Senior Data & AI Engineer - Managed Services

3Cloud
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward experienced engineers comfortable with Microsoft Azure and Fabric tool stacks, working in a remote setting with a strong emphasis on collaboration and client relationship management.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of experience in Microsoft Azure and Fabric data environments and a history of mentoring others.
    — “Mentor/coach onshore and offshore engineers on assigned clients”
  • Professionals who thrive in fast-paced, client-facing roles and can translate technical solutions into business outcomes.
    — “Communicate technical issues and solutions to clients in business terms”
  • Individuals with a strong background in DevOps and DataOps practices and a track record of managing support escalations.
    — “handle escalations from more junior team members as appropriate”

Things to consider

  • No visa sponsorship available, so only candidates eligible to work in the US should apply.
    — “we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas”
  • The role involves managing client relationships, which may require strong interpersonal and communication skills.
    — “Client relationship skills and experience managing vendors”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in medallion data lake architecture and semantic models in your resume.
    — “storing across the stages of medallion data lake architecture”
  • Demonstrate your ability to lead technical discussions and provide strategic guidance in interviews.
    — “serve as lead engineer for technical questions and support tickets”
  • Showcase your ability to document and communicate complex technical processes clearly.
    — “Create and maintain updated documentation for each client’s environment”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Prompt responses to escalations
  • Comprehensive solutions for customers
  • Mentoring and supporting engineers
  • Promoting best practices
Typical background
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceExperience in Azure Data platformExperience with Databricks and PowerBI

Skills & requirements

Required

Azure Data PlatformDatabricksPowerbiETLData WarehousingAi/mlopsMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft FabricData EngineeringData AnalyticsTechnical CommunicationGovernance And Security Best Practices

Preferred

Licensing ManagementMetadata-driven ETL ArchitecturesMedallion Data Lake ArchitectureStar Schema Data ModelsCustom Solutions Research

Stack & domain

Azure Data PlatformDatabricksFabric / PowerbiMicrosoft AzureFabric Tool StacksData & AIADFSQL DWAzure SynapseAzure DatabricksMicrosoft Fabric Data EngineeringMicrosoft Power BIETLData WarehousingReportingAi/mlopsMetadata-driven ETL ArchitecturesStar Schema Data ModelsEnterprise Data WarehousingBusiness IntelligenceAI/ ML ApplicationsData EngineeringData AnalyticsCollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipMentorshipCoachingStrategic ThinkingTechnical CommunicationCloud ComputingMachine Learning

About the role

Original posting from 3Cloud via Greenhouse

Are you looking for a role that motivates and challenges you? Are you ready for an opportunity for growth? Do you want to work on teams where people roll up their sleeves to take on tough problems together, and regularly blow the doors off our clients with their outstanding teamwork? If you answered yes to those questions, 3Cloud might just be for you!

At 3Cloud, we hire people who aren’t afraid to experiment or fail. We hire people who are willing to give direct and candid feedback to their managers, leaders, and team members. We hire people who jump at those opportunities because they care about our collective growth and success. We hire people who challenge and hold each other accountable for living 3Cloud’s core values because they know that it will result in amazing experiences and solutions for our clients and each other.

Senior Data & AI Engineer - Managed Services  

Responsibilities  

Lead a collaborative effort supporting multiple clients’ Azure Data platform, Databricks, and/or Fabric / PowerBI environments, ensuring prompt responses to any escalations while analyzing and resolving incidents 

Manage, advise, and delegate all aspects of assigned client’s in-scope services (e.g. alerting & monitoring, platform governance, ETL, Data Warehousing, Reporting, AI/MLops, etc.) 

Architect, implement, monitor, and support enhancements to clients’ Microsoft Azure and/or Fabric tool stacks for Data & AI (ADF, SQL DW, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering, Microsoft Power BI) 

Understand and advise customers on licensing involving Microsoft data and AI solutions, and understand the limits/advantages of each licensing platform 

Support comprehensive solutions for customers including importing data from multiple sources, transforming via metadata-driven ETL architectures, storing across the stages of medallion data lake architecture, and serving performant star schema data models for Enterprise Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and AI/ ML applications 

Research new and custom solutions where appropriate; learn, apply, and refine skills around data engineering and data analytics 

Interact with clients to identify issues, troubleshoot expediently, and follow up on issues within contracted SLAs 

Regularly and proactively communicate ticket status information to all associated parties, handle escalations from more junior team members as appropriate 

Attend regularly cadenced client meetings and serve as lead engineer for technical questions and support tickets 

Communicate technical issues and solutions to clients in business terms with an eye toward supporting strategic business outcomes 

Configure, administer, tune and develop client’s data environment based on governance and security best practices and well-architected frameworks 

Create and maintain updated documentation for each client’s environment  

Promote best practices for clients and internally to enhance and improve organizational processes 

Mentor/coach onshore and offshore engineers on assigned clients – coordinate technical work sessions for gap areas and refine client communications 

Collaborate with team members and client stakeholders to ensure solutions align to our client’s needs and best practices, and to identify opportunities for growth in a client engagement 

Advise clients on their technical journey while mentoring and supporting engineers across the team 

Requirements  

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent certification 

Experience working in a support role and understanding standard support processes (i.e. ITIL) 

5+ years architecting, implementing, and supporting solutions on the Microsoft Azure and Fabric tool stacks for Data & AI (ADF, SQL DW, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Power BI) 

Strong proficiency in Enterprise Data Warehousing, Semantic Models, Data Lake Architecture, and Metadata-driven ETL processes is required 

Experience with DevOps/ DataOps, for example experience delivering work using git-based source control and automated deployment pipelines is required 

Experience implementing and/or supporting Agentic AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, and/or LLM use cases on the Microsoft tool stack for Data & AI is preferred 

Strong verbal and written communication skills 

A passion for problem solving and learning new technologies 

Client relationship skills and experience managing vendors 

Ability to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment 

Strong desire for personal development and learning, including commitment to continuously upgrading your technical skills as the data landscape change 

Work remote, but not alone – with a team filled top to bottom with data analytics professionals 

Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.  

At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.  

Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.

Source: 3Cloud careers (Greenhouse)

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