Pre-sales Solution Architect – Data Job at Manchester Full Time NEW

ANS are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated technologist to join our Pre-Sales Solution Architecture team. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a highly successful function operating at the cutting edge of cloud, data, and AI technologies. You’ll be supporting some of the UK’s most exciting and ambitious data transformation programmes.

As a Pre-Sales Solution Architect, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping customer visions, influencing strategy, and positioning innovative solutions that unlock real business value. If you thrive at the intersection of technology, storytelling, and customer impact, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

What you’ll do:

• Lead customer workshops, scoping sessions, demos & PoCs
• Build proposals, roadmaps & solution designs across Data, AI & Azure
• Create new solution offerings & accelerators
• Represent ANS at events, webinars & customer sessions
• Work closely with Sales, Delivery & Partner teams on major data programmes

What you’ll bring:

• Strong understanding of event-driven & integration architectures
• Cloud data warehousing knowledge (Azure)
• Data modelling, analytics & Power BI experience
• SQL/NoSQL experience
• Solid knowledge of Azure Data & AI services

Qualifications & Certifications

Essential:

• AZ-900
• DP-900
• AI-900

This role suits someone who:

• Loves solving customer problems
• Can communicate complex ideas simply
• Wants to work with cutting-edge cloud & data tech
• Enjoys a fast-paced, high-impact environment

If you’re ready to help shape the future of data and AI solutions at ANS – Microsoft Partner of the Year – we’d love to talk.

At ANS, we’ve created a place where everyone can be themselves, and we empower our people to get the job done. Openness, ambition, honesty, and passion are what drive us every day. We are bold, courageous, and innovative – and we do it like no other. We invest in our people. In training, development, health and more – we give you the benefits and flexibility to maintain a happy work-life balance.

We’re proud of the inclusive, fun, dynamic environment we’ve created. It’s a safe space that works for all. You don’t have to be a techie to work in tech. Bring your authentic self and find your dream role here. Find out more at LinkedIn pages

With fantastic benefits, an inclusive culture, and a cool office space, we’re your kind of workplace.

• As standard: 25 days’ holiday, plus you can buy up to 5 more days
• A little extra: we’ll give you your birthday off, and an extra celebration day for whatever you want! Tying the knot? You get 5 days’ additional holiday in the year you get married. Oh, and 5 volunteer days!
• Private health insurance
• Pension contribution match and 4 x life assurance
• Flexible working and work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year (some exceptions)
• Maternity: 16 weeks’ full pay, Paternity: 3 weeks’ full pay, Adoption: 16 weeks’ full pay
• Company social events – get ready for a jam-packed calendar
• Electric car scheme
• 12 days of personal growth development time

ANS are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and anyone applying for a role at our organisation can be assured that their application will be treated fairly, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex or sexual orientation. We sometimes ask for information relating to individuals for equal opportunities monitoring purposes only.