Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – Data Platform - Microsoft : Job Details

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Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about databases and analytics, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in the era of AI? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer at Microsoft in our Innovative Data Platform for commercial customers. Here, you'll work on cutting-edge projects leveraging the latest technologies to make a meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

Databases & Analytics represent a growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, its partners, and customers. This includes a rich portfolio of IaaS and PaaS services on the Azure platform in the age of AI. These technologies empower customers to build, deploy, and manage database and analytics applications in a cloud-native way.

As an Innovative Data Platform Solution Engineer (SE), you will play a pivotal role in helping enterprises unlock the full potential of Microsoft's cloud database and analytics stack across deployment stages. You'll collaborate closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate the Fabric Data Platform, including Azure Databases and Analytics, through engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops. This role offers career growth, deepening business acumen, honing technical skills, and mastering solution design and deployment. You'll guide customers in secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate database and analytics migration workflows. Ultimately, you'll help customers modernize their data platform and realize the full value of Microsoft's offerings, with flexible work opportunities.

As a trusted advisor, you'll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate migrations. Your goal is to help customers modernize their data platform and maximize Microsoft's platform value.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization to achieve more. We foster a culture of respect, integrity, and inclusion, encouraging innovation and collaboration for shared success.

• Drive technical sales with decision makers through demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons and architecture workshops—to promote adoption of Microsoft's cloud platforms.
• Build trusted relationships with platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions.
• Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering teams to improve products.
• Maintain expertise in Analytics Portfolio: Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, DW, real-time intelligence, BI, Copilot), Azure Databricks, Purview Data Governance, and Azure Databases: SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL.
• Grow expertise in on-premises EDW (Teradata, Netezza, Exadata), Hadoop & BI solutions.
• Represent Microsoft in cloud Database & Analytics communities and forums.

• Embody our culture and values.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of technical pre-sales or consulting experience.
• OR a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field with 4+ years experience.
• OR a Master's Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field with 3+ years experience.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Expertise in Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) and experience with migration and AI app development.
• Expertise in Azure Analytics (Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview) and competitors (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake), including data warehouse, lake, big data, real-time analytics, and security/governance.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that produce production results.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ years in pre-sales, consulting, or tech delivery.
• Experience with cloud/hybrid/on-prem infrastructure, architecture, migrations, and industry standards.
• Proficiency in data warehouse & big data migrations, including on-prem appliances and Azure Synapse Gen2.

Pay ranges vary by location and level, with specific figures provided for IC4 and IC5 roles across the U.S. and certain locations. Benefits and additional compensation details are available on the Microsoft Careers site. Microsoft accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of age, race, gender, or other protected characteristics. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and IT
• Industries: Software Development