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Slalom Consulting

Consulting Senior Principal, Data Engineering

Slalom Consulting, Saint Louis, MO


This is a hybrid role aligned to our St. Louis local office and candidates must be based in/or within commutable distance of the greater St. Louis area.

Who You'll Work With

As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have a passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies.

As a leader within our Data & Analytics practice, you will work with clients to scope and shape solutions with an-outcome-oriented mindset, building relationships with businesses within the Greater St. Louis area and delivering exceptional and sustainable results. You will help lead our team to build expertise and expand our capabilities. You will be focused on the delivery of complex data solutions that impact clients while growing our business. Come innovate with us and create new growth opportunities for Slalom! #LoveYourFuture.

Who are you?

You know data and you know how businesses are using data to make an impact in the world. You are a smart, collaborative person who takes ownership and gets things done. You are intellectually curious in business process as well as technology tools, platforms and languages. You plan, but you are a master of adaptation and improvisation. You are highly fungible and willing to wear multiple hats. You are a fast learner who can connect seemingly disparate ideas and help others create those same connections. You understand the best parts of tools and methodologies and can use them to create masterpieces of innovation. You are comfortable solving highly critical problems for some of most recognized organizations in the world. You bring your passion to work.

What You'll Bring

Previous experience working with business stakeholders to scope and estimate levels of effort to deliver
• Demonstrated experience working with mid and senior-level executives
• 8+ years in the Data world, experienced in architecture, data modeling, data engineering and/or data governance
• Experience leading technical teams to deliver outcomes and solutions

What You'll Do
• Develop presentations for Slalom leadership teams around solution offerings
• Develop and deliver proposals to clients including content, budgetary estimates, and resource requirements
• Build conceptual architectures for modern data solutions
• Gather technical requirements, assess client capabilities, and analyze findings to provide appropriate solution recommendations and adoption strategies
• Collaborate and build delivery teams with the right skills to deliver the best outcomes
• Provide technical direction and oversight to data engineering and cloud teams
• Collaborate as part of larger delivery teams which may include project managers, business analysts, architects, developers, and change management professionals

What technologies will you be using?

Everything, depending on clients' needs. Python, SQL, AWS, GCP, Golang, Hadoop, Snowflake, RDBMS, Kakfa, BI reporting tools, and Data Science toolkits. Projects may also require understanding of how to move from a legacy system (SQL Server, relational databases, etc) into a more modern architecture. No one needs to be an expert in everything on day 1 but we are always learning new things to solve problems, like:
  • Big Data Platforms (Apache Spark, Presto, Amazon EMR)
  • Cloud Data Warehouses (Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Google BigQuery)
  • Object Oriented Coding (Java, Python)
  • NoSQL Databases (DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, MongoDB)
  • Container Management Systems (Kubernetes, Amazon ECS)
  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / MLops (Amazon Sagemaker, Azure ML Studio)
  • Streaming Data Ingestion and Analytics (Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka)
  • Modern Data Workflows (Apache Airflow, dbt, Dagster)

About Us

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 43 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 13,000+ strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We're honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process. #LI-DK2