About this role
Perficient currently has a career opportunity for a Data Architect - Azure Big Data in our Data Solutions practice. This is a national position that can be located in any well-connected city.
If not local to St. Louis or Des Moines (client locations), expected travel is 75% for the first 6 weeks and then drops to 50% (every other week).
Responsibilities:
Own and aggressively drive forward specific areas of Azure technology architecture and provide architectural solutions/designs to project execution teams for implementation.Provide architectural assessments, strategies, and roadmaps for one or more technologies including ADLS and Synapse (formerly knows as ADW)Lead workshops with many teams to define data ingestion, validation, mining, engineering, modeling, visualization, AI, and analyticsDesign and Build Azure Data services including ADF, ADL, AMM, ADLS, ADW, Power BI, AML, ABS, and other services within the Azure data frameworkLead the technical planning & requirements gathering phases including estimate, develop, test, manage projects, architect and deliver complex projectsParticipate and lead in design sessions, demos and prototype sessions, testing and training workshops with business users and other IT associatesContribute to the thought capital through the creation of executive presentations, architecture documents and articulate them to executives through presentations determine Project and solution estimation and team structure definitionSupport multiple Agile Scrum teams with planning, scoping, and creation of technical solutions for the new product capabilities, through to continuous delivery to production.Provide end to end vision and hands-on experience with Azure Cloud PlatformProvide vision and leadership to define the core technologies necessary to meet client needs including development tools and methodologies, package solutions, systems architecture, security techniques, and emerging technologiesLiaise with offshore team and clients for resolving technical dependencies, issues, and risks.Mentor and provide architectural guidance to multiple teams building innovative applications.Drive common vision, practices, and capabilities across teams.Engage with business stakeholders to understand required capabilities, integrating business knowledge with technical solutionsEngage with Technical Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needsDemonstrate broad solutions technical leadership, impacting significant technical direction, exerting influence outside of the immediate team, and driving change At least 10+ years of experience in designing, architecting and implementing large scale data processing/data storage/data distribution systems particularly in AzureMost recent 2+ years of experience in delivering large scale Azure projectsAt least 5+ years real-time and streaming experience in Azure-based data solutionsAt least 3+ years in presales and demo using Azure data services including ADW and ADLSAt least 5+ years of Hands-on administration, configuration management, monitoring, performance tuning of Hadoop/Distributed platformsAt least 5+ years of demonstrated experience at least in the most recent 2+ years of designing and delivering solutions using the Cortana Intelligence suite of analytics services part of Microsoft Azure including Azure Machine Learning Studio, HDInsight, Polybase, Azure Data Lake Analytics, Azure Data Warehouse, Streaming Analytics, Data Catalog, R/R StudioShould have experience designing service management, orchestration, monitoring, and management requirements of the cloud platform.At least 3+ years of experience in migrating large volumes of data using standard Azure automation tools from on-premise and cloud infrastructure to AzureAbility to produce high-quality work products under pressure and within deadlines with specific referencesVERY strong communication, solutions, and client-facing skills especially non-technical business usersAt least 5+ years of working with the large multi-vendor environment with multiple teams and people as a part of the projectAt least 2+ year of working with Power BIAt least 5+ years of working with a complex Big Data environment using Microsoft tools5+ years of experience with Team Foundation Server/JIRA/GitHub and other code management toolsetsPreferred Skills and Education:
Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Certification in Azure platform
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