This is a remote position.
Key Responsibilities
Own the technical architecture for Gold-layer pipeline design (dbt/Airflow on a cloud data warehouse platform) and its integration points with the Real-Time Newsroom Web UI and Audience Goals Dashboard.
Serve as primary technical liaison to client Data Engineering, Data Collection, and Program Management stakeholders; represent Virtusa in technical design discussions and Q1 joint-discovery sessions.
Translate ambiguous or not-yet-final requirements into concrete technical specifications, in coordination with the Solution Lead.
Drive resolution of open architectural dependencies: Bronze/Silver readiness handoff, event-tracker instrumentation gaps, reconciliation tolerance thresholds, hosting platform confirmation, and role-based access model.
Provide hands-on technical direction to the offshore engineering team (Data, UI Build, UX Design streams); review designs and key implementation decisions.
Own delivery risk management for the accelerated-track deliverable given its hard deadline and out-of-band design process.
Ensure data quality, parity validation (vs. legacy platform baselines), and observability/runbook standards meet client Data Engineering conventions (dbt, managed workflow orchestration, standard linting/pre-commit tooling).
Support sprint-level planning and resourcing decisions, including uneven quarter-over-quarter workload across the program.
Proactively escalate scope, timeline, or dependency risks to the Solution Lead.
Contribute to post-launch support, knowledge-transfer planning, and documentation handover to the client's Data Engineering team.
Required Skills & Experience
8+ years in data/solution architecture roles, including at least 3+ years in cloud data warehouse-based medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architectures (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery).
Hands-on experience with event-driven data collection platforms such as Snowplow, Segment, or mParticle as a source system.
Strong dbt and workflow orchestration experience (e.g., Airflow); familiarity with managed orchestration bridges (e.g., Astronomer Cosmos) is a plus.
Experience architecting real-time or near-real-time analytics pipelines for high-concurrency, low-latency use cases (media/publishing/editorial analytics experience strongly preferred).
Experience with data migration/parity validation projects—legacy vendor analytics tool to modern in-house replacement.
Working knowledge of front-end/full-stack architecture sufficient to coordinate with a UI-build team (role does not require hands-on front-end development).
Experience operating in T&M, staff-augmentation delivery models with a client-owned PMO.
Strong client-facing communication skills; comfortable representing technical positions directly to enterprise client stakeholders.
Experience managing or technically directing offshore delivery teams.
Familiarity with SSO/Okta-based role access models and enterprise data governance frameworks.
Nice to Have
Prior experience with BI tool (e.g., Tableau) integration/repointing projects.
Experience in newsroom/editorial analytics tooling (Parse.ly, Chartbeat, or similar).
AWS certification or hands-on AWS/EKS/Istio experience.
