Digital Cloud & AI Solution Engineer – Innovative Data Platform

Microsoft; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Technical Pre-Sales Consultant to drive cloud database solutions and analytics. You'll be responsible for leading technical engagements and influencing solution design to enhance customer experiences. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in cloud technologies, analytics, and a proactive approach to overcoming technical challenges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical pre-sales or consulting experience required.
• Proficiency in Cloud & AI Databases essential.
• Experience leading technical engagements to drive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales and solution design using demos and PoCs.
• Lead hackathons and workshops to promote Microsoft's cloud platforms.
• Build relationships with platform leads and co-design architectures.

Skills

Cloud & AI Databases

Data Warehouse & Big Data Migration

Technical Pre-sales

Analytics & Data Governance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or IT

Tools

SQL DB

Cosmos DB

PostgreSQL

Teradata

Netezza

Hadoop

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 proficiency in Analytics Portfolio: Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, DW, real-time intelligence, BI, Copilot), Cloud & AI Databricks, Purview Data Governance, and Cloud & AI Databases: SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL.
• Maintain and grow proficiency 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 (RQs)

• 5+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Proficient in Cloud & AI Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) from migration & modernization and creating new AI applications.
• Proficient in Cloud & AI Analytics (Fabric, Cloud & AI Databricks, Purview) and competitors (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake) in data warehouse, data lake, big data, analytics, real-time intelligence, and reporting using integrated Data Security & Governance.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• 6+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of 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 Cloud & AI Synapse Gen2.

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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