Principal, Technology Consulting - Microsoft Solutions

EPAM is a global technology services and consulting company that helps clients transform their businesses through technology. Our Microsoft Business Group works with enterprise clients across industries to architect, build, and modernize their Microsoft-based platforms.

This Principal role sits at the intersection of business development and delivery leadership. You will work alongside our sales teams to win new Microsoft engagements from initial scoping through proposal and close to overseeing the technical quality of the program. Roughly half your time will be client-facing across the sales cycle; the other half in delivery oversight and thought leadership.

Req# 1024001654

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales & Delivery Management teams to engage prospects throughout the sales lifecycle, from first meeting through close

• Lead the scoping and authoring of proposals and statements of work for complex Microsoft engagements

• Design project teaming models and produce accurate effort and cost estimates

• Clearly communicate scope, assumptions, and risk to both technical and executive audiences

• Design Azure and Microsoft platform solutions spanning application modernization, data platforms, AI/ML, and Copilot/Fabric workloads

• Analyze client application and data estates; develop transformation roadmaps and next-generation architecture

• Produce solution architecture documentation covering key technical decisions and implementation approach

• Lead solution design reviews and provide technical oversight across active engagements

• Oversee development efforts and serve as an escalation point for technical questions

• Mentor EPAM engineers and contribute to raising the technical bar across the practice

• Stay current on Microsoft platform developments and bring emerging capabilities into client conversations

• Contribute to EPAM's point of view on the Microsoft ecosystem through internal communities and external content

Requirements

• Deep expertise in Azure and the broader Microsoft platform across application modernization, data and analytics, and AI/ML workloads

• A track record of leading complex, multi-workload Microsoft implementations at enterprise scale

• Demonstrated experience in client-facing, consulting roles and comfort leading architecture discussions with senior technical and executive stakeholders

• Experience supporting or leading presales activity including scoping engagements, writing proposals, and contributing to deal closure

• Strong solution architecture fundamentals across application stacks (REST, containers, serverless, front-end/back-end) and data/AI stacks (relational, non-relational, GenAI, ML)

• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices and DevOps tooling (IaC, CI/CD, automated deployment)

• Excellent communication skills — able to translate complex technical concepts into business language

• Enough background in large-scale software development or data engineering to credibly lead technical conversations on either side

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)

• Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)

• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)

• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year

• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection

• Accident Insurance

• Employee Discounts

• Pet Insurance

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program

• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

This Remote Position Cannot be Performed in New York City.

This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $180,000 - $220,000. In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position.

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