Designs and delivers analytics solutions on Snowflake using dbt, SQL, and modern ELT practices. Responsibilities include data modeling, pipeline development, migrations, performance optimization, data quality, security, orchestration, CI/CD, and release management. Leads discovery and requirements gathering, translates business needs into analytics architectures, provides technical guidance, and communicates recommendations to client stakeholders in agile consulting environments.
As a Senior Data Management Consultant, you will play a key role in designing, building, and enabling analytics solutions on modern cloud data platforms. This role focuses on solving complex data integration and modeling challenges using Snowflake and dbt, while partnering closely with clients and stakeholders to deliver trusted, high-impact analytics solutions.
This position requires a strong blend of technical expertise and consulting skills, including the ability to lead discovery, translate business needs into well-designed data models, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze data from diverse source systems to understand upstream business processes, data semantics, and integration requirements
- Lead discovery and requirements-gathering efforts with business and technical stakeholders to shape analytics solutions
- Design and implement scalable Snowflake-based data architectures that support analytics, reporting, and downstream consumption
- Develop, test, and maintain robust, performance-optimized ELT pipelines using Snowflake and dbt best practices
- Build curated, analytics-ready data models that enable self-service reporting and decision-making
- Apply analytics engineering best practices, including modular modeling, testing, documentation, and version control using dbt
- Identify and resolve complex data integration, data quality, and performance issues across the analytics stack
- Implement and maintain CI/CD workflows for data pipelines and analytics models using GitHub or GitLab
- Lead or support data migrations from on-premises or legacy platforms to Snowflake
- Provide technical leadership and guidance on data modeling standards, transformation patterns, and analytics architecture
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams using agile delivery methodologies
- Support release management for data platforms, pipelines, and analytics assets
- Design and manage workflow orchestration and monitoring for data pipelines
- Ensure data platform security, including role-based access control and secure data sharing within Snowflake
- Communicate clearly and confidently with clients, including presenting technical concepts, tradeoffs, and recommendations
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or data management roles
- Strong experience designing and delivering analytics solutions on Snowflake, including data modeling, performance optimization, and security
- Hands-on experience using dbt for analytics engineering, including model development, testing, and documentation
- Advanced SQL skills, including complex transformations, multi-layer queries, and analytical patterns
- Experience developing ELT pipelines in a modern cloud data platform environment
- Strong understanding of modern data warehousing, analytics engineering, and semantic modeling concepts
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and version control using GitHub and or GitLab
- Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into well-structured data models and analytics solutions
- Strong consulting and client-facing skills, including stakeholder communication, expectation management, and solution ownership
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
- Experience working in agile, client-facing, or consulting environments
The anticipated base salary for this role is $120,000 - 160,000. Final pay rate will be determined based on experience, qualifications and geographic location
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