Accenture

Data Analytics Lead

Posted on: 11 Feb 2021

Chicago, IL

Job Description

Job Description

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Are you ready to step up to the New and take your technology expertise to the next level?

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements, in conjunction with the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value, provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

People in our Client Delivery & Operations career track drive delivery and capability excellence through the design, development and/ or delivery of a solution, service, capability or offering. They grow into delivery-focused roles, and can progress within their current role, laterally or upward. We partner with our clients to help transform their data into an Appreciating Business Asset.

As part of our Data & AI group, you will lead technology innovation for our clients through robust delivery of world-class solutions. You will build better software better! There will never be a typical day and thats why people love it here. The opportunities to make a difference within exciting client initiatives are unlimited in the ever-changing technology landscape. You will be part of a highly collaborative and growing network of technology and data experts, who are taking on todays biggest, most complex business challenges using the latest data and analytics technologies. We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have an opportunity to work in roles such as Data Scientist, Data Engineer, or Chief Data Officer covering all aspects of Data including Data Management, Data Governance, Data Intelligence, Knowledge Graphs, and IoT. Come grow your career in Technology at Accenture!

Role & Responsibilities:

* Collaborate with business counterparts and leaders to define and deliver analytics solutions across the company with a focus on Enterprise Services and Engineering communities
* Understand business requirements through customer intake process, including vision and scoping exercises with leads and data owners
* Work across the analytics technology and resource teams to deliver consumer expectations
* Liaison with Project and Portfolio, Foundational Apps and Digital Solutions teams
* Incorporate agile methodology and practices for MVP deliveries while working towards long term strategies
* Identify key opportunities and create value propositions with business partners prioritizing critical use cases
* Adopt and communicate new concepts, ideas, techniques, best practices and technology assistance.
* Partner with automations team for RPA and BPM opportunities to support analytic needs
* Perform product evaluations and proof of concepts.
* Seek out different ways to use current and relevant technological advances
* Proactively manage stakeholders to create positive outcomes for all parties
* Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

* Minimum 7 years of business experience required
* Knowledge of cloud services and Data Analytics tools
* Exemplary people and communications skills
* Results-oriented with strong technical and customer focus skills
* Positive, self-starter, adaptable, strategic thinker
* Proven experience working under pressure and re-prioritizing as necessary to meet deadlines
* Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

Technical skills:

* Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with Data Analytics/Big Data technologies such as Java, Node.js, C, Python, SQL, EC2, S3, Lambda, Spark/SparkSQL, Hive/MR, Pig, Oozie and streaming technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, NiFI etc

Nice-to-Have Skills/Qualifications:

* DevOps on an Azure platform
* Experience developing and deploying ETL solutions on Azure
* Strong in Power BI, Java, C, Spark, PySpark, Unix shell/Perl scripting
* Familiarity with the technology stack available in the industry for metadata management: Data Governance, Data Quality, MDM, Lineage, Data Catalog etc.
* Multi-cloud experience a plus - Azure, AWS, Google

Professional Skill Requirements:

* Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment

* Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

* Desire to work in an information systems environment

* Excellent leadership and management skills

* Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

* Proven ability to work independently

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture.

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