Overview
Our purpose is to empower organizations to transform the way they work by harnessing the full potential of artificial intelligence. We guide customers through the evolving digital landscape, enabling them to unlock new opportunities, enhance productivity, and deliver exceptional employee and customer experiences. By integrating advanced AI capabilities across devices, cloud platforms, and everyday business applications, we help organizations realize seamless, innovative, and secure solutions that drive sustained growth and success in the AI era.
As a Data Solution Engineer (SE), you are the technical expert responsible for engaging with customers to design, validate, and deliver data platform and analytics solutions on Microsoft Azure and Fabric. You work closely with account teams and specialists to influence technical decisions and drive business outcomes through hands-on engagements.
You act as a trusted technical advisor to customers—connecting deep technical expertise with business value and enabling customers to modernize their data estate and innovate with AI
Responsibilities
Customer Engagement & Advisory
Build strong relationships with customer technical stakeholders (architects, engineers, decision-makers)
Understand business objectives and translate them into technical requirements
Provide guidance on modern data platform strategies and best practices
Solution Design & Architecture
Design scalable, secure, and high-performance architectures using:
Azure Data Services (SQL, Synapse, Fabric, Databricks)
Data warehousing and analytics solutions
Lead architecture discussions and whiteboarding sessions
Align solutions to customer business outcomes and cloud best practices
Hands-on Technical Execution
Deliver high-impact engagements such as:
Proof of Concepts (POCs) and pilots
Technical demos and prototypes
Architecture Design Sessions
Validate solution feasibility and demonstrate value in real-world scenarios
Drive Technical Wins
Influence and support customers in making technical decisions in favor of Azure
Collaborate with account teams to:
Accelerate deal progression
Identify expansion opportunities
Contribute to pipeline growth through strong technical engagement
Collaboration & Orchestration
Work within a cross-functional team including:
Solution Engineers (Infra, Apps)
Specialists and Sales teams
Customer Success and Partner teams
Ensure seamless transition from pre-sales to deployment and adoption
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
10+ years of strong experience in data and analytics technologies, such as:
SQL, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT pipelines
Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Microsoft Azure)
Customer-facing experience (pre-sales, consulting, or architecture roles)
Strong communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with:
Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Synapse, or Databricks or similar products
Data governance, security, and compliance
AI and advanced analytics workloads
Experience delivering POCs, workshops, or technical design sessions
Industry domain knowledge (e.g., Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail)
Success Measures
Impact on customer technical decisions and Azure adoption
Execution of hands-on engagements (POCs, demos, workshops)
Contribution to pipeline growth and opportunity conversion
Delivery of high-quality, customer-centric solutions
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about **requesting accommodations.**