Microsoft Architect Evangelist

Redmond, WA

Have you always been on the bleeding edge of technology? Are you excited by building the vision for how bleeding edge technologies can be used to solve mission critical problems? Can you design the future with just markers and a white board? Do you have a passion for technology? If you answered yes to these questions, the Architect Evangelist position is for you. The Architect Evangelist (AE) demonstrates the value of innovative new Microsoft platform technologies to senior technical decision makers (TDMs) at both customers and partners. The AE also excites the broad architecture audience in the Local Software Ecosystem through Architect Council events and other community outreach programs.


The Architect Evangelist is a member of the Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) group. The DPE mission is to secure platform adoption and revenue growth through evangelism, community engagement, relationship marketing and a vibrant solutions ecosystem. DPE is committed to broad Microsoft platform adoption and a vibrant ecosystem of customers, partners and developers. Through evangelism, marketing and sales, DPE helps secure the Microsoft platform, now and in the future.


The Architect Evangelist responsibilities include:

Drive highly visible design wins that lead to compelling evidence and customer references.
Being the face of Microsoft Architecture in the Local Software Ecosystem.
Build and maintain a vibrant local ecosystem through an integrated approach to evangelism, communities and intelligent audience marketing.
Being the Microsoft application platform trusted advisor for customers, partners and local Microsoft resources.
Subject Matter Expertise in competitive platforms.

Build and maintain deep understanding of:

Architectural concepts, issues and trends.
Microsoft architectural vision and roadmap
Developer life cycle, Microsoft enterprise developer tools strategy, including VS.NET, .NET frameworks.
Integration of Microsoft enterprise products, technologies, and solutions into heterogeneous environments.
Maintain knowledge of competitor’s strategies and technologies and provide feedback to Microsoft Corp. These include J2EE, JEE, IBM Websphere, BEA Weblogic, Open Source, Sun and Oracle.


QUALIFICATIONS: Able to discuss architecture at a conceptual level, with meaningful reference to existing industry-accepted principles such as the architectural frameworks, solution architectures, infrastructure architectures, Service Oriented Architecture and/or the Microsoft Application Platform. Experience mapping these conceptual ideas to the business problems, so-called ‘logical architecture’, or architectural patterns, and then how they can be implemented at a physical level using techniques such as design patterns. Expertise in large scale architecture design and implementation of modern systems required. Excellent knowledge and experience with other vendors platforms, products, companies and philosophies a plus. Industry knowledge preferred but not required.

10+ Years of experience with Bachelor’s Degree (B.S./B.A.) required, Masters or Ph.D. preferred. Travel time 30-50% depending on home location.

For consideration, please forward your resume to JAROHIRE@microsoft.com and reference job code 12-RD587 in the subject line.