Azure Architect & Developer

DRiV•Southfield, MI

About The Position

The Azure Architect & Developer is critical to supporting analytics activities in category management, marketing, product management and sales. This role will help lead analytics development for internal and external/customer stakeholders. The Azure Architect & Developer will also enable further analytics capability development, working with adjacent marketing teams and data science positions. This position is independent, highly visible and positioned to benefit from an imaginative leader. The candidate must be comfortable working directly with stakeholders and with large datasets. The role requires strong Power BI & very good understand of Azure, problem solving, and communication skills.

Requirements

Python
SQL
Databricks
Visual studio code
Microsoft Azure
Power BI architecture experience

Nice To Haves

DAX programing language
DevOps
Graphic design / data visualization
Data governance experience
Advance MS Excel skills
Strong project management skills—scope, requirement gathering, prioritization, organization
Desire to learn and solve problems
Strong documentation skills—technical writing
Extreme degree of detail orientation, precision, and accuracy

Responsibilities

Deliver data-driven insights and ‘tell the story’ That enables strategic and operational decisions
Develop reporting for business consumption using primarily Power BI.
Monitor ongoing data transformation for accuracy and process improvement
Coordinate user testing for acceptance of BI solutions.
Interface with various internal teams to evaluate BI support requests and to proactively propose solutions
Work directly with customers to enhance and expand upon existing analytics services delivered via Power BI
Azure data architects to optimize data flows and establish new pipelines for external data sources
Provide consultancy to business units for detailed information on data availability, location, lineage, and quality.
Perform data analysis, profiling, and quality assessment to ensure the integrity of business data to necessary levels.
Work with adjacent technical leads and architects to implement new standards, new technology, and tactical solutions driving the business strategy forward.
Manage internal and external data access and utilization reporting
Explore options for new data insight distribution based on complex data sets with weekly cadence
Normalize, filter, and blend extracted datasets with internal datasets
Explore and advise on Data Science opportunities
Ability to manipulate and manage larger data sets