Microsoft Specialist

Roles and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Develop Data & Artificial intelligence strategies for organizations to harness Artificial Intelligence value and oversee their execution.
  
• Advise on shaping Artificial intelligence Research & Development portfolio across industry sectors highlighting business cases.
  
• Design and set up a data governance program to elevate data quality assets and drive data monetization.
  
• Design and establish the operating model for organizations’ data and AI units.
  
• Participate in Artificial intelligence thought leadership development.
  
• Establish strong data foundations in data management, data governance, regulatory compliance, and data architecture and platform considerations to protect data quality and treat it like a valuable asset.
  
• Design a target operating model for a data-driven organization that is responsive to business demands, adaptable to evolving technology, and fosters data culture.
  
• Define and prioritize data consumption across the business to launch intelligent products that release value from reporting, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
  
• Drive internal data strategy skills, assets, and capability building and identify opportunities for collaboration across Accenture and ecosystem partners to win in the market.
  
• Utilize programming skills to design and build data pipelines to drive and accelerate business impact.
  
• Analyze and perform data profiling to understand data patterns and discrepancies following Data Quality and Data Management processes.
  
• Understand and follow best practices to design and develop the E2E Data Pipeline: data transformation, ingestion, processing, and surfacing of data for large-scale applications.
  
  
• What can you expect in the role?





• Be part of the largest, most complex enterprise scale Microsoft transformations in the Middle East.
  
• Leverage your quest for knowledge to learn about every stage of the Microsoft Data & AI Delivery Lifecycle
  
• Use your creativity to design and build dashboards, reports, and visual products while developing your ability to analyze data.
  
• Engage your curiosity to change the way people experience interactions with technology, each other and with companies.

Desired candidate profile

• Display your collaborative spirit while connecting with team members to help solve complex business needs.
  
• Rely on your attention to detail while acting as a detective, looking closely at software to make sure everything’s working to specification while helping ensure data quality.
  
  
• What are we looking for:
  
  The following qualification(s) are required / preferable and beneficial for the candidate to perform the role:





• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree or equivalent in relevant subject areas such as Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science and similar.
  
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, capable of applying quantitative methods and approaches
  
• Knowledge in Microsoft Data Lake / OpenAI / GenAI/ Data Warehousing / Big data tools, ETLs
  
• Very good understanding of SQL, Python, or both.
  
• Familiarity and interest to specialized in Microsoft Technologies (Azure, OpenAI, Purview..).
  
• Self-motivation, proactiveness and openness to changes.
  
• Ability to make things happen and to keep deadlines.
  
• Ability to work under pressure and manage unexpected situations.
  
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
  
• Related certifications would be a plus.
  
• Excellent spoken and written command of English allowing you to collaborate in the international Accenture environment.