Join Microsoft as a Technology Specialist - Data & Analytics

Are you passionate about helping customers transform their businesses? Join Microsoft and lead the way in customer transformation by rethinking aspects of businesses for success. We drive global sales strategy, enable technical sales, and innovate sales motion in the Data & AI Commercial Solution Area.

About the Role

As a Microsoft Technology Specialist (TS), you will be instrumental in winning customer decisions to purchase and use Microsoft technology and cloud services. This includes both Relational and Non-Relational scenarios, open-source databases, Azure Analytics Platform, Azure Cosmos DB, and Microsoft Fabric. You will help technical evaluators and decision-makers take the best decisions and uncover new opportunities for our sales specialists.

In this role, you will work within a virtual team of technical, partner, and consulting resources. You will educate customers at a technical level, demonstrate and prove our solutions, and drive the technical decision-making process to achieve and exceed quarterly sales targets. This opportunity allows you to maintain and develop deep technical expertise across both Microsoft and non-Microsoft cloud-based technologies.

Microsoft's Mission

Microsoft aims to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Our values of respect, integrity, and accountability create a culture of inclusion that fosters thriving at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions with customers using consultative sales methodology and technical expertise.
• Build technical strategies that map customer vision into actionable plans.
• Drive technical assessments, design solutions, and validate business cases for investment.
• Articulate end-to-end architecture, including apps and data services like Azure Cosmos DB & OSS DB.
• Identify new opportunities within customer engagements.
• Act as a trusted advisor to understand customer pain points and offer strategic solutions.
• Share insights and best practices to drive product improvements and remove key blockers.
• Maintain and grow expertise in Data Modernization, Analytics, and AI technologies.
• Be an Azure platform evangelist for Analytics & Data Warehousing scenarios.
• Scale through partners by identifying skill gaps and supporting partner technical capacity.
• Develop customer technical skilling plans in collaboration with the customer and account team.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure Certifications: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP 203), Enterprise Data Analyst Associate (DP 500), or Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty (DP 420) preferred.
• Knowledge of Data and Analytics platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB, AWS Dynamo DB, GCP Big Query).
• Experience leveraging partner solutions to solve customer needs.
• Proven experience creating NoSQL and Analytics Proof of Concepts (PoC).
• Proficiency in C#, Java, NodeJS, Python for NoSQL implementation.
• Excellent communicator with deep technical product demo abilities.
• Hands-on programming experience (Scala, Python, SQL) and deep domain knowledge in NoSQL & Analytics Platforms.
• Track record of building deep technical relationships with senior executives.

Microsoft is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, nationality, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via the Accommodation request form. Please note, benefits and perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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