Architect - Data Engineering

Chicago, IL, United States

As an Architect in Credera’s Data Engineering capability group, you will lead teams in implementing modern data architecture, data engineering pipelines, and advanced analytical solutions. Our projects range from designing and implementing the latest data platform approaches (i.e. Lakehouse, DataOps, Data Mesh) using best practices and cloud solutions, building scalable data and ML pipelines, democratizing data through modern governance approaches, and delivering data products using advanced machine learning, visualization, and integration approaches.

You will act as the primary architect and technical lead on projects to scope and estimate work streams, architect and model technical solutions to meet business requirements, serve as a technical expert in client communications, and mentor junior project team members. On a typical day, you might expect to participate in design sessions, build data structures for an enterprise data lake or statistical models for a machine learning algorithm, coach junior resources, and manage technical backlogs and release management tools. Additionally, you will seek out new business development opportunities at existing and new clients.

WHO YOU ARE:

You have a minimum of 5 years of technical, hands-on experience building, optimizing, and implementing data pipelines and architecture

Experience leading teams to wrangle, explore, and analyze data to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement

You are a highly driven professional and enjoy serving in a fast-paced, dynamic client-facing role where delivering solutions to exceed high expectations is a measure of success

You have a passion for leading teams and providing both formal and informal mentorship

You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage customers at a business level in addition to a technical level

You have a deep understanding of data governance and data privacy best practices

You have a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Management Information Systems or a related field of study

The ideal candidate will have recent technical knowledge of the following:

SQL and relational databases (e.g. Snowflake, MySQL, SQL Server)

Data Lake design (Delta Lake, Lakeformation, Iceberg)

NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, CosmosDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)

Data pipeline and workflow management tools (Airflow, Dagster, AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory, etc.)

Metadata management tools (Collibra, Atlas, DataHub, etc.)

Stream-processing systems (e.g. Storm, Spark-Streaming, Pulsar, Flink, etc.)

MLOps platforms (Sagemaker, Azure ML, Vertex.ai, MLFlow)

Programming languages (e.g. Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.)

Container Orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, etc.)

Experience with the data platform components on one or more of the following cloud service providers: AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Azure

WHO WE ARE:

Credera is a full-service management consulting, user experience, and technology solutions firm, with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging industry leaders

Credera has received a number of state and national awards! Please check out our employer awards at: https://www.credera.com/awards-and-recognition

Our data capabilities help our clients gain competitive advantage by transforming raw data into insights that enable actionable decision making. Our business-driven approach to envisioning and implementing innovative solutions helps organizations tackle their market, increase customer engagement and grow revenue profitably via advanced technology. Our data capabilities serve our clients across a broad spectrum of areas, specializing in Data Strategy, Modern Data Architecture, Data Visualization, Business Insights, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

HOW WE WORK:

We work in small (typically 2-8 person) project teams that collaborate closely with clients to solve their toughest challenges

We employ principles of agile development to achieve high velocity and quality of delivery

We offer several channels for collaboration that make it easy to reach out to leaders within the practice

We adhere to Credera’s core values of integrity, excellence, professionalism, and humility at all times

Hybrid Work Model:

Our employees have the flexibility to work remotely two days per week. We expect our Crederians to average 3 days (full or partial) per week in person with the flexibility to choose the days and times that work best for both them and their project or internal teams. This could be at a Credera office, at a client site, or at an off-site location with other team members. You’ll work closely with your project team to align on how you balance both the flexibility that we want to provide with the connection of being together to produce amazing results for our clients.

The why: We are passionate about growing our people both personally and professionally. Our philosophy is that in-person engagement is critical for our ability to develop deep relationships with our clients and our team members – it’s how we earn trust, learn from others, and ultimately become better consultants and professionals.

Travel: Our goal is to keep out-of-market travel to a minimum and most projects do not require significant travel. While certain projects can require frequent travel (up to 80% for a period of time), our average travel percentage over a year for team members is typically between 10-30%. We try to take a personal approach to travel. You will submit your travel preferences which our staffing teams will take into account when aligning you to a role.

Basic Qualifications

Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, client-facing role where delivering solid work products to exceed high expectations is a measure of success

Contribute in a team-oriented environment

Prioritize multiple tasks in order to consistently meet deadlines

Creatively solve problems in an analytical environment

Adapt to new environments, people, technologies and processes

Excel in leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

Establish strong work relationships with clients and team members

Generate ideas and understand different points of view

Learn More

Credera is a management consulting, user experience, and technology solutions firm with offices in Dallas, Denver, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, and New York. We work with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging industry leaders, and provide expert, objective advice to help solve complex business and technology challenges. Our deep capabilities in strategy, organization, process, analytics, technology and user experience help our clients improve their performance. Clients depend on our ability to anticipate, recognize, and address their specific needs. Credera’s consultants work with some of the world’s best known brands in a variety of industries, including one of the top five fast food chains, leading energy organizations, retailers, airlines. More information is available at www.credera.com. We are part of the OPMG Group of Companies, a division of Omnicom Group Inc.

Along with a great company culture, Credera provides an outstanding compensation package including a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit plan (e.g., medical, dental, disability, matching 401k, PTO, etc.). This position is an exempt position.

Credera will never ask for money up front and will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. You should be very wary of, and carefully scrutinize, any job opportunity that asks for money prior to starting and/or where all communications take place exclusively via chat.

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