Data Engineering Associate Director (Microsoft Fabric & Databricks)

JOB REQUISITION Data Engineering Associate Director (Microsoft Fabric & Databricks) LOCATION MINNEAPOLIS ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S) Job Description You Belong Here The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success . Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. Where We Need You Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing Enterprise Data & Analytics. What You Can Expect As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements. You'll partner with our strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans. What Will Help You Be Successful You enjoy designing and delivering modern data engineering solutions with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks. You are passionate about building trusted relationships with C-level executives and providing exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work. You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership. You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members. You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities. You enjoy discovering prospective project work with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions. You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities. You view client challenges as opportunities to add value and can translate that into new project proposals and sales. You are seen as a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams. You have interest in managing a diverse portfolio of clients across industries. Do Your Talents Include the Following? You Demonstrate Leadership & Management Capabilities Through The Following You care about the success and well-being of both your clients and colleagues. You collaborate by creating a team environment where everyone feels that they are valued, welcomed, and can contribute their ideas. You deliver and earn the trust of your clients and colleagues by building best-in-class solutions and managing deliverables. You have experience with many and familiarity with most of the following Concepts and Methodologies: Ability to articulate the value of Microsoft Fabric and Business Intelligence solutions to customers and colleagues, and proven track record of data storytelling to guide decision-making. Participation in the process of formulating, communicating, and executing data strategies that align with organizational goals and objectives leveraging Microsoft technologies. Experience in assessing existing data solutions, whether on-premises or in the cloud, to inform improvement initiatives. Basic skills in architecting future state data solutions on Azure and Microsoft Fabric based on the Well-Architected Framework. Some experience in planning and migrating data solutions from various sources, including on-premises, other cloud platforms, or legacy systems, to Microsoft Cloud 1st Solutions. Proficiency with implementing ETL processes and databases on Microsoft Technologies. Experience optimizing existing data implementations, including pipelines, queries, and data models, to enhance pe