
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience managing technical teams and large-scale projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience creating business-focused presentations.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities for complex, multi-disciplinary cloud projects.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating client discussions effectively.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and develop technical teams in cloud engineering best practices.
• A track record of contributing to business growth through technical innovation and strategic initiatives.
  
  

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As a Cloud Architect Manager at Artefact, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that support our clients’ data and technology ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture is aligned with business needs, optimizing tool selection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Additionally, you will lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to Artefact’s growth by driving innovation and promoting best practices in cloud technology.

What you'll be doing …

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure architectures (cloud, on-premise, hybrid) aligned with business requirements.
• Define and enforce best practices for cloud platform deployment and configuration, security, networking, operations and tools selection.
• Oversee the integration of cloud platforms with data pipelines, storage, and compute services.
• Standardize coding, deployment, and monitoring practices across cloud environments.
• Design and implement automated solutions to set up, monitor, and adjust cloud infrastructure efficiently.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives for complex technical challenges related to cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple cloud projects, ensuring efficient resource management.
• Foster teamwork by mentoring, coaching and guiding cloud engineers and ensuring knowledge transfer.
• Manage client relationships regarding project expectations, timelines, and outcomes.
• Contribute to Artefact's growth by maintaining tech partnerships, leading technical proposals to support project planning and identify potential growth areas with existing accounts.

What you'll need …

• Proven experience designing and implementing cloud architectures on Azure at scale
• Strong expertise in cloud security, networking, and compliance frameworks.
• Led the end-to-end design of highly available, secure, and cost-optimized Azure environments for enterprise customers, leveraging services such as Azure Virtual Network, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure App Service.
• Defined multi-region DR/HA architectures using Azure Traffic Manager, paired regions, and Azure Site Recovery, achieving RTOs under 1 hour for mission-critical workloads.
• Enable automated patching, scaling, and monitoring tasks via Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and PowerShell DSC, improving operational efficiency.
• Deep understanding of cloud cost optimization, monitoring, and high availability design patterns.
• Collaborated with data engineers to optimize architectures on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse, and MS Fabric
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience managing technical teams and large-scale projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience creating business-focused presentations.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities for complex, multi-disciplinary cloud projects.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating client discussions effectively.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and develop technical teams in cloud engineering best practices.
• A track record of contributing to business growth through technical innovation and strategic initiatives.

Artefact’s teams are made up of the best experts in their fields, and it’s our biggest responsibility to ensure their professional development and personal wellbeing.

#J-18808-Ljbffr

Artefact is a new generation of data service providers, specialising in data consulting and data-driven digital marketing. It is dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organisations. We are proud to say we’re enjoying skyrocketing growth.The backbone of our consulting missions, today our Data consulting team has more than 400 consultants covering all Artefact's offers (and more): data marketing, data governance, strategy consulting, product owner…

About the role …

As a Cloud Architect Manager at Artefact, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that support our clients’ data and technology ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture is aligned with business needs, optimizing tool selection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Additionally, you will lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to Artefact’s growth by driving innovation and promoting best practices in cloud technology.

What you'll be doing …

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure architectures (cloud, on-premise, hybrid) aligned with business requirements.
• Define and enforce best practices for cloud platform deployment and configuration, security, networking, operations and tools selection.
• Oversee the integration of cloud platforms with data pipelines, storage, and compute services.
• Standardize coding, deployment, and monitoring practices across cloud environments.
• Design and implement automated solutions to set up, monitor, and adjust cloud infrastructure efficiently.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives for complex technical challenges related to cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple cloud projects, ensuring efficient resource management.
• Foster teamwork by mentoring, coaching and guiding cloud engineers and ensuring knowledge transfer.
• Manage client relationships regarding project expectations, timelines, and outcomes.
• Contribute to Artefact's growth by maintaining tech partnerships, leading technical proposals to support project planning and identify potential growth areas with existing accounts.

What you'll need …

• Proven experience designing and implementing cloud architectures on Azure at scale
• Strong expertise in cloud security, networking, and compliance frameworks.
• Led the end-to-end design of highly available, secure, and cost-optimized Azure environments for enterprise customers, leveraging services such as Azure Virtual Network, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure App Service.
• Defined multi-region DR/HA architectures using Azure Traffic Manager, paired regions, and Azure Site Recovery, achieving RTOs under 1 hour for mission-critical workloads.
• Enable automated patching, scaling, and monitoring tasks via Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and PowerShell DSC, improving operational efficiency.
• Deep understanding of cloud cost optimization, monitoring, and high availability design patterns.
• Collaborated with data engineers to optimize architectures on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse, and MS Fabric
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience managing technical teams and large-scale projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience creating business-focused presentations.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities for complex, multi-disciplinary cloud projects.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and navigating client discussions effectively.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and develop technical teams in cloud engineering best practices.
• A track record of contributing to business growth through technical innovation and strategic initiatives.

Artefact’s teams are made up of the best experts in their fields, and it’s our biggest responsibility to ensure their professional development and personal wellbeing.

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