Microsoft Technical Solution Architect - Data & AI

Job Title: Microsoft Technical Solution Architect - Data & AI

Location: London / Manchester / Leeds / Birmingham

Salary: Competitive Salary depending on experience

Career Level: Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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The Accenture Microsoft Business Group (AMBG) is a global team of 80,000+ professionals, recognised 19 times as Microsoft Global SI Partner of the Year. We’re leaders in AI and Business Applications, helping clients achieve end-to-end transformation—from strategy to delivery and managed services.

About The Role:

Join our Microsoft Business Group Data & AI team to shape, sell and land modern data platforms and AI solutions on Azure and Fabric, including Copilot and agentic AI patterns. You’ll lead technical design and delivery for complex solutions, ensuring they are secure, responsible, and aligned with client outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivery Leadership (approx. 80%) – 

• Own end-to-end solution architecture during delivery phases, ensuring adherence to design principles and governance; 
• Lead design reviews, manage risks and assumptions, and ensure compliance with Responsible AI and security standards; 
• Partner with engineering teams to implement Fabric landing zones, data products, and AI services; 
• Provide technical leadership to delivery teams, resolving design issues and ensuring scalability and performance; 
• Support client workshops and steer solution evolution during delivery. 

Pre‑sales & Solutioning (approx. 20%) 

•  Contribute to shaping opportunities and technical solutioning for pursuits; 
• Support RFx responses with architecture inputs and delivery approach; 
• Develop reusable assets and share best practices across the team.
• We are looking for experience in the following skills:

Technical Skills:

• Deep expertise in the Azure ecosystem, with focus on Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Services, and AI Foundry; 
• familiarity with Copilot Studio and M365 Copilot for extending Copilot capabilities; 
• experience with agentic AI patterns (Azure AI Agent Service, RAG, orchestration); 
• strong pro‑code capabilities and ability to design enterprise-grade solutions.

Manager-Level Skills (Data Architecture Lens):

• Ability to define data architecture blueprints and govern data models across multiple domains; 
• experience leading data platform migrations and modernisation programmes (Fabric, Synapse, Lakehouse); 
• strong understanding of data governance, lineage, and compliance (Purview, security, privacy); 
• expertise in data integration patterns (ETL/ELT, streaming, APIs) and performance optimisation; 
• stakeholder management and ability to influence senior client decision-makers; 
• competence in estimating, shaping SoWs, and managing RAIDs for large-scale data programmes.
• Two Microsoft Data & AI associate-level certifications (e.g., DP‑600, DP‑203, AI‑102) or equivalent demonstrable experience; 
• track record in technical leadership for complex Azure Data & AI deliveries.
• What’s in it for you

Certifications & Experience:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications : 31/01/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role before this date should a suitable applicant be found.

About Accenture

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