[Hiring] Data Principal Technical Consultant @Ahead

Role Description

The Principal Technical Consultant is the senior technical leader responsible for architectural leadership, technical oversight, solution governance, and engineering direction across complex client engagements. Working closely with the Principal Consultant (Engagement Lead), this role ensures solutions are strategically aligned, architecturally sound, scalable, secure, and successfully delivered.

Principal Technical Consultants provide leadership across data, analytics, AI, cloud, governance, and modern data platform initiatives by:

• Shaping solution strategy
• Coaching engineering teams
• Resolving complex technical challenges
• Ensuring delivery quality throughout the engagement lifecycle

While they remain hands-on when appropriate, their primary responsibility is enabling delivery teams through:

• Technical leadership
• Architectural governance
• Engineering excellence
• Risk management
• Consultative guidance

Beyond client delivery, Principal Technical Consultants strengthen the Data Practice by:

• Developing technical talent
• Advancing delivery methodologies
• Improving reusable assets
• Driving innovation
• Supporting business development
• Contributing to the long-term growth of AHEAD’s technical capabilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical discipline
• Typically 12–15+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise data, analytics, AI, cloud, or digital transformation solutions
• Minimum seven years of consulting or professional services experience leading technical delivery for complex enterprise engagements
• Demonstrated success as a Technical Lead, Solution Architect, Principal Architect, or senior engineering leader on large-scale transformation initiatives
• Deep expertise in modern data platforms, cloud ecosystems, data engineering, enterprise architecture, AI, analytics, governance, integration, and distributed systems
• Experience leading architecture reviews, technical governance, engineering standards, and enterprise solution design
• Strong communication, facilitation, consulting, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence executive and technical audiences

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred)
• Professional certifications in Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, or other enterprise technologies (preferred)
• Experience leading enterprise modernization, AI adoption, cloud migration, data platform transformation, or enterprise architecture initiatives (preferred)
• Experience developing technical offerings, reference architectures, engineering frameworks, reusable IP, or practice enablement assets (preferred)

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid company holidays
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Plus more! See benefits here for additional details.