Solution Engineer- Cloud & AI

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Are you driven by curiosity, passionate about data and analytics, and eager to solve complex challenges in the age of AI? Join us as a Solution Engineer-Cloud & AI in the Innovative Data Platform team, where you’ll help commercial customers unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s cloud data and analytics technologies.

This is your chance to work on transformative projects that combine cutting-edge cloud services with real-world impact. You’ll be part of a collaborative, creative, and growth-oriented team that thrives on innovation and continuous learning. The Databases & Analytics space represents a major growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, its partners, and customers—spanning a rich portfolio of IaaS and PaaS services designed for the AI age. These technologies empower customers to build, deploy, and manage data and analytics solutions in a cloud-native way.

As a Solution Engineer (SE), you’ll 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 work closely with engineering leaders and platform teams to accelerate adoption of the Fabric Data Platform, including Azure Databases and Analytics, through hands-on engagements such as proof of concepts, hackathons, and architecture workshops.

This role offers a unique opportunity to accelerate your career, deepen your business and technical expertise, and become a trusted advisor in solution design and deployment. You’ll guide customers through secure, scalable architectures, influence technical decisions, and drive the modernization of their data platforms—realizing the full value of Microsoft’s ecosystem while enjoying flexible work opportunities.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
  -OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND a few years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
  -OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND a couple year(s) technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
  -OR equivalent experience

• Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL) from migration & modernize and creating new AI apps OR Equivalent experience.
• Azure Analytics (Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview) OR competitors (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake) in data warehouse, data lake, big data, analytics, real-time intelligent, and reporting using integrated Data Security & Governance.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements (e.g., hackathons, PoCs, MVPs) that drive production-scale outcomes.

Preffered Qualifications:

• Several years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience
  -OR equivalent experience
• A few 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.
• Proficiency in Norwegian is preferred.

• 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 (OneLake, DW, real-time intelligence, BI, Copilot), Azure Databricks, Purview Data Governance and Azure Databases: SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL.
• Maintain and grow expertise in on-prem EDW (Teradata, Netezza, Exadata), Hadoop & BI solutions.
• Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud Database & Analytics communities and customer forums