Presales Solution Architect - Azure Data & AI

Presales Solution Architect - Azure Data & AI

Location : Bengaluru, India

The role

Are you passionate about designing intelligent, data-driven solutions that help businesses make smarter decisions?
Do you thrive on solving complex challenges using cutting-edge cloud and AI technologies?

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Presales Solution Architect Data & AI for Microsoft Azure to join our team and play a crucial role in designing and implementing data analytics and AI solutions on the Azure platform. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Azure data services, AI technologies, and a track record of architecting scalable and efficient solutions to address complex business challenges.

Key Responsibilities :

• Solution Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design end-to-end data and AI solutions, and create architectural diagrams and documentation.
• Azure Expertise: Leverage extensive knowledge of Azure services such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, AI Foundry, Azure Databricks, Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Purview, Fabric , Azure Cognitive Services, and Azure OpenAI to architect robust platforms.
• Data Modeling: Design and optimize data models to support reporting, analytics, and business intelligence needs while ensuring data integrity and performance.
• Scalability and Performance: Architect solutions that are scalable, high-performing, and cost-efficient, considering factors like data volume, query complexity, and user concurrency.
• Data Integration: Define data integration strategies to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into the analytics platform, ensuring data consistency and quality.
• Security and Compliance: Implement security measures and best practices to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Solution Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, data quality issues, and other challenges that may arise during implementation and operation.
• Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, data scientists, business analysts, and partners to understand their needs and provide technical guidance.
• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend innovative solutions that enhance our data and AI capabilities.

What we need to see from you

• Experienced Presales Solution Architect with a strong focus on Azure data analytics and cloud technologies.
• Hands-on expertise with AI Foundry, Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks, Azure ML, Purview, Fabric, Cognitive Services, Azure OpenAI, and Power BI.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and data governance.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data transformation techniques.
• Excellent problem-solving, with ability to design creative solutions for complex data challenges.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience with Agile, version control, and working independently across multiple priorities.
• Pre-sales experience; ability to support requirement gathering, user stories, estimation, and solution documentation.
• Experience contributing to development, unit testing, troubleshooting, deployment packaging, and user documentation.
• Bachelor’s or associate degree in IT or related subject area.
• Certification in Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate and Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate or Azure Data Engineer Associate is required.