Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) - Data Platforms & Analytics

Microsoft • Ottawa, ON

7d • $96,000 - $177,600

About The Position

As a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) specializing in Data Platforms and Analytics, you will build secure, scalable, AI‑ready solutions on Microsoft Azure in a customer‑facing role. You will lead architecture design, proof of concept, and production deployments, ensuring performance, resiliency, and security across mission‑critical workloads. As part of the Cloud + AI Data team, you will leverage repeatable IP and execution engines to drive delivery excellence and accelerate adoption of Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure Cosmos DB, and Microsoft Purview. You will also collaborate closely with engineering teams, share best practices, stay current on evolving trends, and help customers unlock the full value of their data and AI investments. This role is within the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization, which aims to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences. The team focuses on helping organizations design, modernize, and operationalize data platforms for analytics, AI, and real-world outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
• 4+ years experience working on technical projects
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
• Breadth of technical experience and knowledge in foundational Cloud Security and Infrastructure, Cloud Architecture Design, with Depth / Subject Matter Expertise in Azure data services such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Synapse Analytics, Cloud Scale Analytics, Data Factory, and Cosmos DB.
• Experience with cloud-based data migration and modernization strategies across relational and non-relational databases.
• Strong understanding of data engineering and experience in data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, performance optimization, Business Intelligence and real-time analytics.
• Deep experience in data governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies and distributed computing.
• Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of key Data & Analytics platforms such as AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.
• Experience in software development practices such as DevOps and CI/CD tool chains for Data workloads (i.e., Jenkins, Azure Developer Services, GitHub)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Bilingual Candidates who can lead engagements in French and English preferred
• Ability to qualify for Canadian Federal Government Reliability clearance: Security clearance request process - Canada.ca

Responsibilities

• Engage with customer IT and business leaders to understand their data estate, priorities, and success measures, and design secure, scalable Data & AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.
• Lead architecture design sessions, develop Data & Analytics roadmaps, and drive Proof of Concepts (POCs) and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to accelerate adoption and ensure long-term technical viability.
• Own the end-to-end technical delivery results, ensuring completeness and accuracy of consumption and customer success plans in collaboration with the CSAM.
• Deliver repeatable intellectual property (IP) to achieve targeted outcomes, accelerate Azure Consumed Revenue (ACR), and contribute to centralized IP development initiatives.
• Provide delivery oversight and escalation support for key Factory engagements across Data & Analytics workloads.
• Drive technical excellence by leading the health, resiliency, security, and optimization of mission-critical data workloads, ensuring readiness for production-scale AI use cases.
• Identify and resolve technical blockers, share customer feedback with engineering teams, and influence product improvements through Voice of the Customer insights.
• Maintain deep technical expertise and stay current with market trends, competitive insights, and Microsoft’s evolving data and AI capabilities.
• Be accredited and certified to deliver with advanced and expert-level proficiency in priority workloads including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Purview, Snowflake Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Cosmos DB.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset by continuously aligning your skills to team and customer needs, contributing to technical communities, and mentoring others to accelerate customer outcomes.

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $96,000 - CAD $177,600 per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level