Senior Manager, Azure Data Engineering - West Region

Avanade - Denver, CO

Full-time - Senior

Denver, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Senior Azure Data Engineer at Avanade, you will leverage modern data engineering techniques and advanced analytics to support business decisions for our clients. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of data-driven insights, allowing you to make a significant impact on our clients' success. You will be responsible for translating business requirements into technical solutions, ensuring that our data architecture aligns with the strategic goals of the organization. Your expertise will be essential in analyzing current business practices, identifying opportunities for improvement, and delivering robust architectures for data transformations using cloud technologies. In this position, you will design and build data pipelines and data streams, develop and maintain data warehouses and databases, and implement effective metrics and monitoring processes. Your consultative approach will enable you to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders, fostering strong relationships and ensuring that the data solutions you provide meet their needs. You will also be expected to demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and flexibility in your work, as well as a passion for technology and a commitment to continuous learning. Your role will require you to be a convincing storyteller and an engaging content creator, capable of communicating complex technical concepts in a way that resonates with both technical and non-technical audiences. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the development of innovative data solutions that drive business success.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Analyze current business practices and identify opportunities.
• Support data design services and perform needs assessments.
• Deliver architectures for data transformations using cloud technologies.
• Design and build data pipelines and data streams.
• Develop and maintain data warehouses and databases.
• Implement effective metrics and monitoring processes.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience turning business use cases into technical solutions.
• Experience in business process mapping of data and analytics solutions.
• Ability to conduct data profiling, cataloging, and mapping for technical design.
• Mastery of .NET C# and T-SQL; familiarity with U-SQL.
• Knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL DW, and Azure SQL.
• Experience preparing data for Data Science and Machine Learning.
• Strong team collaboration and experience working with remote teams.
• Previous consulting experience is a huge plus.