Consultant - Data Engineering
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting1 month ago
USA (city not specified)Entry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines, data integration solutions, and data architecture.
- Use Snowflake for scalable data storage, processing, analytics, ingestion, performance optimization, and security.
- Work with replication, transformation, ETL, data modeling, data warehousing, data quality, governance, and lifecycle management.
- Use SQL and scripting languages such as Python and PowerShell for data manipulation and automation.
- Collect and analyze data, test hypotheses, and present recommendations to insurance and financial-services clients.
- Diagnose and resolve data engineering issues while collaborating with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders.
- Support multiple consulting initiatives and travel up to 75% as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, risk management, business management, business analytics, economics, engineering, or a related discipline; a master’s degree is also preferred.
- At least 1–3+ years of data engineering experience and consulting experience in a recognized consulting firm or in-house consulting or business analyst role.
- Recent hands-on experience with Snowflake and experience with dbt.
- Proficiency with Qlik Replicate, Qlik Compose, GitHub, dbt Labs, and Astronomer.
- Understanding of data engineering principles, data modeling, ETL processes, data warehousing, data quality, data governance, and data lifecycle management.
- Experience with AWS or Azure and cloud-based data solutions and services.
- Experience in financial services, preferably insurance.
- Strong consulting, problem-solving, communication, executive presentation, relationship-building, and multitasking skills.
- Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with annual profit-sharing opportunity.
- 401(k) matching.
- 25 days of annual paid time off.
- Supplemented medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Reimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses.
- Choice of laptop.
- North America team-wide training and retreats.
- Professional certification and training sponsorship with up to 5 days of paid training time per year.
- Travel of up to 75% may be required.
About Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) is a London‑headquartered consultancy for financial services, delivering sector‑focused strategy, operating model change, and technology implementation for asset and wealth managers, alternatives firms, and insurers. It earns fees for consulting engagements and provides data and SaaS-based benchmarking and solutions. Founded in 2003, it operates across North America, Europe, MENA and APAC, and in 2024 was acquired by Bridgepoint.