Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Data Platform

Microsoft; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud company in the UK is seeking a Data Platform Solution Engineer to drive customer success in deploying Azure cloud solutions. You will support customer engagements, work closely with technical teams, and guide clients through their cloud journey. The ideal candidate has a degree in Computer Science, relevant technical experience, and strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure technologies. This position offers the opportunity for career growth in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Experience with Azure Databases and Analytics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support customers in designing cloud data solutions.
• Drive technical sales with demos and PoCs.
• Build trusted relationships with platform leads.
• Contribute ideas to solve technical challenges.

Skills

Technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience

Experience with Microsoft Azure

Knowledge of database technologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

SQL

PostgreSQL

Cosmos DB

Databricks

Job description

Databases & Analytics is a growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, as well as its partners and customers. It includes a rich portfolio of products including IaaS and PaaS services on the Azure Platform in the age of AI. These technologies empower customers to build, deploy, and manage database and analytics applications in a cloud‑native way. As an Innovative Data Platform Solution Engineer (SE), 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'll collaborate closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate the Fabric Data Platform, including Azure Databases and Analytics, through hands‑on engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. You'll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate database and analytics migration into their deployment workflows. In summary, you'll help customers modernize their data platform and realize the full value of Microsoft's platform, all while enjoying flexible work opportunities. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

• Support customers in designing and improving their data solutions, helping them to move to the cloud and use new technologies securely and efficiently.
• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Take part in practical activities like workshops, demonstrations, and hackathons, gaining experience and building your technical skills.
• Build trusted relationships with platform leads, co‑designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions.
• Contribute ideas and feedback with your team, and help solve technical challenges that matter to communities.

Requirements

• Proven technical pre‑sales or technical consulting experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND few years of technical pre‑sales or technical consulting experience.
• Equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Azure, databases (like SQL, PostgreSQL, or Cosmos DB), or analytics platforms (such as Microsoft Fabric or Databricks).
• Experience on Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) from migration & modernize and creating new AI apps.
• Experience 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.

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. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.