Cloud Data ConsultantCanada | Remote | Work from Homenbsp;Why You?Are you based in Canada? Are you a Cloud Solutions or Cloud Data Architect? Can you work alongside a sales team in a pre sales consulting role, to help them with potential customers and win deals? Can you provide advanced data consulting in the form of workshops or custom consulting? Do you design cloud-based architectures that provide data for reporting, analytics and machine learning? Could you help Pythian's customers to transform how they compete and win in an ever-changing environment by delivering advanced on-prem, hybrid, cloud and multi-cloud solutions to solve their toughest data challenges, faster and better than anyone else? If you have a passion for solving complex problems with technology and love data, then this could be the job for you!What Will You Be Doing?
Working alongside the Pythian Sales team as a technical leader and experienced data professional to meet with potential customers and win deals
Providing advanced data consulting which may be in the form of pre-created workshops or possibly custom consulting
Designing cloud-based architectures that usually serve the purpose of providing data for reporting, analytics and machine learning
Draft estimations, proposals and statements of work
Provide oversight to solutions once in the delivery phase
Prior to Covid-19, the position also included frequent travel to potential clients and to participate in events with partners. Once pandemic concerns have been alleviated, this position may have around 50% travel.nbsp;
What Do We Need From You?
While we realise you might not have everything on the list, to be the successful candidate for the Cloud Data Consultant job you will likely have prior experience as a Database Administrator, Data Architect or Cloud Solutions Architectnbsp;and specialized knowledge and experience in the following:
Excellent knowledge of the business of Data management amp; Data lifecycle
A strong understanding and experience with Cloud architectures specifically: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS) with a focus on the data services
In-depth knowledge of popular database and data warehouse technologies from Microsoft, Amazon and/or Google (Big Data amp; Conventional RDBMS), Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Teradata, Redshift, nbsp;BigQuery, Snowflake etc.
Good understanding of conventional databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, etc.)nbsp;
Experience moving data to cloud and designing cloud based data warehouses/architectures
Writing or spec’ing out data pipelines
Knowledge of cloud based ingestion and transformation tools
Prior experience in a technical sales environment
Consulting experience amp; Management experience would be nice to have
A certification such as Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, Google Professional Data Engineer or related AWS Certified Solutions Architect / Big Data or Microsoft Azure Architect would also be great
What Do You Get In Return?
Competitive total rewards package
Flexible work environment: Why commute? Work remotely from your home, there’s no daily travel requirement to the office!
Outstanding people: Collaborate with the industry’s top minds.
Substantial training allowance: Hone your skills or learn new ones; participate in professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, whatever you like!
Office Allowance: A device of your choosing and personalise your work environment!
Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity.
Why Pythian?Pythian excels at helping businesses use their data and cloud to transform how they compete and win in this ever-changing environment by delivering advanced on-prem, hybrid, cloud and multi-cloud solutions to solve the toughest data challenges faster and better than anyone else. Founded and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada in 1997, Pythian now has more than 320 employees located around the globe with over 350 clients spanning industries from SaaS; media; gaming; financial services; e-commerce and more. Pythian is known for its technology-enabled data expertise covering everything from ETL to ML. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver innovative solutions that meet the specific data goals of each client and have built meaningful partnerships with major cloud vendors AWS, Google and Microsoft. The powerful combination of our extensive expertise in data and cloud and our ability to keep on top of the latest bleeding edge technologies make us the perfect partner to help mid and large-sized businesses transform to stay ahead in today’s rapidly changing digital economy. If you are anbsp;Cloud Data Consultant; live in Canada; love your data and want to love your career then join us!nbsp; Intrigued to see what a job is like at Pythian or check us out @Pythian and #pythianlife. Follow @PythianJobs on Twitter and @loveyourdata on Instagram!Not the right job for you? Check out what other great jobs Pythian has open around the world! Pythian Careersnbsp;DisclaimerFor this job an equivalent combination of education and experience, which results in demonstrated ability to apply skills will also be considered.Pythian is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.The successful applicant will need to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a background check.Applicants must be legally authorized to work in their country of residence permanently Pythian will not relocate, sponsor, or file petitions of any kind on behalf of a foreign worker to gain a work visa, become a permanent resident based on a permanent job offer, or to otherwise obtain authorization to work.No recruitment agenciesnbsp;