Cloud Data Architect

Do you want the opportunity to leverage your skills to make a direct impact on the world’s leading life sciences, consumer products, and retail companies? Join Clarkston Consulting as a Cloud Data Architect to help deliver creative business solutions to our market-leading clients as a part of our team of experienced professionals. We are looking for 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. Together, we can help find the answers to our clients most challenging business problems. What You’ll Do Clarkston gives you the opportunity to deliver great solutions, become recognized as an industry expert, and help build a great practice. 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 At Clarkston, we feel that we provide the greatest value to our clients through a combination of our industry expertise, business process knowledge, and consulting excellence. Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, throughout your career at Clarkston you will:

Have the support and mentorship of your Clarkston colleagues and leaders

Own your career – you'll be able to take charge of your career journey with diverse opportunities to lead and expand your skillset both at the client site and within the firm

Have the opportunity to make a real and positive impact not only the clients you work with, but on the firm as well

RequirementsWhat We’re Looking For:The Cloud Data Architect will help support our client(s) by serving in a lead capacity on client initiatives, mentoring more junior data architects and data engineers in Clarkston’s analytics team, assisting in defining client solutions, and support managing the delivery of those solutions.An ideal candidate as a Cloud Data Architect would have the following qualifications and experience:

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 from an accredited college or university

Travel RequirementTravel is an integral part of this role and is estimated to average 20-30%. This may vary based upon client and project needs. When not traveling, consultants work from their home office. Relocation is not required.More About ClarkstonFounded 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. BenefitsOur benefits include:

Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more)

401k with company contributions

Paid vacation, personal days, holidays, and sick leave

Paid Parental Leave and Family Building Benefits (Adoption, Surrogacy, and Infertility Support)

Life and Disability Insurance

Training and Professional Development investments, Tuition Assistance, and more

Visit Careers at Clarkston (https://clarkstonconsulting.com/careers-at-clarkston) to learn more about our culture, benefits, and opportunities.Clarkston Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring our firm is rich in diverse skills, competencies, strengths, personalities, and culture. We foster an inclusive environment that embraces the unique contributions of our people to further our purpose. Please visit Diversity @ Clarkston (https://clarkstonconsulting.com/diversity/) to learn more about our diversity initiatives.