​Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is cantered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

　　Are you ready to seize an opportunity to drive leading edge technology solutions with the customer? Do you value deploying and working on the latest solutions with real world impact? Do you thrive by mentoring and leading by example? Would you love to help us accelerate the transformation towards AI and data-driven organizations? Do you want to join an elite and distinguished team? 

　　If so, the Data and AI Consultant position in the Microsoft Industry Solutions Delivery organization is for you! 

　　Our consultants work with the latest technologies to design, build, optimize data-centric solutions, and help our customers unlock the value of their data. We apply our broad and deep technology combined with a strong industry knowledge. As part of our team, you will deliver solutions to customers around the world. You will play a key role in allowing out clients to maximize their investment in Microsoft technology and introduce them to AI and emerging technologies and solutions – to grow and optimize their business. To be successful, you will take advantage of our community of consultants, through sharing solutions and utilizing your early access to technology. You’ll be part of something bigger, through unleashing the power of data and crafting solutions to meet customer needs. You will provide technical leadership for other consultant teams and engage in the complete lifecycle of large data-driven projects. Your key to success is your passion for customers, demonstrated through professionalism and striving for excellence in all aspects of the customer experience: understanding and optimizing databases and data visualization, designing and developing solutions, and delivering with high quality on challenging engagements.  

　　Microsoft Industry Solutions  is a global organization of over 16,000 strategic sellers, industry experts, elite engineers, and world-class architects, consultants, and delivery experts who work together to bring Microsoft’s mission of empowerment – and cutting-edge technology - to life for the world’s most influential customers. We are on the front lines of innovation, working side-by-side with customers to drive value across the entirety of their digital transformation journey. 

　　Take a look at our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)  and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)  to see the environment you will be working in. 

　　Responsibilities

　　As a Data and AI Consultant, you will: 

　　         Be part of a thriving practice that's constantly looking for ways to improve our customers’ experience 

　　         Help translate business requirements into technology requirements for inclusion in contracts and/or statements of work.

　　         Craft both high-level and detailed design documents and implement innovative solutions using the most recent technologies 

　　         Optimize customer’s current data solutions and infrastructure 

　　         Implement large data platform, business intelligence and advance analytics and multi-tier type solutions

　　         Take a leadership role on projects demonstrating experience handling projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes running multi-phase/multi-dimensional/multi-resource projects to conclusion while maintaining high customer satisfaction

　　         Continually learn and grow professionally 

　　         Mentor other consultants to share your knowledge and experience 

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　　Embody our culture and valuesQualifications

　　Required/Minimum Qualifications

　　Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND several years leadership experience in relevant area of business

　　OR equivalent experience.

　　Additional or Preferred Qualifications

　　         Fluency in French language

　　Technical expertise in an enterprise environment

　　         Deep technical or architectural knowledge of at least 2 of the following areas preferred: 

　　o    Database administration (preferably with SQL, including Azure SQL) – performance tuning, troubleshooting, high availability / disaster recovery, security 

　　o    Database development (preferably with SQL, including Azure SQL) – designing and building database solutions (tables / stored procedures / forms / queries / etc.)  

　　o    Business intelligence – combining knowledge of  Datawarehousing/ETL/OLAP/Reporting and PowerBI technologies

　　o    Advanced data analytics – designing and building solutions using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, HD Insights, SQL DWH, stream analytics, machine learning, R server. 

　　o    Big Data implementation – using Open Source and Non-SQL technologies such as Databricks, Spark, Spark Streaming, Kafka, Storm, Zeppelin, Scala Software development, Hadoop Hive, Hadoop Map Reduce, Hadoop Clusters, Cosmos DB. Skills in Databricks, Synapse, Python and/or Scala

　　o    Utilize AI and GenAI expertise to architect and deploy cutting-edge AI models, employing techniques such as data mining, machine learning, and natural language processing to create predictive algorithms.

　　       SQL Server or advanced database or advanced analytics experience

　　         B.S./B.A. or equivalent work experience combined with a relevant industry experience in a consulting role. ·         Ability to travel domestically and internationally and work with diverse cultures and customers and able to obtain a valid passport within 90 days of joining the team·         Fluency in written and spoken French and English

　　         Ability to communicate with a variety of different audiences and strong presentation skills 

　　         Ability to lead and motivate technical communities ·         Ability to effectively recognize and adapt to change ·         Ability to quickly grasp customers’ business challenges and drive positive change

　　At Microsoft, we share knowledge, experiences, and resources to help each other achieve our career goals and grow both professionally and personally. We seek out people from diverse backgrounds who exhibit passion, technical competence, and experience in services delivery with complex projects or environments. Experience in this role will provide great opportunities to interact with break-through technologies, collaborate with product development teams and improve future versions of Microsoft products as a subject matter expert. Together, we can help billions of people around the globe using digital technology to achieve amazing things. 

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　　Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .