Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of databases and analytics, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in the era of AI? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer in Innovative Data Platform for enterprise customers at Microsoft. Here, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact.
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Databases & Analytics is a growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, as well as its partners and customers. It includes a rich portfolio of products including IaaS and PaaS services on the Azure Platform in the age of AI. These technologies empower customers to build, deploy, and manage database and analytics applications in a cloud-native way.
As an Innovative Data Platform Solution Engineer (SE), you will play a pivotal role in helping enterprises unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s cloud database and analytics stack across every stage of deployment. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate the Fabric Data Platform, including Azure Databases and Analytics, through hands-on engagements like Proof of Concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment.
As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate database and analytics migration into their deployment workflows. In summary, you’ll help customers modernize their data platform and realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform.
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions:
- Up to 50% work from home
- Full-Time
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience;
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience;
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience;
- OR equivalent experience;
- Expert on Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL);
- Expert on Azure Analytics (Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview) and competitors (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake);
- Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes;
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience;
- OR equivalent experience;
- 4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management;
- Proficient on data warehouse & big data migration including on-prem appliance (Teradata, Netezza, Oracle), Hadoop (Cloudera, Hortonworks), and Azure Synapse Gen2.
Responsibilities
- Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments;
- Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s cloud platforms;
- Build trusted relationships with platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions;
- Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products;
- Maintain deep expertise in Analytics Portfolio: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview Data Governance, and Azure Databases;
- Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud Database & Analytics communities and customer forums.
Benefits
- Industry leading healthcare;
- Educational resources;
- Discounts on products and services;
- Savings and investments;
- Maternity and paternity leave;
- Generous time away;
- Giving programs;
- Opportunities to network and connect.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please read more about requesting accommodations.
