Cloud Solution Architecture -Data &AI

at  Microsoft

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Data Platform & Advanced Analytics/Artificial Intelligence Cloud Solution Architect to drive high priority customer initiatives on the Microsoft Azure Platform in collaboration with customers and the Microsoft field in Enterprise accounts segment of our business. This is a customer facing role, owning overall technical relationship between customer and Microsoft Data, Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Platform.
You will own the Data Platform & Advanced Analytics and AI technical support including architectural design sessions, specific implementation projects, build MVPs and trouble solving and prevent the issues and support to build more efficient systems with Well-Architect framework. The ideal candidate will have experience in customer-facing roles and success leading deep technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Enterprise Architects, IT Management and Developers to drive Data Platform and Advanced Analytics solutions to productions.

REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND proven years’ experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
• Proven years’ experience with enterprise-scale technical delivery experience with Azure AI Services including Azure OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Search, Azure Speech, Azure Machine Learning (or equivalent), Generative AI, LLM customization, NLP, Search, MLOps, Open-source AI frameworks, AI Infrastructure, architecture design.
• Proven years’ experience creating AI Proof of Concepts and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and supporting production deployments.

ADDITIONAL OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Breadth of technical experience and knowledge (preferred):

• Application development skills – proficient with Python, Java, or similar programming languages in the context of application development, and ability to integrate Azure AI with other services; cloud application deployment experience with services such as Azure Functions, Kubernetes, Docker, API Management, and related.
• Architecture Design – the ability to create and explain 3-tier architecture diagrams, system context diagrams, system interaction diagrams, etc.
• Experience in architecting deployments for production in an enterprise setting including infrastructure knowledge, security, networking, and other considerations.
• Proven years’ experience working on technical projects in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
• Ability to build relationships, orchestrate, lead, and influence virtual teams, ensuring successful acceleration and unblocking of customer projects.
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
• Presentation and communication skills with a high degree of comfort with key audiences (Senior Executives, Management, Data Scientists, Engineers, etc.)

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