Immediate Start: Principal Technology Consultant

Microsoft Industry Solution - Global Delivery Center GDC delivers end-to-end solutions by enabling accelerated adoption and productive use of Microsoft technologies An organization of well over 1000 exceptional people GDC presents a great opportunity for highly skilled services professionals to make a foray into consulting solution development and delivery roles The Principal Consultant is a senior leader responsible for the successful technical execution and delivery of complex client projects across diverse domains This role acts as a strategic anchor between clients architects delivery managers project managers and delivery teams In the AI-first GDC org Principal Consultants are expected to embed AI-native thinking into delivery models ensuring solutions are intelligent scalable and aligned with business outcomes The ideal candidate is passionate about technology demonstrates breadth of expertise and advocates for solutions that deliver true client value Responsibilities AI-First Delivery Leadership Embed AI-first principles into delivery workflows leveraging automation and intelligent orchestration where applicable Lead end-to-end delivery of complex projects ensuring solutions are scalable robust and aligned with client business outcomes Drive engineering excellence through reusable components accelerators and scalable architecture Oversee technical execution across multiple projects ensuring adherence to best practices quality standards and compliance requirements Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to define strategies delivery plans milestones and risk mitigation approaches Act as a technical point of contact for clients translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions Ensure delivery models are optimized for modern AI-native execution including integration of automation and intelligent processes Engineering Excellence Champion high-quality engineering practices across all delivery engagements Ensure adherence to coding standards architectural integrity and performance benchmarks Promote secure coding test-driven development and observability as default practices Encourage continuous learning and technical certifications to maintain cutting-edge expertise Drive adoption of modern delivery methodologies Agile DevOps CI CD to ensure robust and scalable solutions Foster a culture of technical rigor innovation and accountability within the team Innovation Thought Leadership Monitor and evaluate emerging technologies to inform strategic direction Lead innovation in delivery models reusable assets and accelerators to enhance efficiency and impact Champion modern thinking and best practices across teams and engagements to foster a culture of continuous improvement Client Engagement Solutioning Engage with clients to understand business needs and provide expert guidance throughout the project lifecycle Support pre-sales and solutioning efforts with estimations proof-of-concepts and technical proposals Build and maintain strong client relationships ensuring high levels of satisfaction and value delivery Team Management Mentorship Lead and mentor cross-functional teams fostering a culture of learning collaboration and technical excellence Conduct reviews provide feedback and support professional development of team members Quality Compliance Ensure all deliverables meet quality standards security and regulatory requirements Promote secure coding test-driven development and observability as default practices Strategic Partnering Serve as a strategic partner for internal and external stakeholders on key initiatives Provide strategic guidance and execution oversight to ensure alignment with organizational goals Qualifications 20 years of Data Engineering experience and Strong Experience in driving Enterprise Data Architecture Azure Data services Machine learning Offerings Platform Modernizations Over 10 years of experience in designing and leading Data Warehouse Lakehouse and analytical solutions using platforms such as Microsoft Fabric Azure Synapse Analytics Snowflake and Teradata Strong Experience in large database solutions on premises cloud and hybrid implementations Strong experience in Serverless Architecture Microservices Strong experience of full application life cycle design tools and methodologies Strong experience in one or more technologies under each of the following Big Data stack Spark Spark Streaming Databricks Kafka Hadoop Hive HDInsight Database Stack Strong database experience with OLTP OLAP data storage mechanism and architecture Columnar RedShift Vertica OSS MySQL PostgreSQL and MariaDB CosmosDB MongoDB Redis Cassandra - key-value stores graph databases RDF triple stores Level 400 knowledge in one and preferably more of the database engines engine stack including engine level debugging for ex CXPACKET analysis Disk throttling storage IO contentions Network contentions performance optimizations Strong experience in Data Engineering Data Architecture Dimensional Modelling Lambda Kappa architecture Time series data Azure Stream Analytics Azure Analysis ServiceMust have experience in two or more relational DBMS Microsoft SQL Azure Synapse and or Oracle Teradata Netezza Ability to design and drive large Data Migrations using necessary ETL technologies ADF SSIS Talend Pentaho Informatica Drive multi-tenant database designs security hardening of the data platform Expertise in implementation of Data governance practices using either open source or proprietary tools Expertise in Data Ops Good experience in Agile Methodology Expertise in Azure DevOps and Setting examples for good engineering practices and coding along the way through automation where possible Industry experience in one or more of the following industries automotive energy travel and transportation financial services government health manufacturing media communications or retail supply chain Strong experience in AI ML Expertise in building and operationalizing ML pipelines including feature engineering model training evaluation and deployment MLOps Expertise in Azure ML and Open AI Hands-on experience in Natural Language Processing Document Intelligence Indexing or Customer Vision or RAG Framework or AI Search Good understanding of Prompt Engineering Basics Experience integrating AI models into enterprise data platforms and driving intelligent automation across business processes Familiarity with Responsible AI principles including fairness interpretability and governance of AI models Nice to have Skills Familiarity with the technology stack available in the industry for metadata management Data Governance Data Quality MDM Lineage Data Catalogue Data Mesh and Data Modelling Multi-cloud experience a plus - Azure AWS Google Qualifications Experience 20 years Must have a degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent work experience Higher relevant education preferred Highly proficient solid Customer facing Project experience involving solution design project envisioning planning development and deployment of complex solutions with minimum of 10 plus years Must have a proven record of delivering technical solutions One or more of the following certifications Azure Data Engineer Associate Azure Solution Architect Azure AI Engineer Personal Attributes Passion for technology and innovation Ability to interact confidently with senior leaders and clients Strong decision-making skills and a consultative mindset Flexibility to manage in a fast-moving ambiguous consulting environment Commitment to continuous learning and professional growth Other Embody our and Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex including pregnancy sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements If you need assistance and or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process please send a request via the