Overview
As a Lead Solution Architect within our Data & AI Practice, you'll leverage a client-centric approach to understand our client's challenges and opportunities to deliver solutions and services that make transformative change and deliver high value business outcomes. You'll engage in solutioning and support on the most strategic opportunities, intervene in high-risk complex deliveries, and contribute to shape the strategic direction using data platforms, reporting, self-service analytics, real time intelligence and AI engineering. Using the power of modern data platforms, visualizations, advanced analytics, machine learning, IoT / Digital Twins and applied intelligence, we help clients gain business insights to optimize their operations, drive innovation, and make more empowered decisions.
Together we do what matters.
Skills and Experiences
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft and Databricks
- Experience in Data, Applied Intelligence, Automation, IoT and related technologies
- Awareness of channels to market and how to work in a Microsoft and partner eco-system to ensure Customer Success
- High energy intent to help clients understand the fast-moving AI industry, product and service evolution
- Experience working with stakeholders to create technical visions, high-level architectures, and delivery roadmaps for large programs of work that involve the latest AI concepts particularly focused on scaling AI across enterprises
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of responsible data platform and migration principles, practices and regulatory frameworks and articulate clearly how to address risks whilst quickly delivering impactful solutions
- Capability in creating design artifacts and presenting them for approval at architectural forums attended by multi-disciplined stakeholders from engineering to senior ("C level") client executives
- In-depth understanding of modern Data & AI capabilities such as; structured and unstructured data analysis, streaming data, IoT, AI, GenAI and related topical analytics fields
- Experience in designing and delivering large-scale Data Platform solutions using relevant approaches (Lakehouse, Data Mesh, Fabric, Cloud Scale Analytics, etc.). Identifying and designing for key architectural characteristics such as performance, security, and reliability
- Comfortable actively engaging and leading sales and business development opportunities with clients
About You
Characteristics that can spell success for this role
You are passionate about tech and engaging with and advising clientsYou likely possess an advanced degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, or machine learning. At Avanade we also support an equivalent combination of education and experienceProven success in consultative / complex technical sales and deployment projects, architecture, design, implementation, and / or support of highly distributed applications required. Extensive experience working with large complex enterprise accounts architecting cloud solutions for data estate workloads and implementing large scale data projects within the cloud environmentYou are acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Ability to orchestrate, lead, and influence remote teams, ensuring successful implementation of customer projectsConsultative, collaborative, relationship builderResilient, adaptable, flexibleHumble leader, master negotiator, relationship builderPassionate about tech and engaging with and advising clientsWhat You'll Do
As an architect assigned to a client project, you will typically work closely with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical leadership, shape deals and propositions, drive architectural decisions, create plans and roadmaps, and produce design artifactsPlay a key role in Avanade's sales process by creating solutions that innovate, inspire and win new business. You'll have responsibility for shaping the high-level design, estimates, and contractual details for client proposals in collaboration with other subject matter experts in the businessAs a senior member of the Avanade technical community, you will provide coaching and mentoring to motivate and inspire more junior colleagues from within your team and across the organizationHave the ability to translate complex technical concepts and solutions and present them in fit-for-audience language and value-based outcomes, to senior business stakeholders, technology leaders and internal sales teamsEngage in early conversations with clients and / or sales team and support origination and deal qualification, requirements capture and solutioning, recommending best practices and approaches to achieve optimal outcomes, building strong relationship with clients to become the trusted advisor. Prepare and represent the solution in Deal Reviews and play an active role in client presentations, and negotiations with key client buyersWork collaboratively with the wider Data & AI leadership to shape our current and future offerings, accelerators, and background IP to support GTM activitiesDrive the evolution of best practices and methodologies for AI development, including data management, model training, fine-tuning, and deploymentLead the development of data and analytics platforms, real time intelligence and reporting solutions using Python, SQL, Microsoft Azure Data Services, Fabric and DatabricksStay abreast of the latest advancements in Data and AI technologies and incorporate relevant innovations into our solutionsContinue to identify the most relevant cross-industry solutions-at-scale for your region and execute on them including Data Migration, Automation Migration, Visualization / Reporting and Core Data Platform Modernization and GovernanceDrive measurable and sustained growth across the Data & AI Solution AreaIntegrate Data & AI into the other Global Solution Areas (Modern Workplace, Apps & Infrastructure, and Business Applications), offerings and go-to-market initiativesDrive strong Managed Services and multi-year engagements for Data & AILearn more
Avanade is the leading global provider of digital, cloud, AI and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. Founded in 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation, Avanade has more certifications, Gold-level competencies and most valued professionals (MVPs) than any other Microsoft partner. Every day, our 60,000 professionals in 26 countries innovate responsibly to make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers.
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