Job Description

As a Cloud Solutions Architect (CSA) focused on Big Data Engineering and Advanced Analytics, you will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for helping customers successfully operationalize their Big Data pipeline and ML pipelines, and guide them in building new solutions that incorporate the very best of Data Engineering solution available today. Your focus should on helping customers build sustainable big data and analytics systems that are easy to manage, maintain and grow.

You will work alongside an open and inclusive team who are extremely talented and bright and help you onboard, and see eye to eye with you in solving key challenges for our customers. You will be whiteboarding complex architecture, writing useful technical collateral for your customers and the community, you will be speaking at strategic conferences, and you be working with customers building MVPs, but most importantly, you will be the number one Trusted Advisor to your customer.

If any of the above excites you, what are you waiting for?

As a Cloud Solutions Architect (CSA) focused on Data Engineering, you will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for helping customers successfully operationalize their Big Data pipeline and ML pipelines, and guide them in building new solutions that incorporate the very best of Data Engineering solution available today. Your focus should on helping customers build sustainable big data and analytics systems that are easy to manage, maintain and grow.

You will work alongside an open and inclusive team who are extremely talented and bright and help you onboard, and see eye to eye with you in solving key challenges for our customers. You will be whiteboarding complex architecture, writing useful technical collateral for your customers and the community, you will be speaking at strategic conferences, and you be working with customers building MVPs, but most importantly, you will be the number one Trusted Advisor to your customer.

If any of the above excites you, what are you waiting for?

* 5+ years of experience in consultative/complex technical sales or deployment projects required.
* Deep understanding of building Big Data pipeline on Azure or AWS or GCP or on-prem integrated with appropriate DevOps platforms.
* Hands on experience of architecting and building and/or migrating and most importantly operationalizing Big Data & Analytics systems will help in excel in this role.
* Hands on experience in building pipeline on one or more of the following platforms is key, Azure HDInsight, Azure Databricks, Amazon EMR, Cloudera and/or Hortonworks.
* In depth understanding of DevOps processes is key. Understanding of Application Monitoring and Notification is a bonus.
* Breadth of technical experience and knowledge, with depth in two or more of the following areas: Data Acquisition, Data Preparation, Big Data Analytics, Data Governance, Machine Learning including MLOps.
* Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior IT executives and growing data services in large or highly strategic accounts
* Proven track record of driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills
* Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (Senior Executives, IT management and developers)
* Prior work experience in a Consulting/Architecture position.

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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.

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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.