Data & AI Solutions Architect

edge of Microsoft;

• Awareness
  of channels to market and how to work in a Microsoft and partner eco
  system to ensure Customer Success.

• High
  energy intent to help clients understand product and service evolution.
  Including Azure Open AI, Fabric and Co-Pilot

• Working
  knowledge and experience of Microsoft Funding processes such as ECIF, GTM
  Solution Plays / Marketplace and GTM Workshop Offers

• Experience
  working with stakeholders to create technical visions, high-level
  architectures, and delivery roadmaps for large programs of work that
  involve platforming/re-platforming Data Solutions within Azure cloud,
  utilizing tools such as Databricks and Synapse

• Capability
  in creating design artifacts and presenting them for approval at
  architectural forums attended by multi-disciplined stakeholders from
  engineering to senior (“C level”) client executives

• Experience
  in designing and delivering large-scale Data Platform solutions using
  relevant approaches (Lakehouse, Data Mesh, Cloud Scale Analytics,
  etc.)

• Identifying
  and designing for key architectural characteristics such as performance,
  security, and reliability

What you'll do

• As an
  architect assigned to a client project, you will typically work closely
  with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical
  leadership, shape deals and propositions, drive architectural decisions,
  create plans and roadmaps, and produce design artifacts

• Assist
  clients in their journey to Microsoft Azure or leverage their existing
  investment in it - you can expect a significant focus on applying cloud
  architectural patterns and migration strategies

• Play a
  key role in Avanade's sales process with the responsibility for shaping
  the high-level design, estimates, and contractual details for client
  proposals in collaboration with other subject matter experts in the
  business

• As a
  senior member of the Avanade technical community, you will provide
  coaching and mentoring to motivate and inspire more junior colleagues from
  within your team and across the organization

• Ability
  to translate complex technical solutions and present them in different
  formats; to business decision makers into business outcomes, to Market in
  engaging video or blog format content, to internal Sales Teams in battle
  card format

• Engage
  in early conversations with the client and/or sales team and support
  origination and deal qualification, become the trusted advisor.
  Prepare and represent the solution in Deal Reviews and play an active role
  in Orals, Client Presentations, and negotiations discussions with key
  client buyers

• Complete
  pricing, using standard solution architecture processes, methods,
  estimating, and modelling tools to drive quality and minimize time to
  solution through process and reuse. Understand and leverage
  different Pricing Models and work with Sales Leads to articulate deal
  pricing. Ensuring a deal is both winnable and deliverable,
  mitigating potential risks

Learn more

To learn more about the types of projects our Data
Engineering team works on check out these case studies:

• What matters to Anglian Water is delivering clean water
  using digital twin and AI technology

• What matters to SSE Renewables is innovating for a
  sustainable future

• Hachette
  UK enables employees with machine learning-driven contract searches

• What matters to PageGroup is using AI to grow businesses
  and career opportunities

Interested in knowing what's going on inside Avanade? Check
out our blogs:

• Avanade
  Insights – exchange ideas that drive tomorrow's innovation

• Inside
  Avanade – explore what life is like working at Avanade

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)

• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth

• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

Find out more about some of our benefits Employee Benefits at Avanade | Avanade

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look!

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Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking
•Experimenting courageously
•Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by

• Empowering every voice
•Encouraging boldness
•Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by

• Amazing the client
•Prioritizing what matters
•Acting as one