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Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – Data Platform

MicrosoftJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

30+ days ago

Job description

Overview

Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in Data Platform for commercial customers at Microsoft. Focus on database and analytics in a dynamic, AI-driven environment. You will help enterprises modernize their data platform and accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s cloud database and analytics stack, across deployment stages, through hands-on engagements and architectural guidance.

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-design secure, scalable architectures and solutions.
Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products.
Maintain deep 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.
Maintain and grow expertise in on-prem EDW (Teradata, Netezza, Exadata), Hadoop & BI solutions.
Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud Database & Analytics communities and customer forums.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience

OR Bachelor\'s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience

OR Master\'s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience

OR equivalent experience

Expert on Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) from migration & modernization and creating new AI apps.

Expert on Azure Analytics (Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview) 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., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience

4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and / or technology management

Proficient in data warehouse & big data migration including on-prem appliance (Teradata, Netezza, Oracle), Hadoop (Cloudera, Hortonworks) and Azure Synapse Gen2

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.

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