Sr Data Engineering and Data Governance Architect

Avanade Company•Chicago, IL

1d•$139,200 - $200,000

About The Position

Sr Data Engineering & Data Governance Architect Our talented Data & AI team is made up of globally recognized experts - and there's room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you're passionate about helping clients transform their business with the latest AI and data technologies, let's talk. Take your skills to a new level and launch a career where you can truly do what matters. Come join us As a Lead Solution Architect within our Data & AI Practice, you'll leverage a client-centric approach to understand our client’s challenges and opportunities to deliver solutions and services that make transformative change and deliver high value business outcomes. You'll engage in solutioning and support on the most strategic opportunities, intervene in high-risk complex deliveries, and contribute to shape the strategic direction using data platforms, reporting, self-service analytics, real time intelligence and AI engineering. Using the power of modern data platforms, visualizations, advanced analytics, machine learning, IOT/Digital Twins and applied intelligence, we help clients gain business insights to optimize their operations, drive innovation, and make more empowered decisions. Together we do what matters

Requirements

Strong experience with Microsoft Purview various Governance features including integration with other tools
Experience working with stakeholders to create technical visions, high-level architectures, and delivery roadmaps for large programs of work that involve the latest concepts particularly focused on Data Governance.
Experience in Data, Applied Intelligence, Automation, IOT and related technologies
Awareness of channels to market and how to work in a Microsoft and partner eco-system to ensure Customer Success.
High energy intent to help clients understand the fast-moving Data & AI industry, product and service evolution.
Demonstrate a deep understanding of responsible data platform and migration principles, practices and regulatory frameworks and articulate clearly how to address risks whilst quickly delivering impactful solutions.
Capability in creating design artifacts and presenting them for approval at architectural forums attended by multi-disciplined stakeholders from engineering to senior ("C level") client executives
In-depth understanding of modern Data & AI capabilities such as structured and unstructured data analysis, streaming data, IoT, AI, GenAI and related topical analytics fields
Experience in designing and delivering large-scale Data Platform solutions using relevant approaches (Lakehouse, Data Mesh, Fabric, Cloud Scale Analytics, etc.)
Identifying and designing for key architectural characteristics such as performance, security, and reliability
Comfortable actively engaging and leading sales and business development opportunities with clients
Proven success in consultative/complex technical sales and deployment projects, architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed applications required
Extensive experience working with large complex enterprise accounts architecting cloud solutions for data estate workloads and implementing large scale data projects within the cloud environment
You are acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to orchestrate, lead, and influence remote teams, ensuring successful implementation of customer projects
Consultative, collaborative, relationship builder
Resilient, adaptable, flexible
Humble leader, master negotiator, relationship builder
Passionate about tech and engaging with and advising clients

Nice To Haves

You likely possess an advanced degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, or machine learning.
At Avanade we also support an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Design and implement Purview solutions (catalog, classification, lineage, access governance)
Define governance standards, metadata models, and stewardship workflows.
Design and Integrate Purview with Azure, Databricks, Postgres and other platforms.
Partner with business and engineering teams to drive governance adoption and resolve issues
Establish best data governance practices, reusable patterns, and governance operating processes
Provide coaching and mentoring to motivate and inspire more junior colleagues from within your team and across the organization
Have the ability to translate complex technical concepts and solutions and present them in fit for audience language and value-based outcomes, to senior business stakeholders, technology leaders and internal sales teams.
Lead the development of data and analytics platforms, real time intelligence and reporting solutions using  Python, SQL,  Microsoft Azure Data Services, Fabric and Databricks.
Stay abreast of the latest advancements in Data and AI technologies and incorporate relevant innovations into our solutions.
Continue to identify the most relevant cross-industry solutions-at-scale for your region and execute on them including Data Migration, Automation Migration, Visualization/Reporting and Core Data Platform Modernization and Governance
Drive measurable and sustained growth across the Data & AI Solution Area
Integrate Data & AI into the other Global Solution Areas (Modern Workplace, Apps & Infrastructure, and Business Applications), offerings and go-to-market initiatives
Drive strong Managed Services and multi-year engagements for Data & AI

Benefits

Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

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