Sr Sales Engineer (Microsoft Azure)

TL;DR

Sr Sales Engineer (Microsoft Azure): Own technical presales outcomes and relationships for partners, leading complex efforts in discovery, validation, and risk management with an accent on Azure and Modern Work solutions across compute, security, networking, and identity. Focus on designing and validating architectures, developing Statements of Work, and mentoring Sales Engineers to ensure solution integrity and executable outcomes.

Location: Field work in the United States of America

Salary: USD $97,300 - $165,400 per year

Company

Leading global technology distributor for the IT ecosystem, reaching 90% of the world's population with products from manufacturers and cloud providers via hirify.global Xvantage platform.

What you will do

• Own senior partner technical relationships and act as primary technical accountability point.
• Lead complex presales efforts including discovery, validation, risk management, and solution strategy for Azure and Modern Work.
• Design, validate, and guide architectures across compute, security, networking, identity, and Microsoft 365.
• Develop, review, and approve Statements of Work ensuring scope clarity and feasibility.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Services, Delivery, and Architecture teams.
• Mentor Sales Engineers through guidance and enablement without direct execution.

Requirements

• 8+ years in engineering, architecture, or sales engineering roles with hands-on or design-level Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Proven success as senior technical advisor with strong business judgment.
• Microsoft certifications preferred: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Security Engineer Associate, or M365 Enterprise Administrator Expert (or willingness to achieve).
• Equivalent 6–8+ years designing/validating Azure and Modern Work architectures.
• Knowledge of Azure platform, Modern Work technologies, presales lifecycle, Cloud Adoption Framework, and Well-Architected Framework.

Culture & Benefits

• U.S.-based healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match, short/long-term disability, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits.
• Eligibility for merit increases, annual bonus, sales incentives, long-term incentives based on performance.
• Drug test and background check required.
• Equal opportunity employer.