Data Architect

Slalom Consulting•Los Angeles, CA

4d•$125,000 - $187,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all. Job Title: Data Architect Sr. Consultant or Principal So, what will I do? Slalom Data Engineering & Architecture discipline is comprised of passionate, flexible technologists who love to practice and hone their craft. As tools evolve and technologies emerge, we work to stay in front of innovations in data platform development and delivery. As a Data Architect for Slalom, you will work in collaborative teams with minimal oversight and direction to design and deliver innovative solutions on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform using core cloud data warehouse tools, distributed processing engines, event streaming platforms, and other modern data technologies. In addition to building the next generation of data platforms, you will be working with some of the most forward-thinking organizations in data and analytics. You will typically be responsible for understanding the client's current environment and technical challenges as well as their plans for evolving or creating their future state architecture. Using that knowledge, your personal experiences, architecture expertise, and your ability to facilitate working design sessions with Slalom and client technical teams, you will lead the analysis, architecture, design, and development of your client's next generation Data Platform Solution. You will leverage your communication skills to effectively describe the pros and cons of your solution design and drive the combined Slalom and client team to consensus. You are experienced at breaking down complex development tasks and will be responsible for the timely quality completion of development items, ensuring that they support the Technical Solution you designed. As time allows, you will participate in pre-sales activities including helping define an approach to solving a prospect's technical challenges and helping the business development team estimate and plan projects to address those challenges. And, what will I bring? As a Data Architect in the Data Engineering & Architecture discipline, you will bring a broad experience in architecture design, a deep expertise in one or more data engineering technologies (listed below), a curious mindset to your client's engagement, a thirst for knowledge, and a hunger for fearless experimentation in new and interesting ways to meet our clients' most pressing data challenges. You are a self-starter, effective in breaking down large problems into smaller ones, and regularly share what you learn with others within your projects and in the broader Slalom community. You will have opportunities to gain hands-on experience with new data platforms and programming languages as you explore a range of technologies that we help our clients with including: Big Data Platforms (Apache Spark, Presto, Amazon EMR) Cloud Data Warehouses (Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Google BigQuery, etc.) Object Oriented Coding (Java, Python) NoSQL Databases (DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, MongoDB) Container Management Systems (Kubernetes, Amazon ECS) Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (Amazon Sagemaker, Azure ML Studio) Streaming Data Ingestion and Analytics (Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka) Visual Analytics (Tableau, PowerBI) Modern Data Workflows (Apache Airflow, dbt, Dagster). Hybrid/In office: We are hybrid but there are expectations that if your team leader requires you onsite at either the client or Slalom office that you are able to meet those expectations/requirements. Compensation and Benefits Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance. Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego Sr. Consultant: $136,500 - $169,500 Principal: $151,000 - $187,500 Phoenix Sr. Consultant: $125,000 - $155,500 Principal: $138,500 - $172,000 We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: [email protected]. EEO and Accommodations Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact [email protected] if you require accommodations during the interview process.

Requirements

broad experience in architecture design
deep expertise in one or more data engineering technologies
curious mindset to your client's engagement
thirst for knowledge
hunger for fearless experimentation in new and interesting ways to meet our clients' most pressing data challenges
self-starter, effective in breaking down large problems into smaller ones
regularly share what you learn with others within your projects and in the broader Slalom community

Responsibilities

understanding the client's current environment and technical challenges as well as their plans for evolving or creating their future state architecture
lead the analysis, architecture, design, and development of your client's next generation Data Platform Solution
leverage your communication skills to effectively describe the pros and cons of your solution design and drive the combined Slalom and client team to consensus
breaking down complex development tasks and will be responsible for the timely quality completion of development items, ensuring that they support the Technical Solution you designed
participate in pre-sales activities including helping define an approach to solving a prospect's technical challenges and helping the business development team estimate and plan projects to address those challenges