Principal Data Engineer, DataBricks

Posted 6 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
150K-178K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Professional Services • Security • Analytics • Consulting • Utilities • Renewable Energy
We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating value with our clients.
The Role
As a Principal Data Engineer, you will lead a technical team, interact with clients, and drive projects in various industries. You will be responsible for full life-cycle project management including requirements gathering, development, implementation, and fostering creativity in design. Your role involves mentoring team members, leveraging modern technologies, and suggesting innovative solutions to meet clients' technology needs.
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We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer/Architect with strong application development and architecture skills to work with our clients to solve technology needs. Architects will be responsible for working directly with multiple clients in various industries leading a highly collaborative team of the best and brightest engineers at West Monroe. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Technology and Experience practice on strategic enterprise architecture projects, post-merger integrations, and leading large-scale implementations.
Your West Monroe team will be comprised of our industry specialists as well as your technical and functional counterparts. Together, we work with client leadership to set vision, define strategy, and execute via project implementation to add the value that only West Monroe Partners can. As an Architect at West Monroe, you will help set the direction for this growing team.

Responsibilities: 

  • Architects are expected to interact with key decision makers (CIO, IT Directors, etc...) at our clients to drive projects
  • Architects are expected to lead and mentor a technical team lead while leading projects and being the client liaison
  • Architects are expected to be an expert and suggest new technologies to our clients
  • Architects lead on full life-cycle projects from requirements gathering through development, implementation, and roll-out
  • Architects have the flexibility to be creative and impact designs with a “blank slate” development mentality within the general boundaries of clients’ expectations
  • Architects work on highly interactive custom web front ends as well as full application and system development / integration

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred, or equivalent experience required
  • 7-11+ years of work experience in a data environment 
  • Development of or architecture of modern distributed architectures using modern messaging patterns and tools
  • Strong software engineering experience with the following core competencies:
    • Expertise within Databricks. 
    • Experience working with relational databases (Microsoft SQL Server) and working with large unstructured data sets
    • Strong experience with ETL procedures and ideation from scratch
    • Experience using cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, etc.
    • Experience with reporting tools such as Microsoft PowerBI and Tableau
    • Working knowledge or experience working with Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake or Azure Data Factory.
  • Experience in working with in a fast-paced, collaborative, and team-based project environment
  • Ability to lead and mentor other team members or developers while leading projects
  • A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives 
  • Consulting firm/industry experience preferred 
  • Willingness to travel for out of town client engagements


Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available for use after successful completion of one year of employment.

Seattle or Washington, D.C.

$150,300$178,200 USD

Los Angeles

$163,100$186,700 USD

New York City or San Francisco

$175,600$195,200 USD

A location not listed above

$140,500$168,700 USD

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At West Monroe, we work with you.

We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.

The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.

You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer  
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. 

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.  

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
2,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating value for our clients. We co-create solutions that accelerate results now and prepare industries to tackle what’s next. We’re excited by the possibilities that technology creates. We work with our clients to deliver on the possible, building on their goals, generating fresh insights and creating inspiring outcomes.

We excel at the intersection of industry, strategy, people and technology—always driving rapid impact. Our all-in approach comes from our unique employee ownership structure. Our clients’ success is our success. From the beginning, our growth has come from putting people at the center. Fortune and USA Today consistently celebrate West Monroe as a top workplace, and we’re recognized as a leading consultancy by Forbes and Forrester.

Why Work With Us

It’s our mission to help build the next generation of leaders, and we’re committed to partnering with employees to build an experience that’s challenging, fulfilling, and filled with constant opportunities to grow, and to make a real difference.

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