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Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity's biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. 
Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

Black & Veatch's Digital Delivery team is a dynamic, cross-functional group of experts in data, technology, GIS, and asset management systems. We deliver innovative, data-driven solutions that help clients navigate complex infrastructure challenges across diverse industries. 

We partner with clients to align their people, processes, technologies, and data in response to rapid industry transformation. Our work enables organizations to modernize infrastructure, optimize asset performance, enhance resilience, and achieve long-term sustainability goals. 

By joining this team, you'll be part of a collaborative environment that values innovation, continuous improvement, and client success. You'll contribute to mission-critical projects that make a meaningful impact on communities and industries around the world. 

Provides technical, architectural, and project leadership across complex, multiphase digital and datacentric client engagements. Accountable for defining data and analytics architecture strategy, advising clients, leading delivery teams, and ensuring solutions align with client business objectives. Operates with minimal supervision and exercises independent judgment related to architecture decisions, delivery approach, risk management, and client engagement strategy. 

This role is intended for an experienced data architecture and engineering professional who can lead complex client engagements, shape digital delivery strategy, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients. The position plays a key role in the growth and maturity of Black & Veatch's Digital and Asset Management Systems Solutions practice. 

While the position is eligible for multiple office locations, the preferred locations for this role are Kansas City, Denver, Charlotte, Tampa, Phoenix, and Houston.  Strong candidates in other listed locations will be considered.

Performs analytical, technical, and/or developmental tasks as assigned, including: 

• Leads technical and architectural communication with clients and internal stakeholders, clearly articulating methodologies, rationale, tradeoffs, and outcomes at both technical and executive levels. 

• Independently defines and evaluates technical and architectural approaches for complex problems, engaging subject matter experts strategically while retaining accountability for solution design. 

• Leads the design and implementation of modern, enterprisescale data platforms and advanced analytics solutions. 

• Support and contribute to business development activities, including solution scoping, effort estimation, proposal development, and participation in client pursuit and strategy discussions. 

• Serves as a trusted advisor to clients on data governance, security, compliance, and operating models, aligned with enterprise and regulatory requirements. 

• Defines targetstate data architectures and leads delivery of scalable cloudbased data warehousing and analytics solutions aligned with longterm client strategies. 

• Accountable for endtoend delivery of complex digital and data consulting engagements, including scope definition, schedule, budget, risk management, quality assurance, and financial performance. 

• Acts as the primary client interface for assigned engagements, translating business objectives into technical and architectural strategies, presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders, and guiding decisionmaking. 

• Defines and governs scalable data pipeline architectures and integration frameworks; provides handson technical leadership and design oversight for ETL/ELT solutions using SQL, Python, and cloudnative technologies. 

• Oversees development of analytics applications, dashboards, and reporting solutions, ensuring technical quality and alignment with client decisionmaking needs. 

• Defines and enforces data quality, governance, and security frameworks across engagements; ensures consistent application of best practices and standards. 

• Provides technical and professional mentorship to internal teams, contributes to practice standards and reusable assets, and demonstrates thought leadership in data architecture and engineering. 

• Master's degree in data science or engineering 
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in data architecture, data engineering, analytics, or digital consulting, including leadership of complex client engagements. 

• Familiarity with Infrastructure Design / Construction Projects 

• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, with demonstrated ability to design, review, and guide complex data engineering solutions 

• Expertlevel knowledge of SQL, data modeling, and data warehousing concepts 

• Deep experience designing and governing enterprisescale ETL/ELT and data integration frameworks 

• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Bl, Power Apps, Power Automate) 
• Demonstrated expertise in cloudnative data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable), including architecture, security, and scalability considerations 
• Experience leading crossfunctional delivery teams and managing project financial performance in a consulting environment. 

• Strong executivelevel communication skills with experience presenting architecture, strategy, and recommendations to senior client stakeholders. 
• Industry certifications strongly preferred (e.g., Azure/AWS Solutions Architect, PMP, SAFe, GISP, ESRI Technical Certifications). 

Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience.

4+ years experience in a business/consulting environment.

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.