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Data Analytics & AI AV
United States
Our talented Integrated Center of Excellence (ICOE) Data & AI team is made up of globally recognized experts - and there's room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you're passionate about helping clients transform their business with the latest AI and data technologies, let's talk. Take your skills to a new level and launch a career where you can truly do what matters.
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As an Intelligent Data Platform (IDP) Databricks Champion at Senior Manager or Manager level within our Integrated Center of Excellence 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.
The successful candidate must be capable of partnering across global Regions to lead presales engagements, architect solutions and deliver enterprise data solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure and Databricks. This role combines technical leadership, client engagement, and strategic partnership development—especially with Databricks—to drive business outcomes and innovation in our Data and AI client engagements.
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
What You’ll Do (Core Responsibilities Across Senior Manager and Manager roles)
In this role, you will:
- 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 artifacts.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, value based outcomes for senior business stakeholders, technology leaders, and internal sales teams.
- Engage early with clients and/or sales teams to support origination, deal qualification, requirements capture, and solutioning—recommending best practices and building trusted advisor relationships.
- Collaborate with the wider Data & AI leadership to contribute thought leadership, points of view, and enhancements to our offerings, accelerators, and IP.
- Stay current on advancements in Data & AI and incorporate relevant innovations into our solutions.
- Support integration of Data & AI capabilities across other Global Solution Areas (Modern Workplace, Apps & Infrastructure, Business Applications).
- Contribute to internal Assets & Engineering initiatives to strengthen Avanade’s differentiated market position.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to junior colleagues and contribute to the broader Avanade technical community.
Senior Manager Responsibilities (In Addition to Core Responsibilities)
- Senior Managers are expected to operate with broader scope, deeper influence, and higher accountability. At this level, you will:
- Lead presales, solution planning, and solution design efforts for Data Platform Modernization pursuits.
- Drive partner relationships at the offering level, including Databricks and Accenture.
- Shape high level solution designs, estimates, and contractual details for client proposals in collaboration with other SMEs.
- Address client delivery issues when required, ensuring quality and consistency of offerings in the region.
- Play a senior leadership role in shaping go to market strategies, offerings, and accelerators.
- Drive adoption of Delta Lake, Lakehouse, and MLflow for advanced analytics and machine learning use cases.
- Establish best practices for data governance, lineage, and metadata management within Databricks.
- Translate business needs into robust data products supporting real time decision making and predictive modeling.
- Lead performance tuning, cost optimization, and security hardening of Databricks on Azure.
Manager Responsibilities (In Addition to Core Responsibilities)
- Managers contribute significantly to delivery and solutioning while operating with a more focused scope. At this level, you will:
- Support high level design, estimates, and proposal development in collaboration with senior SMEs.
- Contribute to solution planning and architectural decisions while working under the guidance of senior leaders.
- Provide coaching and mentoring within your immediate team and contribute to the technical community.
- Support early-stage client conversations, requirements capture, and solutioning activities.
- Participate in shaping thought leadership and contributing to offering development, accelerators, and GTM assets.
Delivery Management AV
United States
Our talented Integrated Center of Excellence Data & AI team is made up of globally recognized experts – and there’s room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you’re passionate about helping clients transform their business with the latest data, analytics, and AI technologies, let’s talk.
Role Summary
As an Intelligent Data Platform (IDP) Solution Architect within the Integrated Center of Excellence Data & AI Practice, you will play a senior leadership role in shaping, selling, and delivering enterprise-scale analytics platforms built on Microsoft Fabric. This role spans Manager and Senior Manager levels, combining deep technical leadership, client advisory, pre-sales, and delivery assurance responsibilities.
Using Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Data Factory, Spark, Warehousing, Real-Time Analytics, and Power BI), Azure services, Databricks, and applied AI, you will help clients modernise analytics estates, unlock insights, and deliver measurable business outcomes. You will also actively contribute to Avanade’s Fabric-led data platform strategy, offerings, accelerators, and global go-to-market initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and support high-impact pre-sales pursuits, solution planning, and solution design for Microsoft Fabric-centric opportunities.
Shape deals and propositions including architecture, estimates, commercial inputs, roadmaps, and delivery approaches.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, translating complex technical capabilities into clear business value.
Provide technical and delivery assurance, intervening in complex or high-risk engagements when required.
Define and promote best practices for Microsoft Fabric architecture, governance, security, performance, and cost optimisation.
Establish reference architectures, accelerators, reusable patterns, and intellectual property across Fabric workloads.
Drive Microsoft partnership engagement, influencing roadmap alignment and joint go-to-market activities.
Contribute thought leadership, points of view, and engineering assets to strengthen Avanade’s market differentiation.
Coach, mentor, and inspire architects and technical leaders across regions, building strong communities of practice.
Stay current with emerging Data & AI platform capabilities and integrate innovations into client solutions.
Enterprise Technology Architecture AV
United States
About Avanade Security
Avanade is the leading Microsoft Security services partner, helping organizations protect trust, enable Zero Trust, and modernize security through the Microsoft ecosystem. Our Security practice delivers advisory, consulting, and managed services across identity, cloud security, cyber defense, and governance—combining deep technical expertise with real‑world delivery experience.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Identity & Access Management (IAM) Solution Architect to help expand Avanade’s IAM business by leading opportunities from qualification through closure and into delivery. This role is ideal for a pursuit‑to‑delivery architect who combines strong solution architecture skills with hands‑on implementation experience.
You will serve as the technical authority throughout the sales lifecycle—shaping architecture, defining scope and assumptions, supporting commercial proposals, and transitioning seamlessly into delivery to maintain continuity, quality, and client trust.
The role focuses on Microsoft identity and secure access solutions, with an emphasis on Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra Suite, and the broader Microsoft security ecosystem supporting modern workforce access, Zero Trust, identity governance, privileged access, and secure connectivity to private and internet resources.
What You’ll Do
- Lead IAM opportunities from pipeline qualification through contract signing, supporting a smooth transition into delivery
- Own end‑to‑end technical solutioning, including architecture design, scope definition, estimates, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery considerations
- Act as the primary technical architect in client meetings, workshops, solution reviews, and negotiations
- Translate business and security requirements into scalable, secure, and deliverable IAM architectures
- Develop high‑quality client and internal materials such as architecture diagrams, implementation approaches, staffing models, statements of work, and delivery plans
- Accelerate qualification and solution development by reducing ambiguity and providing clear technical direction
- Improve win rates by strengthening solution quality, delivery readiness, and technical credibility throughout pursuits
- Maintain ownership continuity from early shaping through delivery handoff, minimizing rework and information loss
- Collaborate closely with sales, alliances, consulting, and delivery teams to ensure what is sold is executable and aligned to client outcomes
Enterprise Technology Architecture AV
United States
At Avanade, we help organizations modernize security operations to stay ahead of evolving threats—leveraging deep Microsoft expertise, industry-leading delivery, and human-centered design. We are seeking an experienced SOC Transformation and Modernization Solution Architect to help grow our Security practice and lead complex security operations opportunities from initial qualification through delivery execution.
This role is ideal for a pursuit-to-delivery architect—someone who thrives in shaping technically credible, commercially viable solutions and remains accountable through transition into delivery. You will serve as a trusted technical leader, guiding clients through SOC modernization initiatives with a strong focus on Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, and integrated security operations platforms.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead SOC modernization and transformation opportunities from early pipeline qualification through contract closure and into implementation.
- Own end-to-end technical solutioning, including architecture design, scope definition, integration strategy, assumptions, dependencies, and cost estimation.
- Act as the primary technical authority during client engagements—facilitating workshops, solution evaluations, and executive discussions related to SIEM, XDR, SOAR, detection engineering, and SOC operating models.
- Translate client security and operational requirements into scalable, delivery-ready SOC solutions aligned to Avanade and Microsoft best practices.
- Produce high-quality client and internal deliverables, including:
- Architecture diagrams and reference models
- Implementation and migration plans
- Staffing and operating model recommendations
- Cost drivers, assumptions, and statements of work
- Accelerate opportunity progression by providing clear technical direction, reducing ambiguity, and improving delivery readiness during pursuits.
- Improve win rates by strengthening technical credibility, integration transparency, and execution confidence across the sales lifecycle.
- Maintain consistent solution ownership from pursuit through delivery handoff to preserve architectural intent and minimize rework.
- Serve as the lead solution architect for opportunities that progress to closure.
- Collaborate closely with sales, Microsoft alliance teams, consulting leadership, and delivery teams to ensure alignment between proposed and delivered solutions.