Consultant, Data Engineering

What You'll Do

·    Partner with client stakeholders to understand business priorities, uncover root causes, define requirements, and translate complex needs into actionable data solutions.

·    Lead problem-solving activities across ambiguous and complex environments, evaluating options, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs.

·    Design, build, test, and support scalable data pipelines, lakehouse solutions, and curated data products using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks.

·    Develop reliable data transformations and engineering components using Python, PySpark, and SQL.

·    Facilitate discovery sessions, technical workshops, backlog refinement, solution walkthroughs, and stakeholder updates.

·    Manage stakeholder expectations through clear communication, proactive issue management, and transparent delivery reporting.

·    Apply sound engineering practices for data quality, observability, security, governance, performance optimization, and operational support.

·    Contribute to architecture decisions, estimates, delivery plans, technical documentation, and client presentations.

·    Collaborate with architects, analysts, data scientists, AI engineers, and delivery teams across onshore and offshore environments.

·    Support and mentor junior team members through technical guidance, reviews, and knowledge sharing.

·    Explore opportunities to integrate AI engineering capabilities into data solutions, including Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Copilot Studio.

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Skills and experience

·    3 to 6 years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, business intelligence, or related data roles.

·    Hands-on experience delivering solutions with both Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks.

·    Strong programming skills in Python, with practical experience using PySpark and SQL.

·    Experience designing and building ETL/ELT pipelines, lakehouse architectures, data transformations, and curated data layers.

·    Proven consulting or professional services experience, including direct interaction with client stakeholders.

·    Demonstrated ability to structure complex problems, investigate root causes, evaluate alternatives, and drive pragmatic solutions.

·    Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, and presentation skills.

·    Ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

·    Experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Power BI, Microsoft Purview, or Azure DevOps.

·    Experience working in Agile delivery environments and contributing to estimation, planning, testing, and release activities.

·    Eligibility for Government of Canada Secret Security Clearance.

AI Engineering Exposure

·    Exposure to AI engineering concepts and the delivery of AI-enabled or agentic solutions.

·    Familiarity with Microsoft Foundry for developing, evaluating, or operationalizing AI solutions.

·    Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot Studio for building and integrating copilots or agents into business workflows.

·    Understanding of how governed, high-quality data platforms enable analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic experiences.

Compensation at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below. 

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.  ​

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It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

See more information on our benefits here:Canada Employee Benefits | Avanade

British Columbia/Ontario/ New Brunswick      - CAD96,700 - CAD115,000

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