What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solution Consultant (Atlanta/ Remote) position at BlueGranite?
About BlueGranite
Founded in 1996 and based in the US, BlueGranite is a national Microsoft partner, specializing in data and analytics technologies and dedicated to helping our clients harness the value of data to drive business outcomes.
Our world-class team of data architects, data engineers, and analytics specialists are highly regarded for their commitment to quality, innovation, and thought leadership. We combine our technical depth with industry experience to understand our clients' specific needs, offering strategic, program-level consulting services from envisioning to organization-wide adoption of modern data platform and analytics solutions on Azure.
Our BlueGranite Catalyst framework improves time-to-value for clients, launching a well-architected solution that can quickly scale, while realizing measurable results. We are an inclusive, high-performing, award-winning team, earning the Microsoft 2021 Global Partner of the Year Finalist Award for Power BI and the Microsoft 2021 US Partner Award in Social Impact for Inclusion Changemaker.
About the Role
Our Solutions Consultant team members are hands-on data professionals, building and deploying modern analytics solutions that address our clients’ needs to uncover insights, improve decision making, and enable digital transformation strategies. We look for high performers who are self-motivated and ready to collaborate and engage with their team. Typical backgrounds include professional experience in data warehousing and business intelligence, with an eye towards new modern analytics solutions in the cloud. Industry experience in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, or public sector is a big plus.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years of professional project experience with data & analytics solutions
- Self-starter, self-managed, quick learner with a growth mindset
- Strong problem solving, analytical, and deductive reasoning aptitude
- Ability to work remotely, at a home-office, with optional travel up to 25%
- Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills
- Degree in information technology, computer science, business, or engineering
- Ability and desire to handle a variety of clients and projects throughout the year
Desired Technical Skills:
- Experience building solutions for data warehousing, data lakes, and business intelligence
- Experience using SQL Server, Azure data services, or Power BI
-or- equivalent services on Amazon (AWS) such as S3, RedShift, EMR, Glue, or QuickSight, with desire to learn Azure and/or Power BI
Bonus Technical Skills:
- Experience with Apache Spark, python, and/or machine learning
- Experience with C# / .NET including Entity Framework and knowledge of WebAPIs
- Experience with Angular or similar frameworks like React or Vue
BlueGranite offers competitive salaries for this position depending on aptitude, skillset, and experience, with an emphasis on work life balance.
We offer a range of benefits including medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401k retirement plan, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, flexible work schedules and vacation time, plus stipends for home office equipment and connectivity and an annual personal budget for professional development.
This position is for U.S. based applicants currently residing in (or able to relocate prior to starting) the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Washington.
Please note that we are not able to provide sponsorship for student or other employment work visas at this time.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.