Cloud Solution Architecture: Student Worker Opportunities
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Duration: 6 months
Start Date: February 2026 - August 2026
Type of Employment: 60% Paid Internship
As a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) Student Worker you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, installation, and maintenance of company products. You will assist the sales staff in assessing the potential application of Microsoft products to meet customer needs and prepare detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer applications and solutions.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is built on a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone can thrive.
Responsibilities:
* Apply foundational technical knowledge of an architecture solution to meet business and IT requirements and resolve identified technical constraints.
* Act as the voice of the customer (VOC)/partner by learning to identify and share feedback around technical capabilities, gaps, blockers, and insights that relate to the customer/partner with internal teams, using established channels.
* Solicit input from others to contribute to proposals for viable solutions based on specific technical products, demonstrating basic technical concepts and proving design solution capabilities through collaboration sessions with the customer/partner.
* Support research projects and contribute to scoping surveys for customers/partners to assess potential intellectual property (IP) needs or process changes.
* Participate in external architecture community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, webinars, blogs, hackathons) and share learnings with the internal team.
* Participate in discussions around architecture design, resiliency reviews, and technical optimization that result in production deployment application and increase customer business value, ensuring that the customer’s environment and applications are well‑architected.
Required Qualifications:
* Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and must be in the final year of study.
* Must be available to do an internship in February 2026 until August 2026.
* Must be legally authorized to work in Switzerland (citizenship or valid visa/work permit).
* Fluency in English.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Passion for technology and customer obsession.
* Displays strong stakeholder and relationship management across senior leaders, partners, and customers.
* Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, and presentation skills.
* Technical certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure).
* Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci).
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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