Data Engineering Associate Director (Microsoft Fabric & Databricks)

Protiviti • Minneapolis, MN

16d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver . At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success . Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.
Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing Enterprise Data & Analytics .
As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements. You'll partner with our strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business , and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.
You enjoy business-focused analytics, reporting, and engineering solutions and requirements and how they can be solved with Microsoft technologies. You are passionate about building trusted relationships with C-level executives and providing exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work. You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership. You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members. You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities. You enjoy discovering prospective project work with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions. You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities. You view client challenges as opportunities to add value and can translate that into new project proposals and sales. You are seen as a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams. You have interest in managing a diverse portfolio of clients across industries.

Requirements

• Ability to articulate the value of Microsoft Fabric and Business Intelligence solutions to customers and colleagues, and proven track record of data storytelling to guide decision-making.
• Participation in the process of formulating , communicating, and executing data strategies that align with organizational goals and objectives leveraging Microsoft technologies .
• Experience in assessing existing data solutions, whether on-premises or in the cloud, to inform improvement initiatives.
• Basic skills in architecting future state data solutions on Azure and Microsoft Fabric based on the Well-Architected Framework.
• Some experience in planning and migrating data solutions from various sources, including on-premises, other cloud platforms, or legacy systems, to Microsoft Cloud 1 st Solutions .
• Proficiency with implementing ETL processes and databases on Microsoft Technologies .
• Experience optimizing existing data implementations, including pipelines, queries, and data models, to enhance performance and delivery of value to the business.
• Knowledge of administering and maintaining data solutions to ensure stability, security, scalability, and affordability.
• Proficiency in data engineering , including data movement, data integration, transformation, and cleansing.
• Ability to contribute to designing and managing data warehousing solutions that optimize data storage and retrieval.
• Skills in data modeling , including entity-relationship diagrams, dimensional modeling, and semantic modeling.
• Track record of creating engaging data visualizations and interactive dashboards.
• Ability to perform data analytics , including exploratory data analysis and leveraging data for actionable insights.
• Some experience with implementing data governance frameworks and policies, including an understanding of managing data assets.
• Understanding of data security practices, including encryption and access control.
• Some knowledge of networking as it applies to configuring Azure data solutions.
• Understanding of DevOps or DataOps concepts and experience with the deployment of Azure data solutions.
• Proficiency in SQL and bonus for familiarity with any of the programming languages utilized within the Microsoft Data Platform stack, such as Python, Spark, C#, Java, Scala, R, DAX, MDX, or M.
• Competency with at least 3 and exposure to most of these technologies: Microsoft Fabric Azure Storage Azure Databricks ( PySpark , SparkSQL , etc.) Power BI Git-based version control and deployments for Azure Data Solutions Microsoft Purview
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, CIS, Analytics)
• 9 + years working in in professional services or industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced certification is preferred (see Recommended Qualifications).
• Bonus: Experience with Data Science and/or Machine Learning.
• Bonus: Azure AI tooling
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineering Associate (highly desired)
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Responsibilities

• Strengthening relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements
• Partnering with strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology
• Developing strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking
• Devising solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods
• Developing new projects, help identify new business , and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market
• Mentoring and providing growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability.
• We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions.
• We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year.
• Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees