Azure Architect

This is a full timne role with PNC bank. 100% remote. USC/GC only. Salary min -130K - Max 150K.

AI engineering 6 + Years

Azure Cloud 6 + Years

Azure Databricks (platform management and change management) 6 + Years

DATA ANALYTICS 6 + Years

Data engineering 6 + Years

Lead experience 6 + Years

Python 6 + Years

Spar 6 + Years

Cloudera/Big Data

DataLake Architectures - snowflake, databricks (AWS google cloud exp)

Design Tool (Visio preferred but any is fine)

Required Skills:

Leading groups of 2-5 members on a team

Azure Cloud

Azure Databricks (platform management and change management)

Python

Spark

AI engineering

Data analytics

Data engineering

Preferred/Bonus Skills:

DataLake Architectures - Snowflake, Databricks (AWS google cloud exp)

Cloudera/Big Data

Design tools (i.e., Visio preferred but any design tool is fine)

Is there anything you are willing to flex on if there is not a candidate under the current market conditions with all your must have skills?

If a candidate is stronger in certain technical skills than others - the manager would be flexible on reviewing them (i.e., stronger in azure cloud/azure database but weaker in others - he would still consider as long as they had the knowledge/tech skill overall) & aptitude/willingness to learn asap

Responsible for:

Implementing, Operating and Designing Azure Databricks solution

Designing of the implementation architecture for all models that need to be operationalized in a hybrid cloud setting

Liaising between the data scientists /data engineers and IT to productionize models

Establishing code and documentation standards to reduce impedance between model development and model deployment

Designing and overseeing implementation of the model lifecycle for all models

Creation of reference architectures and best practices for model implementation

Supporting decisions around tools and frameworks across all aspects of model lifecycle

Communications to business stakeholders and IT partners

Day to Day:

Implementing and operating the Azure Databricks and cloud environment

Governing the machine learning and data analytics labs

Providing AI & ML, data engineering to enable the business to be successful in Azure Databricks

Creating necessary changes within the environment

Working w/Enterprise architecture to develop native cloud strategy

Conducting onboarding meetings for business cloud adoptions

Describe the industry background your team is comprised:

The team is mainly composed of a financial services background.

Do you only want candidates with a similar background or would you like to see candidates with a diverse industry background?

The manager is open to a diverse industry background; financial services background is a strong/preferred.

Describe the dynamic of your team and where this candidate will fit into the overall environment:

Business AI teams, enterprise architecture, and MIS teams (who do data analytics, Cloud Infrastructure Team & AI)

Describe the impact this role has within the bank/LOB (i.e., mitigating risk, cost reduction, revenue, etc.):

Larger initiative for a funded program called "advanced analytics" funded by the Enterprise Data Management Team to implement Azure Databricks and Enterprise Model Ops to mitigate data risk, reducing costs of AI/ML, Data Engineering, and adding opportunities to generate revenue in the Retail, C&IB and LOBs.

Describe the function your group supports from an LOB perspective:

Enterprise wide (Azure, Cloud adoption for model ops)

Is this position contract with the right to hire if a need becomes available? Manager will only look at candidates that are open to converting to a full time PNC employee. PNC will not sponsor work visas if the decision is made to hire the contingent worker: Yes - NO VISA CANDIDATES

If project, which project(s) will this need be supporting? Is this part of a larger initiative?

Larger initiative for a funded program called "advanced analytics" funded by the Enterprise Data Management Team to implement Azure Databricks and Enterprise Model Ops.

Describe the current initiatives that this resource will be impacting:

Larger initiative for a funded program called "advanced analytics" funded by the Enterprise Data Management Team to implement Azure Databricks and Enterprise Model Ops to mitigate data risk, reducing costs of AI/ML, Data Engineering, and adding opportunities to generate revenue in the Retail, C&IB and LOBs.

Tell me about some soft skills that would make a candidate successful in this role:

Strong communication (can communicate to diff levels to engineers or to leadership), detail-oriented, strong presentation skills, quick learner, curious mindset/innovative

Does this position require any degrees or certifications for the candidate to be successful?

Bachelor's required (information systems, computer science, software engineering, and/or related field)

Master's preferred (information systems, computer science, software engineering, and/or related field)

8+ years of related work exp

Role Differentiator:

Describe what is different about this specific role compared to others hiring for the same skill set?

You'll be enabling the 6th largest domestic bank to adopt cloud for AI/ML data engineering. Lots of growth at PNC and opportunity to be a mentor to peers with a broad impact on all LOB.