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# Analytics Platform Engineer - Senior Associate

- **Company:** Huron Consulting Group Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Information Systems, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Database Queries, Programming Tools, Distributed Computing Environment, Github, Identity and Access Management, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Cloud Services, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Parquet, Data Ingestion, Spring Cloud, System Availability, Apache Spark, State Machines, Software Troubleshooting, Git, Cloudformation, Fastapi, Containerization, Data Lakes, Semi-structured Data, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Github Enterprise, Data Analytics, Data Management, Api Design, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://huron.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/huroncareers/job/Chicago---550-Van-Buren/Analytics-Platform-Engineer---Senior-Associate_JR-0016886

## About the Role

The ideal candidate is passionate about engineering, automation, and problem solving. They enjoy building services, developing Python applications, working with cloud-native technologies, and improving the developer experience for teams consuming the platform., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Analytics, or related field.

 * 2-5 years of software engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering experience.
 * Strong Python development skills with experience building production-grade applications and automation.
 * Hands-on experience developing solutions in AWS.
 * Experience working with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, ECS, Step Functions, CloudWatch, and IAM.
 * Experience building and supporting data pipelines and cloud-native applications.
 * Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets.
 * Experience with Git-based source control and CI/CD pipelines.
 * Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
 * Experience working within Agile development teams.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with Apache Spark and distributed data processing.
 * Experience with Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or modern data lake architectures.
 * Experience building Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform or CloudFormation.
 * Experience developing APIs, platform services, or internal developer tooling.
 * Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and operational automation.
 * AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, Developer, or Data Engineer.
 * Experience supporting analytics, reporting, machine learning, or AI workloads.
 * Familiarity with Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise.

Technologies You'll Work With

 * Python
 * AWS (S3, Glue, Athena, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, CloudWatch)
 * Apache Spark
 * SQL
 * Apache Iceberg
 * GitHub & CI/CD Pipelines
 * Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code
 * Data Lake & Analytics Platforms

## Description

* Design, develop, and maintain platform services supporting data ingestion, transformation, analytics, and reporting.
 * Build reusable Python-based frameworks, utilities, and automation tools used across multiple product teams.
 * Develop platform capabilities that enable rapid onboarding of datasets and analytics workloads.
 * Improve platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Data Engineering & Analytics

 * Develop and maintain data pipelines supporting ingestion and processing of enterprise data.
 * Build and optimize ETL/ELT solutions using Python, Spark, and AWS services.
 * Support data lake architecture and modernization initiatives.
 * Work with structured and semi-structured data including Parquet, Iceberg, JSON, and relational datasets.

Cloud & Infrastructure Automation

 * Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and platform automation solutions.
 * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment frameworks.
 * Implement monitoring, observability, and operational tooling.
 * Automate platform provisioning, configuration, and service onboarding.

Developer Experience & Platform Operations

 * Create tooling, templates, and frameworks that simplify platform adoption.
 * Troubleshoot complex platform and data issues.
 * Help establish engineering best practices around testing, deployment, security, and maintainability.
 * Contribute to platform standards and architecture decisions.

Emerging Technology & AI

 * Explore and implement AI-enabled solutions that improve platform capabilities and developer productivity.
 * Identify opportunities to leverage automation and machine learning within platform workflows.
 * Evaluate new cloud services and analytics technologies.