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About the Role

Join Microsoft as a Cloud & AI Platform (CAIP) Data Solution Engineer supporting strategic enterprise customers across Australia. In this pre-sales, technical sales role, you’ll help customers design and implement modern data platforms and AI-driven solutions on Azure, translating Microsoft’s Data + AI platform into real business outcomes and guiding customers towards secure, scalable, production-ready architectures.

Responsibilities

Drive technical sales and solution design using demos, PoCs, and architecture workshops.
Lead customer engagements to land scalable Data + AI solutions.
Own Data platform strategy conversations.
Guide customers across modern data estate design, including analytics, governance, and AI-infused data workloads.
Deliver hands-on engagements, running hackathons, MVPs, and architecture design sessions.
Build trusted advisor relationships with data leaders, architects, and engineering teams.
Co-design secure, governed, and scalable platforms.
Resolve blockers and influence roadmap by addressing technical objections and collaborating with engineering.
Maintain deep technical expertise with a Data-first focus.
Represent Microsoft externally by contributing to thought leadership.
Achieve advanced (400-level) expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Data Governance (Purview), and Azure databases.
Develop working (200–300 level) knowledge in AI Foundry / Azure AI and App patterns.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in technical pre-sales, consulting, development, or data platform engineering.
Demonstrated 400-level expertise in Data platforms and analytics.
200–300 level familiarity with Apps + AI architectures (AI services, APIs, app integration patterns).
Proven ability to engage enterprise customers and influence technical decision-makers.
Strong ability to align technical solutions with business outcomes.
Experience leading technical engagements (PoCs, MVPs, architecture design sessions).
Experience working with or selling into professional services organisations.
Experience with end-to-end data modernization (data estate, governance, analytics, AI integration).
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Purview.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development and agentic scenarios (e.g., Copilot, AI workflows).
Experience working across data + application integration scenarios.
Ability to shape customer strategy through technical leadership.

Skills

Data platforms
Analytics
Apps + AI architectures
AI services
APIs
App integration patterns
Microsoft Fabric
OneLake
Real-Time Intelligence
Data Warehouse
Power BI
Copilot
Azure Databricks
Data Governance
Purview
Azure databases
SQL
Cosmos DB
PostgreSQL
AI Foundry
Azure AI
App patterns
Microservices
Event-driven architectures
Agentic workflows

Location

Australia

Work Type

Pre-sales
Technical sales
Full-time

Experience Level

8+ years of experience

About the Company

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

Equal Opportunity

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.