Azure Local CSA (M/F.D)

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Title
Azure Local CSA

Role type

As a Customer Solution Architect, you will collaborate directly with customer teams to provide expert advisory services across a range of technologies. By leveraging structured intellectual property (MIP) engagements, you will establish trusted advisor relationships and guide customers towards achieving a healthy and secure state. 

Relevant MIP/VBD Titles

Azure Local Workshop

On Demand Assessment – Hyper-V

On Demand Assessment – Windows Server

WorkshopPLUS - Azure Arc with Labs

WorkshopPLUS - Azure Virtual Desktop

WorkshopPLUS - Windows Server 2022 and Azure Hybrid Features

Skills Required (Primary)

We are looking for a candidate with strong, hands-on primary skills in Azure Local and Azure Arc (300–400 level). The candidate should be able to design, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot end-to-end hybrid infrastructure solutions.

Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI) – deployment, configuration, and operations

• Software Defined Networking (SDN): plan and implement SDN components, configure logical networks, and troubleshoot connectivity and policy issues.

• Network ATC: design and apply intent-based networking, validate NIC teaming/RDMA settings, and remediate configuration drift.

• Storage Spaces Direct (S2D): deploy and configure clustered storage, capacity planning, performance tuning, and troubleshooting resiliency/health issues.

• Storage provisioning and management: create/expand volumes and shares, manage tiering/resiliency settings, and operate using Windows Admin Center/PowerShell.

• Azure Arc (primary): onboard servers and Azure Local resources, manage policies and extensions, enable monitoring/governance, and troubleshoot connectivity/agent issues.

• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), optional: core understanding of host pools, session hosts, and hybrid identity considerations for deployment and operations.

• Virtual machines: create and manage VM workloads on Azure Local, including sizing, availability, and troubleshooting of compute and storage dependencies.

• Azure Update Manager: plan and operate update orchestration for hybrid machines, reporting/compliance, and remediation.

Windows Server (Windows Server 2012 R2-2025 = advanced level) :

• Virtualization (Azure Stack HCI/Local, Hyper-V, VMware) 

• System Center Virtual Machine Manager - SCVMM

Secondary Skills (Nice to Have)

Working knowledge and implementation experience in the following areas is beneficial:

• Azure Backup: implement and manage backups for hybrid workloads (including Azure Local/VMs), configure policies and retention, and validate restores.
• Azure Storage: core services and integration patterns (storage accounts, access control, networking/private endpoints), and using Azure Storage for backup/archival scenarios.