• Azure App Service — for web apps and APIs that benefit from a fully managed PaaS runtime with minimal operational overhead; the fastest path off Windows/IIS and Java/Tomcat estates.
• Azure Container Apps — for containerized microservices, event-driven workloads, and scale-to-zero scenarios where teams want containers without owning a cluster.
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) — for complex, large-scale, or portability-driven estates that require full orchestration control, custom networking, and platform-engineering maturity.
• Azure Functions, Azure Arc, and Azure VMs — as complementary destinations for event-driven code, hybrid and edge estates, and workloads that are expected to remain IaaS in the near term.

• Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance — for modernizing SQL Server estates to PaaS, including compatibility assessment, Hyperscale, and Business Critical tiering.
• SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines — where full instance control or third-party dependencies require IaaS, with a defined path to PaaS over time.
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL (Flexible Server) — including Oracle-to-PostgreSQL modernization and PostgreSQL as the default open-source landing zone for new and refactored applications.
• Azure Database for MySQL (Flexible Server) — for LAMP-stack and ISV application estates moving off self-managed MySQL or MariaDB.
• Azure Cosmos DB — including the MongoDB (vCore) and PostgreSQL APIs, for globally distributed, high-throughput, and NoSQL workloads.

• Lead portfolio-level assessment and apply the 6R framework (rehost, replatform, refactor, rearchitect, rebuild, replace) to segment an estate and sequence the work.
• Apply containerization and refactoring leading practices, and use AI and intelligent agents to accelerate legacy code assessment, dependency mapping, and transformation.
• Design the surrounding architecture — hybrid and cloud-native networking, virtual networks, private connectivity, secure routing, identity, and landing-zone design — so modernized applications meet enterprise performance and compliance requirements.
• Complement Microsoft technology with trusted partner solutions such as NetApp, VMware, Red Hat, and SAP to deliver a secure, optimized, and scalable migration experience.
• Ground every recommendation in Azure security services and compliance frameworks, so customers meet regulatory requirements and build a cloud estate that is ready for what comes next.

• Accelerate your career growth by leading the modernization engagements that sit at the centre of a $100M, +40% YoY growth business.
• Deepen your technical proficiency through hands-on architecture design, application and database migration planning, and implementation of hybrid and cloud-native environments.
• Develop strategic influence by shaping the destination decisions — App Service, Container Apps, AKS, Azure SQL, or open-source databases — that determine a customer’s cost base and agility for years.
• Strengthen your collaboration skills by working closely with engineering teams, partners, and customer stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.
• Build future-ready capabilities through continuous learning, industry-recognized certifications, and exposure to Microsoft’s evolving application, data, security, and AI platform.

• Drive technical sales using architecture design sessions, technical demos, proofs of concept, and modernization accelerators to influence solution design and unblock deployment.
• Own the destination recommendation — assess customer application portfolios and recommend the best-fit Azure application and data platform target, with a defensible rationale on cost, scale, operations, and developer velocity.
• Lead application modernization workshops and migration assessments spanning App Service, Container Apps, AKS, Azure SQL, and open-source database options.
• Build trusted relationships with platform leads, application owners, and data teams to co-design secure, scalable, and cost-efficient solutions.
• Resolve technical blockers by collaborating with engineering, partners, and product teams, and channel customer insight back into the product.
• Maintain deep expertise across cloud migration and modernization — Windows, Linux, .NET, Java, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and containerized workloads — alongside resiliency, security, and compliance.
• Deepen knowledge of enterprise applications (SAP, Oracle) and Azure VMware Solution (AVS) as adjacent modernization paths.
• Represent Microsoft in customer forums and technical communities through thought leadership on application and data modernization.

Digital Solution Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Ireland is € 60,300.00 - € 102,600.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/ireland-corporate-pay.html

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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