Data / Pre-Sales Architect

Magellan is an international Management and Technology Consulting Group. Our strength lies in our ability to combine business expertise and technological excellence to support companies and public organizations throughout their transformation journeys.

VISION IN ACTION

In an environment where change is accelerating, organizations must continuously reinvent their models to remain competitive. To address these challenges, we support our clients from strategy definition through operational implementation, combining business expertise, technological mastery, and execution capabilities.

Joining Magellan means becoming part of a community of 6,700 committed professionals united by a shared ambition: understanding challenges in all their complexity to build practical, actionable solutions that are closely aligned with real-world needs.

Job Description

The Data Architect / Pre‑Sales role within our Enterprise Solution Center combines business development, offering design, large project management and partner relations. This role is aimed at an experienced Data Architect / Pre‑Sales professional with expertise in Fabric, Azure, Databricks and Synapse.

As a Data Architect / Pre‑Sales (M/F), within our Enterprise Solution Center service line, you bring your expertise on Microsoft technologies. Stack: Fabric, Azure Data Platform, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Terraform, Azure DevOps, SQL, SQL Server, Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Support the sales team throughout the pre‑sales process: engagement scoping, estimation, proposal drafting, pitch delivery, Microsoft funding.
• Conduct technology watch, propose within the group strategy framework, create and develop offerings.
• Master and deliver POCs via Microsoft fees.
• Scope projects and strategic initiatives.
• Lead and facilitate delivery teams.
• Monitor sensitive projects.
• Maintain privileged relationships with strategic partners.
• Target, identify and prospect potential partners.
• Contribute to commercial proposals.
• Support the sales team in prospecting.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (Bac+4/5) ideally in engineering, with at least 7 years of successful experience in responding to RFPs and architecture design.
• Advanced knowledge of technologies such as Fabric, Azure Data Platform, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Terraform, Azure DevOps, SQL, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
• Knowledge of Gen AI/RAG highly appreciated.
• Serve as a technical reference on the listed technologies and help team members develop their skills.
• One or more Microsoft certifications is a plus.
• Personal qualities: team spirit, adaptability and flexibility, attention to detail and organization, interpersonal skills.
• Recognized for leadership, big‑picture thinking, proactive attitude, and team spirit.
• Fluency in French is mandatory.

Benefits

• Great Place To Work certified (third place in its category).
• Profit‑Sharing, Incentive Bonuses & Holiday Bonus.
• Flexible Remote Work: up to 2 days of remote work per week.
• Edenred Meal Card: €9.30 per working day.
• Family Health Insurance.
• Sustainable Mobility Package: up to €400 per year.
• Early access to new technologies such as M'GPT, Copilot and the highest levels of Microsoft certifications.