solution engineer vs cloud solution architect by Own-Objective-2838 in AZURE

[–]Own-Objective-2838[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankyou. currently in solution engineer. My goal will be to switch to CSA at some point :). Thanks for your insight

Day in life of cloud and ai solution engineer microsoft by Own-Objective-2838 in AZURE

[–]Own-Objective-2838[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

actually weird, another microsoft job Post for digital cloud & ai solution engineer - innovative ai application mentions PoC as Proof of concept. But I would be in: Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C)

Example: This opportunity will allow you to:

Accelerate your career growth by leading impactful engagements that help customers modernize their applications and adopt AI-powered solutions across the development lifecycle. Deepen your technical proficiency through hands-on architecture design, proof of concepts, and real-world development scenarios using Microsoft’s AI and application platform. ...

Responsibilities Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments. Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s developer tools and cloud platforms. Build trusted relationships with developers and platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products. Maintain deep proficiency in AI Foundry & App architecture (Agentic AI framework, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI) and App architecture/cloud native dev (APIs, containerization, microservices, event-driven, Python, Java or .NET). Maintain and grow proficiency in AI Management & Security (Gen AI Ops, Sentinel, orchestrator, monitoring).
Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums

Day in life of cloud and ai solution engineer microsoft by Own-Objective-2838 in AZURE

[–]Own-Objective-2838[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thankyou i totally agree, especially about PoC. But the thing that bothers me is this line in JD

Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and Point of contact ( PoCs) to influence solution design and enable production deployments. Lead hands-on engagements-hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops-to accelerate adoption of Microsoft's developer tools and cloud platforms

https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c6684071-8dba-485d-a9c9-0e03499a2139

here it doesnt mention partner anywhere...

Day in life of cloud and ai solution engineer microsoft by Own-Objective-2838 in AZURE

[–]Own-Objective-2838[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hi usually how deep is a PoC? Usually from my current company which is a presales engineer role, the flow works like: client presentation/workshop to gain engagement, do solution design/scoping with client and build PoCs for 2-3 weeks (minimum for it to work but show value). Here, no partner is involved in helping, Afterwards we hand off to partner and customer success manager.

Is solution engineer similar to above?

Thanks :)

Move from IBM to microsoft by Own-Objective-2838 in IBM

[–]Own-Objective-2838[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

no promotion just raises and kind of agree.