Technical Architect
Vancouver
Fulltime
At Fastloop, we have a deep passion for helping businesses build their future. We use leading technologies and best-in class business expertise within our three core pillars of service excellence: Data, Analytics and AI (including Generative AI and Machine Learning).
As a boutique consultancy, our client engagements cover a broad spectrum of the modern data stack, leveraging platforms like Google Cloud to quickly and iteratively produce Analytics and AI outcomes for our clients.
Fastloopers are technology and consulting experts who want to understand how our customers companies’ operate from the inside out. We are passionate about adding significant operational value, treating our clients' businesses as our own. We are problem solvers who like to roll up our sleeves and accelerate digital transformation journeys - always leveraging data as our foundation.
About the Opportunity:
Fastloop’s consulting model requires a team who is willing and able to work quickly, across new industries/verticals, with emerging technologies, in a fast, agile fashion. All team members must be extremely proactive, willing to explore the unknown and comfortable adapting to changing technical and functional requirements. While Fastloop leverages various cloud platforms, this role will specialize in architecting and implementing solutions primarily on Microsoft Azure using Databricks, with a strong focus on Retail and Marketing.
The Technical Architect (TA) is responsible for architecting end to end technical solutions and leading projects across the development / engineering lifecycle of implementations.
The TA will ensure that technical solutions meet business objectives and are feasible within the client’s IT landscape.
Supporting and leading technical client engagements and technical delivery teams across POC’s and long-term implementations, the TA must ensure solution design, best practices and quality assurance initatives are deployed as needed to deliver client excellence.
What you'll need to succeed:
- 5+ years of experience with solution architecture, and implementation, ideally as a certified Solution Architect.
- Extensive experience in a client-facing consulting role, leading technical strategy discussions and managing senior stakeholder relationships.
- Proven ability to manage challenging client engagements, negotiate technical decisions, and maintain positive relationships under pressure.
- Experience with Cloud implementation and transformation initiatives
- Proven, hands-on experience architecting and implementing enterprise-scale data solutions on Microsoft Azure, leveraging Databricks extensively for data engineering and analytics workloads.
- Experience with providing technical direction and mentoring a team to continually improve solution delivery
- Expert understanding of software & hardware delivery lifecycle with packaged software and in-house developed software
- Proficiency in system integration methodologies and technologies
- Extensive skills related to cloud infrastructure, networks, end-user technologies, architecture, and platform engineering technologies
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex technical and business requirements
- Experience in retail marketing or digital marketing is preferred
- Experience with marketing technologies including Customer Data Platform (CDP), Marketing Automation, Google Ad Manager, Google Marketing Platform is preferred
Nice to Have:
- Agile certifications (CSM, CSPO)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
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