Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – Innovative Data Platform

Microsoft; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a talented technical sales professional specializing in cloud platforms and analytics. The role involves driving technical engagements, co-designing secure architectures, and resolving technical blockers while maintaining deep expertise in Azure Databases and Analytics solutions. You will represent Microsoft through thought leadership, leading hackathons and building trusted relationships in the analytics community.

Qualifications

• Proven technical pre-sales or consulting experience.
• Expertise in Azure Databases and Analytics.
• Ability to lead technical engagements driving production outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with demos and PoCs.
• Lead hackathons and architecture workshops.
• Build trusted relationships co-designing architectures.

Skills

Technical Sales

Cloud Platforms

Technical Consulting

Database Expertise

Analytics Solutions

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in relevant field

Tools

Azure Databases

Azure Analytics

Job description

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-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

• Proven technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND relevant experience OR Master's Degree in relevant field AND experience OR equivalent experience.
• Expertise in Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) from 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.

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