Sr. Research Specialist @ Themathcompany

As a Sr. Research Specialist of the Solutioning Team, you will partake and lead the effort to understand complex, evolving data needs of our prospects and customers, and guide the development of high-impact, technically sound solutions. In this role, you will be both a hands-on contributor and a manager overseeing a team of solution engineers driving solution design sessions while providing mentorship to foster collaboration and high performance for successful delivery of data engineering solutions. You will collaborate closely with sales, delivery, and other tech teams to shape scalable data architectures, ETL frameworks, governance strategies, and modernization roadmaps that address our clients data transformation and operationalization goals.

Solution Design
Engage with potential clients and internal stakeholders to gain a comprehensive understanding of clients business and tech challenges, actively contributing to the conceptualize-design-sell-win process.
Guide the team on appropriate solution design - review research and solution approach efforts conducted by the team. Serve as a technical advisor for client pitches, providing valuable insights and expertise to demonstrate our capabilities.
Demonstrate proficiency in arriving at a realistic end-to-end data engineering project roadmap, ensuring buy-in from respective internal and client stakeholders
Evaluate various tools, platforms, and methodologies for alignment with project requirements.
Mentor the team and directly engage, where applicable, in crafting engaging narratives in solution presentations through decks, documents, demoes etc., translating intricate analyses and solutions into stories that align with the specific needs and aspirations of the prospective clients.
Collaboration with Cross-functional Teams
Demonstrate strong acumen of technological needs and challenges, with the ability to translate technical insights into business value, positioning yourself as a strategic partner in decision making.
Articulate and enable articulation (by the team) of complex data engineering problems in a clear and concise manner, ensuring a shared understanding among diverse stakeholders.
Work closely with multiple stakeholders, including customer success leaders, senior data architects and industry SMEs to understand requirements, limitations, opportunities and design solutions accordingly

Preferred Experience

B.E/B.Tech, MCA, M.Sc. (Mathematics, Statistics) with 6-9 years of experience.
Experience and thorough understanding of data engineering concepts and major cloud service providers (AWS / GCP / Azure)
Experience managing teams
Research and analytical skills
Experience working with clients and other stakeholders to map technical engineering solutions
Storyboarding, Proposal Design