Data Engineering Lead

Data Engineering Lead Our talented Data & AI Practice 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 make better data-driven decisions to tackle their most complex business issues, let's talk. Take your skills to a new level and launch a career where you can truly do what matters.As a Data Engineering Lead within our Ireland Data & AI Practice, you'll be instrumental in helping build our unique offering, leveraging cutting edge Microsoft technologies. You'll lead an exceptional team working on impactful projects and use a client-centric approach to translate our client's business strategy into solutions and services that lead to successful, impactful outcomes.You'll engage in solutioning and support on the most strategic opportunities, intervene in high-risk complex deliveries, and contribute toshape the strategic direction around data architecture. Together we do what matters.* Experience working with stakeholders to create technical visions, high-level architectures, and delivery roadmaps for large programs of work that involve platforming/re-platforming Data Solutions within Azure cloud, utilizing tools such as Databricks and Fabric * 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 * Experience in designing and delivering large-scale Data Platform solutions using relevant approaches (Lakehouse, Data Mesh, Cloud Scale Analytics, etc.) * Identifying and designing for key architectural characteristics such as performance, security, and reliability * Experience in taking customers from Day 1 workshop through to large scale data modernisation projects, whilst expertly helping clients navigate that journeyCharacteristics that can spell success for this role:* You are passionate about tech and engaging with and advising clients * 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. * 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 * Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, architecture designs, database migrations, and technology management* As an Engineering Lead assigned to a client project, you will typically work closely with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical leadership, drive architectural decisions, create plans and roadmaps, and produce design artifacts * Assist clients in their journey to Microsoft Azure or leverage their existing investment in it - you can expect a significant focus on applying cloud architectural patterns and migration strategies * Play a key role in Avanade's sales process with the responsibility for shaping the high-level design, estimates, and contractual details for client proposals in collaboration with other subject matter experts in the business * As a senior member of the Avanade technical community, you will provide coaching and mentoring to motivate and inspire more junior colleagues from within your team and across the organization * Connect with Microsoft Product Teams on new releases and work closely with them on the product release programsSome of the best things about working at Avanade * People-first culture that supports innovationand encourages people to move forward * Turn your ideas to human impact by cultivating a team that willhelp clients unlock what's next * Opportunities to innovate in the Microsoft platform while charting your own career path * On-the-job growth through hackathons, innovation contests, and other expressions of our passion for innovating with purpose * Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.