Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Data Platform

Microsoft; Espoo; On-site; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft seeks a skilled technical pre-sales professional to support cloud platform adoption by leading engagements with decision makers. This role involves driving technical solutions, building trusted relationships, and resolving technical challenges. A strong background in Azure Databases and experience in analytics is essential for success in this position.

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Benefits vary by country

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in relevant field OR equivalent experience.
• Proven technical pre-sales or consulting experience required.
• Proficiency in Finnish language preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs.
• Lead hackathons and architecture workshops.
• Maintain deep expertise in Analytics Portfolio and Azure Databases.

Skills

Technical pre-sales experience

Consulting experience

Azure Databases

Data governance

Technical engagements

Data migration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Responsibilities (Text Only)

• 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 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 (Text Only)

Required Qualifications (RQ)

• Proven technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND a few years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND a couple of years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
• Expertise in Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) for migration, modernization, and creating new AI applications.
• Expertise in Azure Analytics (Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview) and competitors (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake) in data warehouse, data lake, big data, analytics, real-time intelligence, and reporting, with integrated Data Security & Governance.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Experience with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure, architecture design, migrations, industry standards, and technology management.
• Proficiency in data warehouse & big data migration, including on-prem appliance (Teradata, Netezza, Oracle), Hadoop (Cloudera, Hortonworks), and Azure Synapse Gen2.
• Proficiency in Finnish language is preferred.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

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