Description

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales, Technical Leads, Delivery Managers, and client stakeholders to shape and deliver innovative Data & AI solutions.
• Understand customer requirements from both technical and functional perspectives and translate business objectives into secure, scalable Azure architectures.
• Lead end-to-end presales solution architecture for cloud data platforms, analytics, AI, governance, and supporting technologies.
• Develop pragmatic, commercially viable solutions aligned with client objectives and delivery capabilities.
• Create architecture designs and effectively transition solutions to delivery teams.
• Provide technical oversight during implementation to help ensure the agreed architecture is successfully delivered.
• Develop compelling proposals and presentations that communicate business value, ROI, technical approach, and delivery strategy.
• Contribute to data, analytics, and AI accelerators, reference architectures, and reusable propositions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends and identify opportunities to incorporate relevant innovations.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support client expectations, delivery confidence, and overall customer satisfaction.

Preferred Experience & Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Azure Solution Architect with a strong focus on Data and AI solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, Spark, Python, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Power BI, Azure AI services, and Microsoft Purview.
• Strong knowledge of data architecture, modeling, integration, analytics, governance, and modern data platforms.
• Understanding of Azure infrastructure, security, identity, networking, monitoring, and operational considerations.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, DevOps practices, and modern engineering standards.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Ability to estimate, cost, and shape technical solutions while understanding the impact of architectural decisions on delivery.
• Experience supporting organizations across different sizes and business environments.
• Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and client-facing skills.
• Experience within financial services, including asset management, wealth management, capital markets, or trading, is a plus.
• Consulting or presales experience is valued, but candidates with strong architecture, communication, and stakeholder-management experience are encouraged to apply.
• Microsoft certifications are preferred, particularly Azure Solutions Architect Expert or relevant Data & AI certifications

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree