Principal Solutions Architect

Avanade; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking a senior Data & AI architect to provide technical leadership on client projects, shape high‑level design and roadmaps, and guide architectural decisions. You will collaborate with delivery teams and stakeholders to craft proposals, estimates, and deal strategies, while mentoring junior colleagues and driving GTM initiatives.

You will develop data and analytics platforms using Python, SQL, Microsoft Azure Data Services, Fabric and Databricks, translating complex concepts for

Qualifications

• As a senior architect, lead technical decisions and shape client proposals.
• Mentor and coach junior team members across Data & AI.
• Translate complex concepts for senior business stakeholders and sales teams.
• Collaborate on GTM strategies and deal qualifications for large-scale AI programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on client projects and drive architectural decisions.
• Lead data and analytics platform development using Python, SQL, Azure Data Services, Fabric and Databricks.
• Support pre-sales activities with high‑level design, estimates and proposals.
• Mentor and develop other engineers within the Avanade community.
• Align solutions with cross‑industry offerings and go‑to‑market initiatives.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Deal shaping

Client engagement

Data & AI

Azure Data Services

Python

SQL

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Python

SQL

Job description

Our talented Data & AI team is made up of globally recognized experts - and there's room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you're passionate about helping clients transform their business with the latest AI and data technologies, let's talk.

What you’ll do:

• As an architect assigned to a client project, you will typically work closely with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical leadership, shape deals and propositions, drive architectural decisions, create plans and roadmaps, and produce design artifacts
• Play a key role in Avanade's sales process by creating solutions that innovate, inspire and win new business. You’ll have responsibility for shaping the high-level design, estimates, and contractual details for client proposals in collaboration with other subject matter experts in the business
• As a senior member of the Avanade technical community, you will provide coaching and mentoring to motivate and inspire more junior colleagues from within your team and across the organization
• Have the ability to translate complex technical concepts and solutions and present them in fit for audience language and value based outcomes, to senior business stakeholders, technology leaders and internal sales teams.
• Engage in early conversations with clients and/or sales team and support origination and deal qualification, requirements capture and solutioning, recommending best practices and approaches to achieve optimal outcomes, building strong relationship with clients to become the trusted advisor. Prepare and represent the solution in Deal Reviews and play an active role in client presentations, and negotiations with key client buyers
• Work collaboratively with the wider Data & AI leadership to shape our current and future offerings, accelerators, and background IP to support GTM activities
• Drive the evolution of best practices and methodologies for AI development, including data management, model training, fine-tuning, and deployment
• Lead the development of data and analytics platforms, real time intelligence and reporting solutions using Python, SQL, Microsoft Azure Data Services, Fabric and Databricks.
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in Data and AI technologies and incorporate relevant innovations into our solutions.
• Continue to identify the most relevant cross-industry solutions-at-scale for your region and execute on them including Data Migration, Automation Migration, Visualization/Reporting and Core Data Platform Modernization and Governance
• Build and lead the strategy execution for Avanade’s Applied Intelligence, IOT/Digital Twin, Industry X (industry 4.0) and Intelligent Automation businesses
• Drive measurable and sustained growth across the Data & AI Solution Area
• Integrate Data & AI into the other Global Solution Areas (Modern Workplace, Apps & Infrastructure, and Business Applications), offerings and go-to-market initiatives
• Drive strong Managed Services and multi-year engagements for Data & AI Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, Experience in data, applied intelligence, automation, IoT and related technologies, Good understanding of go-to-market models and the Microsoft ecosystem and its partners, Strong interest in guiding clients through the evolving AI market, Experience with stakeholders in defining technological visions, high-level architectures and roadmaps for large-scale AI programs, particularly in large-scale deployment contexts