Data, Analytics & Cloud Engineer — Consultant

Kenway Consulting Pty Ltd; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Kenway Consulting is seeking a Data, Analytics & Cloud Engineering Consultant in Chicago. This early-career, client‑facing role focuses on building scalable data pipelines, notebooks, and BI reports on modern cloud platforms, while translating data insights into business value.

You will work with senior engineers and architects to develop Python/SQL solutions, apply CI/CD practices, and support data-driven decisions for diverse clients across industries.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of hands-on data solutions on Modern Data Platforms.
• Cloud architecture with a focus on Microsoft Azure and related services.
• Hands-on with Databricks and/or Microsoft Fabric.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL with real data analysis capabilities.
• Analytical problem-solving to translate data into business insight.
• Exposure to AI in the modern data/analytics stack and tooling.
• Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices in data spaces.
• Knowledge of ELT/ETL, Data Lake/Data Warehouse concepts, and dbt.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps.
• Ability to connect technical work to business value.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable, performant, and cost-effective data pipelines, notebooks, and data products (including Power BI reports) on modern cloud data platforms, under the direction of senior engineers and architects
• Analyze data to investigate problems, identify root causes, and interpret what the business is seeing — then communicate those findings clearly
• Write clean, well-structured Python and SQL to move, model, transform, and analyze data
• Apply software-delivery discipline to data assets — version control, testing, and CI/CD-based deployment across environments
• Take ownership of defined technical tasks and deliver them with increasing independence
• Support the proposals, demos, and collateral leveraged in business development pursuits

Skills

Azure data services

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Power BI

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Databricks

dbt

Data Lake/Warehouse

Tools

Databricks

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

dbt

Fabric

Job description

Kenway Consulting is seeking a Data, Analytics & Cloud Engineering Consultant in Chicago. This early-career, client‑facing role focuses on building scalable data pipelines, notebooks, and BI reports on modern cloud platforms, while translating data insights into business value.

You will work with senior engineers and architects to develop Python/SQL solutions, apply CI/CD practices, and support data-driven decisions for diverse clients across industries.