Overview
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.

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 Robust 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 store

📌 Principal Consultant (India)
🏢 Microsoft
📍 India