Data Engineer
Axiom Consulting Partners help clients accelerate growth and transform their organization and workforce to improve execution. We leverage expertise in behavioral and data science to establish strategic direction and improve organization alignment and execution. We are looking for data and analytics-savvy professionals to join our Chicago-based team of consultants who have proven Data Engineering expertise and experience working with other data analysts and project resources. This role is client-facing and requires close collaboration with project team members to understand and solve complex problems.
Primary Responsibilities
- Work with the Axiom team to develop hypotheses that diagnose business problems or opportunities, and then create the analytical work plan to test them
- Create and manage highly structured data requests that acquire the right information in the right format to execute on the analytical work plan
- Serve as lead point of contact with the client and be accountable for all matters related to data acquisition, cleaning, integration, management, transformation, interpretation, and analytics
- Work with Power BI or Tableau to present and visualize new insights or reveal complex relationships between variables in a clear, accurate, and compelling manner that supports evolving ideation
- Lead discussions internally around the relationship between different data elements to add to the Axiom team’s knowledge, awareness, clarity, and depth in addressing the client situation and potential solutions
- Develop and provide meaningful insights and relevant points-of-view on complex concepts directly to clients through simple, plainspoken materials
- Contribute to leading-edge thinking that deepens the Firm’s capabilities in data science and engineering and differentiates Axiom in the market
Requirements
Qualifications & Experiences
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or related field
- At least two years of experience working on an analytics or data science team
- Experience communicating directly with clients and addressing business problems through analytics
- Passion for learning and track record of keeping up to date on technologies, platforms, and tools
- Some travel may be required
Required Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities
- Business acumen
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Critical thinking and ideation
- Project management
- Experience with and capability to execute on:
- Production databases (e.g., SQL Server, MongoDB) and related administrative tools (e.g., SQL Management Studio, Navicat)
- Python (preferable) or R
- Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities
- Working knowledge of Azure
- Experience managing databases in the cloud (as well as AWS)
- Working knowledge of data transformation tools (e.g., Alteryx)
- Experience operationalizing data pipelines to support analytics in a production environment
- Coursework or qualification in Machine Learning
- Experience applying ML techniques in real world business scenarios
The candidate will be expected to pass a remote assessment on data structure and manipulation using SQL before we initiate the interview process.
Please note:
We are unable to consider any applicants without US citizenship or a green card. The position will be located in our Chicago office when we return to an in-person work environment.