Data Insights & Analytics Senior Data Engineer

Position: Data Insights & Analytics Senior Data Engineer (Contract)
At Alix Partners, we solve the most complex and critical challenges by moving quickly from analysis to action when it really matters; creating value that has a lasting impact on companies, their people, and the communities they serve. By understanding, respecting, and honoring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, Alix Partners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We strongly believe in the value that diversity brings to our experiences and are committed to the perpetual enhancements of initiatives, policies, and practices.

We hold ourselves accountable by providing the space for authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone.

Alix Partners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees' work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person at an Alix Partners office on Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday, and remote working options for Monday and Friday. Remote work may be considered for highly qualified candidates. Paid relocation is not available for this position.

Location:

Southfield, MIRole:
Contract/Hybrid MUST BE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. NO VISA OR IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. (e.g., H-1B, STEM OPT, TN, etc.)What you'll doIn this hands-on senior engineering role on the IT Data Insights & Analytics (DIA) team, you will provide significant technical influence across the data platform and work closely with the Data Engineering and Solutions Design leads.

While the role does not have direct people management, it requires strong ownership, judgment, and collaboration skills.

You care about doing things well and finding the best solutions - not just checking off boxes. You're a strong teammate and collaborator with engineers, analysts, QA, IT partners, and business stakeholders. You bring a modern, pragmatic perspective - and a good attitude - to your work. You enjoy improving systems and processes, not just writing code, and are comfortable presenting your ideas and recommendations.

You're curious, open to feedback, and willing to challenge - and be challenged on - technical decisions in pursuit of better outcomes.

The Data Insights & Analytics Senior Data Engineer reports to the Data Insights and Analytics Development Manager. This contract role is in Southfield, MI; remote work may be considered for highly qualified candidates. Paid relocation and benefits are not available for this full-time contract position.

Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable data architectures in Azure, Databricks, Fabric, and the enterprise data lake.

Contribute to and evolve our Unity Catalog—based governance model, ensuring data is discoverable, secure, and usable.

Expand and harden our Data Quality and Validation Framework (including Databricks DQX-style approaches).Develop and maintain resilient ingestion, transformation, and semantic pipelines that support both reporting and AI-driven use cases.

Split time between project work, production support, quality framework enhancements, and "BAU" work (Business as Usual).Modernize and maintain source control, CI/CD, release management, and environment promotion strategies.

Partner with internal teams building "ask your data" experiences, analytics copilots, and AI-enabled applications, helping them move from proof-of-concept to enterprise‑ready solutions.

Help define patterns for safely exposing approved corporate data to business and technical partners for experimentation and production use.

Actively explore and apply AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, documentation, and design decisions.

Champion automation-first, validation-first, and "shift-left" engineering and testing practices.

Proactively identify opportunities for platform modernization and process improvement, and clearly articulate recommendations for implementation.

Collaborate with other engineers, analysts, QA, architects, and business partners and share knowledge

Challenge assumptions thoughtfully and respectfully when there's a better way forward.

Operate with ownership, accountability, and a positive, solution-oriented attitude.

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