5 days ago
Auckland, New ZealandMid Level
Responsibilities
- Support customer solution demonstrations, proof-of-concept sessions, and technical engagements involving Microsoft products.
- Present reference architectures and help prove product capabilities and integration into customer environments.
- Assess and consult on customer security needs, address technical blockers, and contribute to technical wins.
- Collaborate with technical specialists, sales teams, account teams, partners, and customers throughout the sales process.
- Tailor Microsoft product messaging, communicate customer feedback, and contribute to product and competitive strategies.
- Build technical readiness and expertise through internal communities, sessions, hackathons, coaching, and customer interactions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 2 years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, solution delivery, or related technology experience.
- Foundational data and analytics skills using SQL, Power BI, and Python.
- Cloud fundamentals, including Azure certifications or hands-on Azure experience.
- Ability to build or automate simple solutions and understanding of modern application development and APIs.
- Awareness of security, governance, and data protection principles.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, customer-focus, growth mindset, and learning agility.
Benefits
- Target start date is November to December 2026.
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with the position open for at least five days and accepted until filled.
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.