Cloud Solution Architect - Data & Analytics

at  Microsoft

With over 17,000 employees worldwide, the mission of the Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization is to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers achieve their business outcomes faster with technology that does more.
We’re actively seeking a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) who specializes in Azure Data, Analytics & AI services and solutions. As a CSA, you’ll be at the forefront of driving our customers’ transformation on Microsoft Azure. This customer-facing role involves owning the technical relationship between the customer and Microsoft. Your mission: help customers unlock the full potential of their Microsoft investments through architecture, implementation, and operational health engagements. Plus, we offer flexibility—work remotely up to [50%/100%] of the time or be based exclusively at Microsoft onsite. Join us in shaping the future of technology!

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND several years of experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or Business Applications consulting
• OR equivalent experience.
• Breadth of technical experience and knowledge in foundational security, foundational AI, architecture design, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in one or more of the following:
• Deep domain expertise in one of the Data-specific areas, such as Azure SQL Data (IaaS/PaaS), Azure Cosmos DB, deployments and migrations to the cloud, Open-source database (PostgreSQL, MYSQL) deployments and migrations, Cloud Scale Analytics (Microsoft Fabric, Power BI), and Data Governance (Microsoft Purview) OR hands-on experience working with the respective products at the expert level.
• Experience creating Data & Analytics Proof of Concepts (PoC), Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) for customers that lead to production deployments.
• Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of key Data & Analytics platforms such as AWS, GCP, Snowflake, etc.
• Software development practices like DevOps and CI/CD tool chains (i.e., Jenkins, Azure Developer Services, GitHub) and container orchestration systems (i.e., Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, Azure Kubernetes Service, GitHub).
• Full proficiency in Norwegian and English is crucial.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Business Value: The ability to convey the business needs and value of proposed solutions, plans, and risks to stakeholders and decision makers. This includes the ability to persuade and inform based on facts and alignment with goals and strategy.
• Trusted Advisership: The ability to build trusted advisor status and deep relationships across stakeholders (e.g., technical decision makers, business decision makers) through an understanding of customer needs and technologies.
• Situational fluency: Using self-awareness as a mechanism to interpret verbal and non-verbal cues to increase your ability to “read the room.”
• Insightful listening: asking insightful questions to understand the customer needs, issues, business environment and drivers, and going beyond what customer has said.
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