Technology Consulting Principal Consultant – Microsoft ISD
Overview
Microsoft’s Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) division is a powerhouse of innovation, bringing together over 6,000 experts—strategists, architects, engineers, data scientists, and delivery consultants. Through deep expertise across industries, ISD empowers strategic customers to accelerate digital and AI transformation journeys, built on Microsoft Cloud and AI platforms.
The Global Delivery Center (GDC)—a ~1,600-member hub mainly based in India—delivers cutting-edge solutions and cloud migrations at scale. As part of GDC, the newly created Technology Consulting Principal Consultant position offers a rare opportunity to lead high-value, enterprise-wide transformations and co-create inventive solutions in a global context.
Why This Role Matters
Your mission in this role? To drive transformative outcomes for Microsoft’s most strategic customers. You’ll anchor large-scale cloud and data modernization programs, align technology strategy with business goals, and influence stakeholders at all levels—from developers to C-level executives. This leadership path blends deep technical prowess with strategic consulting, customer engagement, and solution delivery.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Customer Engagement & Solution Leadership
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Conduct solution envisioning workshops, build outlines, and guide the delivery of tailored Microsoft Cloud and AI solutions.
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Align strategy to cross-domain needs—data engineering, analytics, ML, integration—bridging architecture with business objectives.
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Provide pre‑sales support by defining proof-of-concept (POC) workstreams, pitches, and investment roadmaps.
2. Technical Delivery Excellence
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Lead blended project and partner teams to ensure solution fit, technical excellence, and deployment success.
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Drive quality assurance, technical escalations, risk mitigation, and adherence to delivery milestones.
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Advocate for best practices in solutioning—secure architecture, cost management, performance optimization, and resilience.
3. Innovation & Platform Advancement
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Collaborate within ISD to ideate new solution offerings, reusable frameworks, and industry-centered accelerators.
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Foster experimentation with emerging technologies—AI/GenAI, MLOps, metadata and governance tooling—to enhance delivery quality.
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Take the lead in Microsoft internal forums, pilot initiatives, and thought-leadership programs to elevate product strategy.
4. Thought Leadership & Industry Influence
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Represent Microsoft at external events, webinars, and industry roundtables.
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Build whitepapers, technical blogs, and solution guides focused on cloud, data, analytics, and AI adoption.
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Mentor internal teams on pattern definition, engineering techniques, and innovative frameworks.
5. Team Leadership & Collaboration
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Lead multiple concurrent deliveries, manage resource planning, enforce coding and architectural standards.
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Guide cross-functional teams through Agile methodologies and escalate support needs when required.
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Adapt communication styles to engage broad stakeholder groups—technical teams, business leaders, and executives.
Qualifications & Expertise
Required Experience & Skills
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3+ years leading cloud or digital consulting; or 6+ years with master’s + in solution architecture, practice development, or cloud infrastructure.
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At least 10 years of delivery experience including architectural visions, complex system design, and cloud solution execution.
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Manage 2+ projects or portfolios and at least 1 year leading multidisciplinary teams.
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Strong communication and stakeholder management, capable of influencing up to executive levels.
Preferred Experience
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16+ years in the industry with 6+ years technical sales, project management experience, and 3+ years of people management.
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Global delivery exposure, ability to travel internationally (0–25% travel).
Technical Expertise & Domain Knowledge
You will be expected to demonstrate excellence in the following areas:
A. Data Engineering & Analytics
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Lead enterprise data architecture using Azure Synapse, Snowflake, Teradata.
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Build scalable pipelines, governance, time-series systems, and ML stacks.
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Hands-on experience with Spark, Databricks, Kafka, Hadoop, and big data ecosystems.
B. Data and Application Platform Design
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Architect enterprise DBMS across OLTP/OLAP, data stores including Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, RedShift, etc.
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Execute full data migration using ADF, SSIS, Talend; enable multitenancy, data security, data governance.
C. AI/ML & MLOps
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Design ML pipelines, leverage Azure ML, OpenAI, MLOps, and platformized modeling.
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Integrate real-time streaming and analytics using Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Analysis Services.
D. DevOps, Security & Performance
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Optimize cloud performance, cost, and scalability in microservices and serverless environments.
E. Industry Acumen
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Experience in one or more industries like automotive, finance, health, retail, energy, etc.
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Understand metadata, data lineage, data cataloging, data mesh frameworks; multi-cloud exposure a plus.
What Success Looks Like
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Leading and winning 2–3 multi-million-dollar cloud transformation engagements.
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High Customer Satisfaction (CSAT > 8), low escalation rates, and predictable project outcomes.
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Active thought leadership contributions—blogs, webinars, conference engagements.
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Mentoring and scaling practice capability through internal training and knowledge sharing.
Role & Work Details
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Locations: Primary – Bangalore, with options in 2 additional global centers.
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Work Mode: Hybrid (up to 50% remote).
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Travel: 0–25% domestic/international travel.
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Job Type: Full-Time, Individual Contributor.
Why This Role & Why Microsoft
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Join a talent-rich environment leveraging Microsoft’s full ecosystem and partner network
Microsoft’s Commitment to Inclusion
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities during recruitment.
Ready to Drive Transformation?
If you’re a seasoned consulting professional who thrives at the intersection of business strategy, cloud technology, and customer engagement—this is your moment. Step into the role of Technology Consulting Principal Consultant, and shape the future of Microsoft’s transformative impact on a global scale.
Apply now to join a mission-driven team delivering premium digital value!