
Principal Architect, Analytics AI/ML Platform Engineering
TransUnion
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Florida • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $168,750 - $281,250 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Architect and implement scalable data and analytics platforms across multi-cloud and hybrid environments
- Lead the design and development of cloud-native data pipelines, storage solutions, and analytics services
- Ensure high availability, performance, and security of data platforms
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business requirements
- Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to enhance platform capabilities
- Establish best practices for data governance, metadata management, and data quality
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
- Drive automation and DevOps practices for continuous integration and deployment of data services
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 15+ years of experience in data engineering and platform development
- Expertise in cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Strong proficiency in containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- Experience with data lake and data warehouse technologies: Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Azure Synapse
- Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT tools and frameworks: Apache Airflow, dbt, Informatica
- Proficiency in programming languages: Python, Java, Scala, SQL
- Knowledge of distributed computing frameworks: Apache Spark, Hadoop
- Experience with real-time data streaming: Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Azure Event Hubs
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Strong understanding of security and compliance in cloud environments
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
- Knowledge of data governance frameworks and tools: Collibra, Alation
- Understanding of API design and microservices architecture
Benefits
- flexible time off for exempt associates
- paid time off for non-exempt associates
- up to 12 paid holidays per year
- health benefits (including medical, dental, and vision plan options and health spending accounts)
- mental health support
- disability benefits
- up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- adoption assistance
- fertility planning coverage
- legal benefits
- long-term care insurance
- commuter benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- charity gift matching
- employee stock purchase plan
- 401(k) retirement savings with employer match
- access to TransUnion’s Employee Resource Groups
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringcloud-native data pipelinesdata storage solutionsdata analytics servicesETL toolsprogramming languagesdistributed computing frameworksreal-time data streamingdata governancedata quality
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcollaborationautomationDevOps practices