Solution Engineering IC2

Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of databases and analytics, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in the era of Agentic AI? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Cloud & AI Data Solution Engineer for commercial & public customers at Microsoft. 

In this technical sales role, you'll be at the forefront of cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. 

Databases & Analytics is a growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, as well as its partners and customers. These technologies empower customers to build, deploy, and manage database and analytics solutions in the era of Frontier AI. 

As a Cloud & AI Data Solution Engineer, you work with technical and business stakeholders at our commercial & public customers in Germany to design secure, scalable database and analytics architectures on Azure. You run demos, workshops and proofs of concept for database modernization, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks, and you help customers make their technical decision for Azure. You work alongside experienced Solution Engineers and account teams, own a growing set of customer engagements, and build depth in one or more data workloads. 

This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop business acumen, hone your technical skills, and become adept at solution design and deployment. The role offers flexible work opportunities. 

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• Run Databases & Analytics customer engagements for an assigned set of accounts, with guidance from experienced Solution Engineers on complex deals.
• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Deliver technical workshops: live demos, whiteboarding and architecture sessions co-created with customers, rapid prototyping, and hands-on proofs of concept and pilots to resolve technical blockers.
• Prove technical solutions, co-create or re-use existing architecture to influence solution design and win customer commitment for deployments.
• Build and maintain expertise in the Analytics Portfolio (Microsoft Fabric including OneLake, Azure Databricks) and Azure Databases (SQL DB, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL).
• Build knowledge of on-premises EDW (Teradata, Netezza, Exadata), Hadoop and BI solutions to support migration conversations.

Required Qualifications

• Business-fluent German and English.
• 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field AND 1+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; OR equivalent experience.
• Initial experience with Azure database technologies, such as Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, DocumentDB, and PostgreSQL, including migration and modernization scenarios.
• Initial experience with Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake and Azure Databricks, and/or comparable technologies such as BigQuery, Redshift, or Snowflake, across areas such as data warehousing, data lakes, big data, analytics, real-time intelligence, reporting, and integrated data security and governance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft certifications such as Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300), Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600), or Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700).
• Familiarity with database and data technologies, including ETL, data warehousing, and reporting.
• Experience with data warehouse and big data migration, including technologies such as Teradata, Netezza, Oracle, Hadoop (Cloudera or Hortonworks), and Azure Synapse Gen2.

Solution Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across Germany is € 55,400.00 - € 88,800.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/germany-corporate-pay.html

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.