Cloud Data Architect
Clarkston Consulting, United States
Job Description
Clarkston Consulting is seeking motivated, self-driven leaders who are energized by team results and interested in joining a firm that values its culture and people as its biggest strengths. Come join us as a Cloud Data Architect, and in this role, you will deliver creative business solutions to our market-leading clients in the life sciences, consumer products, and retail industries.
Together, we can find the answers to our clients' most challenging business problems through a combination of our industry expertise, business process knowledge, and consulting excellence.
What You’ll Do
As a Cloud Data Architect at Clarkston you will:
- Design and develop platforms for scalable solutions
- Design, prototype, and develop Big Data Platforms utilizing Azure or AWS
- Work with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, and vendors
- Showcase advanced analytical and conceptual skills to create original concepts/theories for various projects
- Provide forward thinking technical expertise in current and emerging technologies, trends, and practices
- Anticipate internal and/or external business challenges including regulatory; recommend process, product or service enhancements
- Design/drive architectural strategies with business and strategic goals
- Translate business goals and objectives into IT capabilities and develop technical solutions
How You’ll Grow
Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, throughout your career at Clarkston you will:
- Have the support and mentorship of your Clarkston colleagues and leaders
- Expand your existing skillset with internal and external professional development opportunities
Requirements
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience with data management solutions using data lake platform tools and technologies
- Experience with data architecture, specifically in support of data warehousing, business intelligence, master data management, and reference data management
- Familiarity with delivering Data as a Service (DaaS) concepts from enterprise repositories using REST APIs
- Familiarity with Azure or AWS-based data and data management tools, such as Azure SQL Azure Data Catalog, Azure Service Fabric, and microservices
- Familiarity with data integration points for TOGAF (or other recognized architecture framework)
- Working knowledge of development or operations framework methodologies, including Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), etc.
- Familiarity with developing data catalogues, and integrating with existing enterprise architecture
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms and process automation
- Experience in using various data modeling techniques and their appropriate usage in data integration
- Experience in working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, and vendors
- Significant experience in performing analysis of business processes and functions
- Significant experience in work as an engineer or technical subject matter expert in two or more of the following areas: infrastructure; data; application; and/or security related technology
- Effective skill creating system diagrams for review by both technical and non-technical audiences
- Advanced analytical and conceptual skills to create original concepts/theories for various projects
- Develop and apply architectural governance based on business and information technology strategies
- Effective skill applying innovative approaches to solve technical design issue
- Anticipate internal and/or external business challenges including regulatory; recommend process, product or service enhancements
- Provide forward thinking technical expertise in current and emerging technologies, trends and practices
- 4-year degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline
Travel Requirement
Travel is an integral part of this role and is estimated to average 10-20%. This may vary based upon client and project needs. When not traveling, consultants work from their home office. Relocation is not required.
More About Clarkston
Founded in 1991, Clarkston Consulting delivers technology and management solutions to market leaders in the life sciences, consumer products, and retail industries. At Clarkston, we cultivate success - for our clients, for our people, and for our firm. We utilize a team approach leveraging our collective expertise and industry knowledge to solve our clients’ business challenges.
Benefits
Our benefits include:
- Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits (Medical, Dental,