Data Platform Consultant

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 27 days ago • Updated 8 hours ago
Contract Independent
On-site
USD $60.00 - 90.00 per hour
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Skills

  • Computer Science
  • Information Technology
  • Software Development
  • Technical Support
  • Extract
  • Transform
  • Load
  • ELT
  • Analytical Skill
  • Problem Solving
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Communication
  • Documentation
  • Cloud Computing
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon EC2
  • Virtual Private Cloud
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Kubernetes
  • Computer Networking
  • Storage
  • SQL
  • Data Analysis
  • Performance Tuning
  • Data Quality
  • Apache Kafka
  • Streaming
  • Java
  • Debugging
  • Spring Framework
  • Spring Batch
  • Thread
  • Splunk
  • SPL
  • Log Analysis
  • Dashboard
  • Management
  • Authentication
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Workflow
  • Incident Management
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Privacy
  • Marketing

Summary

Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: $60.00 USD Hourly - $90.00 USD Hourly
Description: Our client is currently seeking a Data Platform Consultant(Hybrid in Chicago)

Job Description

I. Qualifications & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field-or equivalent practical experience
  • 5-7 years of combined experience in software development and technical support/production operations roles
  • Minimum 2-3 years of hands-on development experience with production-grade code
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues within enterprise-scale production environments
  • Experience working with distributed systems and cloud-based data architectures
  • Strong understanding of data pipelines, streaming architectures, and ETL/ELT processes
  • Demonstrated capability to work under pressure, manage multiple parallel incidents, and coordinate resolutions across teams
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to root-cause analysis
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for creating documentation, runbooks, and collaborating with engineering teams
  • Experience leading incident response and driving post-incident improvements


II. Skills & Experience Required

Required Technical Skills

AWS Cloud Services
  • Hands-on experience with core AWS components such as S3, EC2, IAM, CloudWatch, VPC networking
  • Strong understanding of AWS architectural best practices

Kubernetes
  • Expertise troubleshooting containerized workloads
  • Experience with pod-level debugging, resource constraints, networking policies, and storage-related issues

SQL Proficiency
  • Advanced SQL skills for deep data analysis, performance optimization, and data quality troubleshooting

Kafka
  • Experience supporting Kafka streaming ecosystems
  • Skilled in diagnosing consumer lag, partition rebalancing, connector failures, and broker-level performance issues

Java Development
  • Strong Java development background
  • Ability to read, interpret, and debug Spring Boot/Spring Batch applications, including memory leaks, threading problems, and application crashes

Splunk
  • Proficiency with SPL queries, log analysis, dashboard creation, and alerting for proactive monitoring

OpenTelemetry (OTEL)
  • Experience with distributed tracing, observability practices, and correlating logs, metrics, and traces

HashiCorp Vault
  • Hands-on knowledge of Vault for secrets management
  • Troubleshooting authentication failures, token expiry, and secret rotation challenges

CI/CD Pipelines
  • Strong understanding of deployment workflows
  • Ability to diagnose build failures, deployment issues, and execute rollback procedures

Incident Management
  • Proven experience leading incidents, driving root-cause analysis, preparing postmortems, and implementing preventive measures


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  • Dice Id: cxjudgpa
  • Position Id: 1117176
  • Posted 27 days ago

Company Info

About Judge Group, Inc.

The Judge Group, is a leading professional services firm specializing in talent, technology, and learning solutions. We consult, staff, train, and solve. Through our work we make people and organizations better.

Our services are successfully delivered through a network of more than 30 offices across the United States, Canada, and India. The Judge Group is proud to partner with the best and brightest companies in business today, including over 60 of the Fortune 100. We serve organizations in financial services, healthcare, life sciences, insurance, government (including aerospace and defense), manufacturing, and technology and telecommunications.

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