2 months ago
Ottawa, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Drive technical sales with decision makers through demos and proofs of concept to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
- Lead hands-on hackathons and architecture workshops to accelerate adoption of Microsoft cloud platforms.
- Build trusted relationships with platform leads and co-design secure, scalable architectures and solutions.
- Resolve technical blockers and objections while collaborating with engineering to share customer insights and improve products.
- Maintain expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Purview Data Governance, Azure Databases, on-premises data warehouses, Hadoop, and business intelligence solutions.
- Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in cloud database and analytics communities and customer forums.
Requirements
- A master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; or a bachelor's degree in a related field plus 6+ years; or 7+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; or equivalent experience.
- Preferred: 8+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or related experience.
- Preferred: 6+ years working with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, or technology management.
- Certification in relevant technologies or disciplines is preferred.
- Extensive experience with Azure Databases, including SQL DB, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL, for migration, modernization, and AI application development.
- Extensive experience with Azure Analytics, including Fabric, Azure Databricks, and Purview, plus competing platforms such as BigQuery, Redshift, and Snowflake.
- Ability to lead technical engagements such as hackathons, proofs of concept, and MVPs that produce production-scale outcomes.
Benefits
- Typical Canadian base pay is CAD $128,000–$222,400 per year.
- The position offers flexible work opportunities.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the posting open for at least five days.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.