Technical Architect, DevOps and Data

Summary

Join Burwood Group, a leading technology consulting firm, as a Technical Architect to lead client projects in Application Modernization. You will refine DevOps and Data Modernization offerings, lead client efforts in cloud-based solutions, and develop strong client relationships. Responsibilities include developing technical roadmaps, communicating recommendations, demonstrating thought leadership, designing and implementing data platforms, acting as delivery lead, contributing to technical delivery, assisting pre-sales teams, and mentoring junior teammates. This role requires 5+ years of experience in solution architecture or principal engineering roles, proven experience in designing and delivering data pipelines and applications, strong application development background, and expertise in DevOps and data architecture. A high level of proficiency in a major public cloud platform and relevant certifications are also needed. Burwood offers competitive benefits, including a 401(k) plan, generous vacation, health insurance, life and accident insurance, disability coverage, flexible work-from-home policy, and access to financial planning expertise.

Requirements

• 5+ years in solution architecture or principal engineering roles, ideally within enterprise consulting or large-scale digital transformation environments
• Proven experience designing and delivering end-to-end data pipelines, enterprise-grade applications, and DevOps toolchains
• Strong application development background in modern frameworks (Java, Python, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of modern enterprise-grade DevOps and data architecture design and implementation (e.g., data lake, data warehouse, and data mesh design patterns)
• Excellent organizational and analytical abilities
• Outstanding problem solver
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High level of proficiency in at least one major public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines for testing and deployment (Jenkins, Argo, Google Cloud Build, etc.)
• Professional-level certification from a major public cloud vendor (Google Cloud Professional, AWS Professional, etc.)
• Experience deploying and managing cloud infrastructure with Infrastructure as code (e.g., HashiCorp Terraform)
• Experience with Kubernetes (either deploying/managing clusters or utilizing a public cloud-managed solution, e.g, Google Kubernetes Engine)
• Familiarity with cloud-native data ecosystems (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Synapse), stream processing (Kafka, Pub/Sub, etc.), and Lakehouse architectures

Responsibilities

• Learn about your clients’ challenges and needs. Develop technical roadmaps and solutions in support of their strategies and goals
• Inspire change by communicating recommendations and strategic vision across all levels of your clients’ organizations (from CIO to individual contributor)
• Demonstrate thought leadership by staying up to date with the latest technologies and architectural frameworks
• Design and lead implementation of data platforms (data lakes, real-time analytics, data mesh, and hybrid-cloud ecosystems) and applications using DevOps best practices
• Act as delivery lead on client projects, planning and ensuring the successful technical delivery of the solution
• Get hands-on and code! This role will be responsible for technical delivery as well
• Assist pre-sales teams with technical scoping of prospective client engagements
• Elevate our team’s capabilities by coaching and mentoring junior teammates

Benefits

• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) savings plan, complete with a company match
• Generous vacation policy
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and accident insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage
• Flexible work-from-home policy
• Flexible spending accounts for pre-tax healthcare and transit/parking expenses
• Access to financial planning expertise