**Start Date: September 2025** **Duration: 12 months** **South African Nationals** Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. As a **Solution Area Specialist Intern** , you will uncover and qualify new leads while driving consumption with both new and existing customers. You will identify customer and market needs, orchestrate deals with multiple stakeholders, and position Microsoft solutions effectively in the competitive landscape. Your responsibilities will include developing and managing pipelines for territory, forecasting resource needs, and meeting with customers on-site to deepen relationships and solution development **Responsibilities** + Position Microsoft solutions in the competitive landscape through research and collaboration utilizing industry expertise to differentiate Microsoft solutions. + Reach out to peers and senior team members within the subsidiary to gain technical knowledge in a solution area. + Learn how Microsoft's 3-cloud-platform can enable digital transformation areas. + Support team members on digital transformation opportunities in an assigned area by applying established processes and activities. + Identify market and customer needs and collaborate with internal teams to devise solutions to meet those needs. + Develop and manage pipeline for territory and forecast resource needs. + Meet with customers on-site to deepen relationships and solution development **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field. + Fluent in English + Legally authorised to work in South Africa 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .