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Microsoft Industry Solutions - Global Center for Innovation and Delivery Center (GCID) delivers end-to-end solutions by enabling accelerated adoption and productive use of Microsoft technologies. An organization of well over 2000+ exceptional people, GCID presents a great opportunity for highly skilled services professionals to make a foray into consulting, solution development and delivery roles. The ideal consultant is passionate about technology, has breadth rather than specific product depth, and has the drive and courage to articulate and stand up for a great solution delivering true value for the client. As a Senior Data & AI Consultant, you will design and deliver modern, cloud-native and AI-powered data solutions that drive measurable business outcomes, deliver quality engagements with your expertise, either as an advisor, reviewer, or contributor in high profile projects to ensure customer value. The ideal candidate must have the ability to combine their technical skills, leadership skills, creativity, and customer focus to deliver great solutions to the customers and ensure they get the best out of our technologies and solutions. Consulting Delivery professionals bring subject matter and solution expertise to architectural teams, customers, and partners. They apply deep technical and business knowledge to accelerate the adoption of Microsoft devices and services by ensuring strategic, architectural, and operational alignment to customer and partner objectives.
Job Responsibility:
Lead technical delivery of complex, cloud native and AI enabled engagements
Define and drive the technology strategy for large and complex customer engagements
Design, develop, and deploy solutions on Microsoft Azure
Identifies the best practice approach for a project
Identifies dependencies and risks that go beyond the immediate scope and timeframe for a complex project
Collaborates, as appropriate, with peers and cross-functional teams to scale the business
Drives AI-First data engineering principles and mindset in the team
Continuously upskill self to become strong Full stack data engineer
Drives new ways of thinking, across the division and subsidiary
Implement rapid prototyping and able to lead from brainstorming and whiteboarding ideas to production-ready solutions
Embody Microsoft culture and values
Requirements:
10+ years of experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or equivalent work experience
Customer facing Project delivery leadership experience involving solution design, project envisioning, planning, development and deployment of complex solutions with minimum of 5 plus years
One or more of the following certifications, or other industry equivalent ones, is a plus: Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP600)
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI102)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solution Architect Expert (AZ-305)
Areas of Expertise: Data Architecture & Platform Engineering
AI-First Delivery
Engineering Excellence & DataOps
AI / ML & Intelligent Systems
Innovation & Technical Thought Leadership
Team Leadership & Mentorship
Soft Skills & Mindset: Strong communication and presentation skills
Passion for mentoring, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
Proven adaptability to new technologies and evolving customer requirements
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
Awareness of AI technologies and their integration into cloud solutions
Nice to have:
Good to have: Customer Co-Innovation Mindset & Customer Enablement
Lead rapid prototyping, pilots, and early-stage production deployments for enterprise customers
Translate from whiteboard to production with minimal friction
Own troubleshooting across performance, reliability, cost, security, and data quality