[Remote] Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Data Platform
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is seeking a Solution Engineer to help commercial customers modernize their cloud database and analytics platforms in the era of AI. The role drives technical sales, leads proofs of concept and architecture engagements, guides secure and scalable solution design, and accelerates database and analytics migrations and deployments.
Responsibilities
- Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments
- Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons and architecture workshops—to accelerate 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 to share insights and improve products
- Maintain deep knowledge 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
- Maintain and grow knowledge in on-prem EDW (Teradata, Netezza, Exadata), Hadoop & BI solutions
- Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud Database & Analytics communities and customer forums
- Embody our culture and values
Skills
- 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience, OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship
- 5+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience
- 3+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management
- Experience in data warehouse & big data migration including on-prem appliance (Teradata, Netezza, Oracle), Hadoop (Cloudera, Hortonworks) and Azure Synapse Gen2
Benefits
- Flexible work opportunities
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