Automation Architect

Job Summary: 

With a global network serving clients across multiple industries and countries, our analytics game changers are poised for widespread technological impact. Our industry-recognized team is in high demand across data analytics, robotic process automation, and artificial intelligence.  We gravitate towards bright individuals who value impactful change, worldly purpose, and a personal connection with diverse innovators. This role empowers you to lead teams of talented consultants, requiring you to balance innovation with pragmatic client expectation management. With our team, you will be challenged to build scalable solutions, while embracing a fail-forward mentality critical to evolution. Whether you’re telling a data story in ways our clients never imagined or building advanced AI models with automated data engineering, the core purpose will be centered on using data to impact people in a meaningful way.

This position will work with cutting edge technology, deliver high quality solutions across various industries, and oversee team(s) on engagements that range in size and scope. This role will assess business processes and identify areas of application for RPA technologies, as well as architect, design, develop, and deploy software robots, or bots, to work alongside humans to enhance business process efficiency. This position will receive continuous career development opportunities, given the size and potential of client engagements. This role will perform hands-on delivery and management of data analytics projects with focus on process automation, overseeing the development and unit testing of solutions (note that this position will also require design of architecture and development of critical components where needed). This position will ultimately own consulting relationships across multiple clients and technologies.
 

Job Duties:

Hands On Delivery Responsibilities:

• Architects, designs, and implements best in class automation (RPA) solutions, data ingestion strategies, data warehouse and data mart structures, semantic layers and models, visualizations, streaming processes, and API integrations for end-to-end data analytics solutions on primarily, but not limited to, cloud analytics platforms such as Azure and AWS
• Oversees overall quality and accurate implementation of deliverables from the technical team
• Listens to client needs to align solution with business requirements and delivery schedule
• Creates written functional, architectural, and technical designs
• Leads project status and stand meetings, and provides aggregated project status for project and program managers
• Leads SLA compliance of solutions, and owns performance tuning and optimization efforts of end-to-end solutions
• Prepares solution design documents and develops framework for automating scripting-based processes
• Creates reusable workflows and library components to reduce the development time and increase maintainability 
• Delivers high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables with broad impact (high throughput and low latency)
• Defines and implements governance programs and best practices
• Oversees or executes the cleaning and transforming of data from source systems into analytics models
• Designs models to support data visualizations and integrations is preferred
• Establishes DevOps, DataOps and MLOps methodologies on projects
• Assists project managers with work breakdown structure creation, project estimation, resource staffing, workload planning and adjustments throughout the project lifecycle
• Assists clients with licensing, security, and cost estimation of solutions
• Oversees or performs code reviews to ensure adherence to standards
• Works directly with clients and team members to establish secure data analytics platforms and infrastructure 
• Deploys successful developed solutions and integration of DevOps tools
• Maintains a broad and current understanding of process automation, data analytics and business intelligence strategies, cloud platforms, methodologies, and tools
• Manages and builds client relationships during project execution, effectively becoming a trusted advisor of the client
• Participates in support activities for existing software solutions
• Works with the Data & AI team to perform pre-sales engineering and scoping exercises to assist with closing new opportunities
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manages practice delivery standards and recommends updates to best practices
• Technically leads developers within projects to ensure that timelines and deliverables are met
• Responsible for project delivery to ensure that timelines and deliverables are met
• Manages client expectations throughout solution implementation
• Performs code reviews of staff and ensures adherence to standards
• Mentors project team members on best practices, techniques, and tools
• Evaluates the performance of assigned team, and assists in the development of goals and objectives to enhance professional development

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent, required
• Bachelor’s degree, preferred; focus in Information Systems, Data Science or Computer Science, preferred

Experience:

• Eight (8) or more years of experience within Process Automation, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, required
• Eight (8) or more years of experience leading teams and coaching meetings, required
• Eight (8) or more years knowledge of the software development life cycle and ability to demonstrate success leading multiple project teams to completion while mitigating risks, required
• Four (4) or more years of experience with RPA, automation, Power Automate, or UiPath Development, required 
• Hands-on work-related experience in designing, delivering, and managing automation solutions, required 

License/Certifications:

• UiPath certified developer, preferred
• Power Automate certified developer, preferred
• Azure Fundamentals, preferred

Software:

• Experience with four (4) or more of the following, required: 
  • UiPath Platform
    • Studio
    • Orchestrator
  • Microsoft Power Platform
    • Power Automate
    • Power Apps
    • AI Builder 
  • Automation Anywhere 
  • Generative AI
  • Large Language Models
  • AI Agents
  • Alteryx
  • Experience with .NET development tools 
  • Experience with other non-Microsoft development languages or tools 
• Strong SQL skills including Data Definition Language (DDL), Data Manipulation Language (DML), views, functions, stored procedures, and performance tuning, required
• Experience with one (1) or more of the following computer languages, required:
  • C#
  • VB
  • Java
  • Python
• Experience with Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, Semantic Model Definition or Star Schema Construction, preferred
• Hands on delivery experience of end-to-end cloud data analytics solutions within Azure or AWS, preferred
• Experience with Git and DevOps deployment technologies, preferred
• Experience with Linux, preferred
• Experience with one (1) or more of the following, preferred:
  • AI Algorithms/Machine Learning
  • IoT and/or streaming data ingestion tools
  • Computer Vision based AI technologies

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong project management and client relationship management skills
• Ability to work with a high degree of professionalism and autonomy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Solid organizational skills, especially the ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects simultaneously 
• Able to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the Firm
• Able to effectively manage a team of professionals and delegating work assignments, as needed
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and client personnel 
• Ability to encourage a team environment on engagements, and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel
• Executive presence, with the ability to act as primary contact on assigned engagements

Keywords:  Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, BI, Solution Architect, Data Architect, Synapse, IoT, Machine Learning, Data Lake, Microsoft, SQL Server, .Net, C#, Power BI, Machine Learning, Azure Data Factory, RedShift, UiPath, Cloud, RPA, AWS, Redshift, Python, Data Modeling, SQL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power Automate, Power Platform, AI Builder, Power Apps, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, UiPath Studio, Orchestrator, ERP, QuickBooks, SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, API, JSON, XML, Web Services, SOAP, Postman, Fiddler, Integration, Custom Activities, DLL, Insight, Automation Hub, Task Capture

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

Illinois Range: $145,000 - $195,000

Join us at BDO, where you will find more than a career, you’ll find a place where your work is impactful, and you are valued for your individuality. We offer flexibility and opportunities for advancement. Our culture is centered around making meaningful connections, approaching interactions with curiosity, and being true to yourself, all while making a positive difference in the world. 

At BDO, our purpose of helping people thrive every day is at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are focused on delivering exceptional and sustainable outcomes and value for our people, our clients, and our communities. BDO is proud to be an ESOP company, reflecting a culture that puts people first, by sharing financially in our growth in value with our U.S. team.  BDO professionals provide assurance, tax and advisory services for a diverse range of clients across the U.S. and in over 160 countries through our global organization.

BDO is the first large accounting and advisory organization to implement an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). A qualified retirement plan, the ESOP offers participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. The ESOP stands as a compelling addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. The annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock and grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm’s success, with no employee contributions. 

We are committed to delivering exceptional experiences to middle market leaders by sharing insight-driven perspectives, helping companies take business as usual to better than usual. With industry knowledge and experience, a breadth and depth of resources, and unwavering commitment to quality, we pride ourselves on:

• Welcoming diverse perspectives and understanding the experience of our professionals and clients
• Empowering team members to explore their full potential
• Our talented team who brings varying skills, knowledge and experience to proactively help our clients navigate an expanding array of complex challenges and opportunities
• Celebrating ingenuity and innovation to transform our business and help our clients transform theirs
• Focus on resilience and sustainability to positively impact our people, clients, and communities
• BDO Total Rewards that encompass so much more than traditional “benefits.”  Click here to find out more!

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