Principal Solution Engineer
Technology, Data & Digital · Data, AI & Analytics · Data Science · Artificial Intelligence
In short
Principal Solution Engineer at Microsoft will work with multinational enterprise customers to achieve their business goals using Azure. This role involves technical sales leadership, guiding application modernization with cloud-native approaches, and shaping AI solutions using Microsoft Foundry and Copilot technologies. The engineer will design end-to-end solutions across Azure infrastructure, networking, security, data, and AI, acting as a trusted technical advisor and driving business value.
Responsibilities
- Proactively build customer access and discover unmet needs across Azure to create new technical opportunities.
- Independently lead complex engagements spanning multiple technologies, teams, and customer locations.
- Help customers modernize applications using Azure and cloud-native approaches.
- Guide modern software delivery and developer productivity, including GitHub and GitHub Copilot.
- Shape intelligent applications and agent solutions using Microsoft Foundry, Copilot technologies, and enterprise data.
- Build focused prototypes and demonstrations to test customer ideas and show value.
- Take an end-to-end view across Azure infrastructure, networking, identity, security, data, applications, and AI.
- Adapt and extend architecture patterns for complex customer requirements.
- Make clear recommendations on trade-offs between business value, security, reliability, and cost.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders from developers to Vice Presidents.
- Understand customer priorities and align technical engagement with their wider business and transformation strategy.
- Use business and commercial judgment to connect technical choices to customer outcomes.
- Qualify technical opportunities around clear customer needs and business value.
- Shape the strategy for growing opportunities with account teams.
- Lead collaboration across teams and coach technical colleagues.
- Create reusable architectures and approaches from customer engagements.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 7+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
- Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role.
Desired Qualifications
- 8+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
- Certification in relevant technologies or disciplines (e.g., Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture).
Benefits
- Typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year.
- Different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area: USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Skills
AzureGitHubGitHub CopilotMicrosoft FoundryMicrosoft FabricPower BIOffice 365
#Technology Sales#Solution Engineering#Azure#Cloud#AI
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Company
MicrosoftJob Posted
5 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Remote
Salary
US$130,900–251,900 / year
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
United States
Qualification
Master, Bachelor
Applicants
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