Job Summary

Role: Azure Marketplace Architect / Lead Engineer (AI PC Marketplace)
Level: L3 / L4 (Senior / Architect)
Location: India
Engagement Type: Full-time (Insource/External hire)

Role Objective

To design, build, and operationalize an AI PC Marketplace solution on Microsoft Azure Marketplace, enabling scalable deployment, commercialization, and lifecycle management of AI-powered workplace offerings (including Intel-based AI PC solutions

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture & Solution Design Define end-to-end architecture for Azure Marketplace-integrated solutions. Design multi-tenant, scalable, and secure SaaS / Managed App offerings. Align solution with: Azure Well-Architected Framework Enterprise security & compliance standards Integrate AI PC use cases (endpoint AI, copilots, edge inference) 2. Azure Marketplace Enablement Lead onboarding and publishing of solutions on: Azure Marketplace (Commercial Marketplace) Define: Offer structure (SaaS, Managed Apps, VM offers) Pricing, billing, and monetization models Manage: Offer certification process. Go-to-market readiness. Engineering & Implementation Build and deploy: Azure-native services (App Services, AKS, Functions, APIs) Marketplace integration components (APIs, fulfilment, metering) Develop automation for: Provisioning (ARM/Bicep/Terraform) CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions) Integrate with: Identity (Azure AD / Entra ID) APIs and external platforms (Intel, OEM ecosystem) AI & Digital Workplace Integration Enable AI-driven scenarios: AI PC onboarding & lifecycle management Endpoint intelligence and analytics Integration with Microsoft Copilot / AI services Align with Digital Workplace platforms (EUC, device management, security) Operationalization & Governance Establish: Monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics) SLA/SLO frameworks Cost optimization models Define support model: L1/L2/L3 runbooks Incident and change management. Stakeholder & Ecosystem Collaboration Work with: Microsoft (Marketplace, Azure engineering teams) Intel / OEM partners (AI PC ecosystem) Internal Digital Workplace & GTM teams Support: Pre-sales, demos, and customer onboarding Required Skills & Experience Cor

Skill Requirements

• Core Azure Expertise
  • 8–12+ years of experience in cloud architecture
  • Deep expertise in:
    • Azure Marketplace (Commercial Marketplace onboarding & publishing)
    • Azure SaaS / Managed Application design
  • Strong knowledge of:
    • Azure compute, networking, identity, and security
• Marketplace & Commercialization
  • Hands-on experience with:
    • Marketplace APIs (Fulfilment, Metering, SaaS APIs)
    • Offer lifecycle (create → publish → transact → scale)
  • Understanding of:
    • Licensing models
    • Subscription billing
• DevOps & Automation
  • Infrastructure as Code:
    • ARM / Bicep / Terraform
  • CI/CD:
    • Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions
  • Scripting:
    • PowerShell / Python

• AI & Modern Workplace (Highly Preferred)

• Exposure to:
  • • AI/ML services (Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services)
    • AI PC ecosystem / endpoint AI
• Understanding of:
  • • Microsoft Intune / Endpoint Manager
    • vPro / device management (nice to have)

• Security & Compliance
  • Knowledge of:
    • Zero Trust architecture
    • Azure security best practices
    • Data protection & compliance frameworks
    • Revenue enablement through Marketplace
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Other Requirements

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
• Azure AI Engineer Associate (good to have)