Automation & Data Engineer – Associate

re-zoo-me; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

L.E.K. Consulting, based in Boston, seeks an Associate Data & Automation to help build and support automation, data pipelines, and internal web services across Azure.

This early-career role focuses on practical problem solving with code and collaboration with senior colleagues across data, cloud, automation, and platform technologies. Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in automation or data engineering, experience with PowerShell/Python, SQL, and Azure services, and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of automation, data engineering, DevOps, cloud operations, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain PowerShell and Python scripts that automate repeatable IT and business processes.
• Develop, schedule, monitor, and troubleshoot workflows using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps.
• Operate and extend data pipelines that ingest, cleanse, refine, and enrich data for Power BI reporting and AI/ML datasets.
• Support data storage and curation across Azure Blob Storage, OneLake, and Microsoft Fabric lakehouses, following established quality, lineage, security, and governance standards.
• Deploy and support internal web applications and services on Azure, including containerized applications and REST APIs.
• Monitor jobs, pipelines, and deployed services; investigate issues, resolve common failures, and escalations more complex problems when appropriate.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, runbooks, source control, and infrastructure-as-code practices so work is repeatable and transferable.
• Collaborate with senior Data Platform colleagues, AI Enablement team members, and Data & Analytics stakeholders to translate requirements into working solutions.

Skills

PowerShell

Python

SQL

Git

REST APIs

Problem solving

English communication

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Blob Storage

OneLake

Power BI

Docker

Job description

L.E.K. Consulting, based in Boston, seeks an Associate Data & Automation to help build and support automation, data pipelines, and internal web services across Azure.

This early-career role focuses on practical problem solving with code and collaboration with senior colleagues across data, cloud, automation, and platform technologies. Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in automation or data engineering, experience with PowerShell/Python, SQL, and Azure services, and strong English communication.