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Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
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MicrosoftMicrosoft Elevate is a global initiative designed to help education institutions and the people they serve thrive in the AI-powered economy. In Japan, Microsoft Elevate supports the broader Education sector, including K-12 and Higher Education, by combining AI, cloud, security, and skilling programs to accelerate education, research, and operational transformation. The Digital Cloud & AI Solution Engineer (Azure Data, Education) is a technical sales role responsible for helping education customers envision, design, and validate database, analytics, data governance, and AI solutions. This role leverages Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Power BI, Microsoft Purview, Azure AI Foundry (including Azure OpenAI), and related technologies to support data integration, analytics, visualization, and AI-driven transformation across education, research, and operations. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Design, demonstrate, and position solutions using Microsoft Fabric including OneLake, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence, BI, and Copilot, as well as Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Power BI, Microsoft Purview, Azure AI Foundry (including Azure OpenAI). Assess technical readiness and define practical roadmaps for data utilization, learning, research and operational data integration, database and analytics modernization, generative AI, and data governance. Use demos, PoCs, hackathons, and architecture workshops to influence technical decisions and accelerate secure, scalable production deployments of data and analytics platforms. Design architectures that address data quality, access control, privacy, compliance, cost, and operations, and resolve technical objections and blockers. Help customers migrate and modernize from on-premises EDW, Hadoop, BI, and existing database environments to Microsoft Cloud database and analytics platforms. Collaborate with sales teams, Cloud & AI Specialists, services, partners, product teams, and engineering teams to scale Azure Data and Data & AI adoption across the Education market.
- Approximately 4+ years of experience in technical pre-sales, data engineering, analytics platforms, BI, databases, AI, cloud architecture, technical consulting, or related fields. - Foundational understanding of or strong interest in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Power BI, Microsoft Purview, Azure AI Foundry (including Azure OpenAI), data governance, analytics, and visualization. - Ability to translate customer education, research, and operational data challenges into data platform, analytics, AI, deployment planning, and technical blocker resolution. - Strong Japanese communication skills for customer engagement and willingness to collaborate in English where needed.
- Knowledge of programming or query languages such as Python, R, or SQL, or experience with data analytics, database migration, or cloud data platforms. - Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Power BI, data governance, database migration, or analytics platform modernization. - Experience leading complex technical discussions, demos, PoCs, workshops, and architecture decisions on data, governance, and AI adoption.
- Balance what matters—your work, your life, and your team—through trust, autonomy, and shared accountability. - Stretch your skills, expand your impact, and grow with support that meets you where you are. - Support for your body, mind, and financial future—so you can stay energized and do your best work. - Find your people, build your network, and feel supported every step of the way.
