Solution Architect - Data & AI - Industry Solutions

at  Microsoft

We are looking for a Solution Architect - Data & AI to join our Microsoft professional services Engineering and Architecture (EAG) team that is part of Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD), and lead AI transformation of our largest customers!
We are Microsoft Industry Solutions, and are passionate about delivering Microsoft’s mission: “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more”.
Microsoft Industry Solutions’ mission is to lead and serve Microsoft’s customers and partners as they realize their full potential through Microsoft software and services. Microsoft Industry Solutions and its partners bring the deepest expertise of Microsoft solutions—from enterprise planning to deployment and support—that helps our customers innovate to strategic advantage in their respective industries.
The D&AI Solution Architect works with customer to deliver high ROI solutions with a focus on modern data platforms, analytics, machine learning & AI, as well as integrating with the wider focus areas of infrastructure, security and application design & delivery.

QUALIFICATIONS

Subject Matter Expertise in many of the following Areas:

• Machine Learning production implementations and design patterns.
• Azure Open AI LLM usage and RAG patterns
• Modern Data Strategy frameworks and Architectures
• Ability to leverage solution building blocks: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Services, Azure Databricks, Python, .Net / Azure frameworks, Azure Data Factory.

Awareness of Data & Analytics Compete insights – Redshift, Snowflake, Teradata, SAGE Maker, Big Query, Hadoop (CDH)
Awareness of core OSS AI DL frameworks – PyTorch, Tensorflow

REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (e.g., Security)
• OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (e.g., Security)
• OR equivalent experience.

ADDITIONAL OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (e.g., Security)
• OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (e.g., Security)
• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years technical sales experience.
• 6+ years project management experience.
• Technical or Professional Certification in Domain (e.g., Security).
  Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will have a strong focus on infusing Data & AI workloads into Digital Transformation opportunities and ensuring the full ISD value proposition is positioned with these customers. The roll will also drive high quality delivery outcomes and collaborate with Microsoft Product groups, Data Science teams and Account teams with the ultimate goal of supporting customer project success.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Understanding Customer/Partner Technical Environment

• Gathers customer/partner insights from a broad range of stakeholders as well as the main business sponsor to shape and form both the definition and ongoing execution of projects. Identifies and evaluates industry trends (customer industry verticals, information technology [IT] industry). Adapts business models, plans, and solutions to insights.

• • Works with customer/partner stakeholders (e.g., Enterprise Architects, Security Team, Development Team, Operations Team) and business sponsor to socialize both the business solution and the project approach to determine if changes are needed to the business solution. Where the cost of change is accepted by the customer, shares this feedback with the project team and the broader account team to make the necessary adjustments using mechanisms such as updating the solution approach and projected costs in presales and change requests in delivery. Contributes to Microsoft-centric operations and cadences to align with customer feedback.
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• Uses evidence-based approach to represent the customer/partner as a customer advocate and share insights with Product Engineering teams and the business with a view to improving Microsoft technologies, products, services and offerings such that they can better meet customer/partner needs across a territory.