[Hiring] Senior Digital Solution Engineer - Cloud & AI Data @Microsoft

Role Description

Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of databases and analytics, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in the era of Agentic AI? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Data Solution Engineer for education customers at Microsoft Elevate.

In this technical sales role, you'll be at the forefront of cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

As a Cloud & AI Data Solution Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in helping enterprises unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s cloud database and analytics stack across every stage of deployment. You will work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design secure, scalable, and resilient database and analytics architectures that support business-critical applications and Frontier AI transformation.

• Lead Databases & Analytics customer engagements.
• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Drive technical workshops using live demos, co-create with customers whiteboarding & architecture, rapid prototyping, hands-on proofs of concept & pilots to resolve technical blockers.
• Prove technical solutions, co-create or re-use existing architecture to influence solution design and enable customer commitment for deployments.
• Maintain deep expertise in Analytics Portfolio: Microsoft Fabric including OneLake, Azure Databricks, and Azure Databases: SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL.
• Deepen knowledge of on-prem EDW (Teradata, Netezza, Exadata), Hadoop & BI solutions.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 8+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
• Certification in relevant (Microsoft or industry) technologies or disciplines (e.g., Microsoft Office 365; Power BI; Azure Administrator, Architecture, and Development exams; Cloud Platform Technologies; Information Security; Architecture).
• Expert on Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, DocumentDB, PostgreSQL) for migration & modernization.
• Expert on Microsoft Fabric including OneLake, Azure Databricks and competitors (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake) in data warehouse, data lake, big data, analytics, real-time intelligent, and reporting using integrated Data Security & Governance.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., prototyping, pilot, PoCs) that drive production-scale outcomes.
• Familiarity with database technologies (ETL, DW, Reporting).
• Proficient on data warehouse & big data migration including on-prem appliance (Teradata, Netezza, Oracle), Hadoop (Cloudera, Hortonworks) and Azure Synapse Gen2.

Requirements

• Digital Solution Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year.
• There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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Company Description

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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.

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