Cloud & AI Application Solution Engineer

Overview Cloud & AI Application Solution Engineer Financial Services Sector | Australia & New Zealand Are you insatiably curious and deeply passionate about Agentic AI & applications ? Are you up for tackling complex challenges in a dynamic environment? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Apps Solution Engineer for Financial Services customers at Microsoft ANZ. In this technical sales role, you'll be at the forefront of cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. Microsoft is transforming the experience for Agentic AI applications across the development & deployment lifecycle. We’re leading the way in Agentic AI development where AI agents streamline development and operations. As an AI Apps Solution Engineer, you’ll help customers boost productivity and become AI-native. As a Cloud & AI Apps Solution Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in helping enterprise AI developers unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s AI-powered stack across every stage of the development lifecycle. You will work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design secure, scalable, and resilient Agentic AI architectures that support business-critical applications and Frontier AI transformation. As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers and win their technical decisions on Azure for their Agentic AI deployment. You bring deep expertise in Agentic AI workloads—including Foundry Models & Services, Copilot Studio, Microsoft IQ, and cloud-native development while exploring how to accelerate Frontier transformation. As you join the team, you will have the opportunity to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their application platforms to realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities. As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate Agentic AI applications into their development & deployment workflows. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their applications leveraging AI and realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform. Responsibilities Lead Agentic AI + application platforms customer engagements.Drive technical workshop using live demos, co-create with customers whiteboarding & architecture, rapid prototyping, hands-on proofs of concept & pilots to resolve technical blockers.Prove technical solutions, co-create or re-use existing architecture to influence solution design and enable customer commitment for deployments.Maintain deep expertise in Agent development, Foundry Models & Services, Copilot Studio, Microsoft IQ & AI App architecture and cloud native development (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java or .NET). Qualifications Required Qualifications (RQs) 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experienceOR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ year(s) technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experienceExpert on full stack App architecture design / modernization and cloud native dev (e.g., App Platform Services, Container Services, Serverless & Supporting App Services, Integration Services, dev tools & languages)Expert for Agent development, Foundry Models (Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, 1P MaaS), Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ, familiar with Foundry Services (AML), Copilot Studio Platform.Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., prototyping, pilot, PoCs) that drive production-scale outcomes. 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 without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.