The Firm 

3Cloud is a “born in the cloud” Gold-Certified Microsoft Azure technology consulting firm and Azure Expert Managed Services Provider that provides cloud strategy, design, implementation, acquisition, and ongoing managed services to its clients across various industries. To meet the needs of its clients, 3Cloud offers comprehensive services across Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps & Automation, Cloud Application Development and Data, Analytics and AI. Founded by former Microsoft technology leaders, 3Cloud uniquely offers: (1) highly experienced and proven cloud architects and technologists, (2) strong business strategy, financial acumen and operational proficiency and (3) deep relationship and network into Microsoft engineering and field leadership. 3Cloud is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Dallas, Pittsburgh and Tampa while supporting its clients throughout the US. 

Data Science 

The Data Science Practice at 3Cloud is on a mission to position clients to capitalize on what narrow (weak) Artificial Intelligence does best: learn what's most important to an objective and automate its doing, at scale. This position requires we reduce the capital risk of data-driven exploration through value-driven cloud engineering, champion the adoption of ML solutions trained to optimize value signals, and extend & secure AI systems of strategic value, all by designing and building with expertise that leads technical, domain, and human frontiers. 

Our practice is growing quickly, and we are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer who will be responsible for delivering quality solutions using Microsoft’s Azure suite of tools. You will have intermediate to advanced knowledge of Python, Scala, or Apache Spark. You understand how to explore, preprocess, join, and ingest data. You will know how to read source data from a variety of formats. You will understand Azure DevOps for structured development, including task management, and managed code deployment (including CI/CD pipelines). You will know how to do exploratory data analysis to quickly identify a dataset’s ability to predict an outcome. You will know how to create an end-to-end solution for a Machine Learning solution. The ideal candidate will have experience in customer facing roles and have had success leading technical and economic value discussions with senior customer executives that drive key decisions and implementation.  

This is a US ONLY Remote role.  

Responsibilities:  

• Support the development of high performing, reliable and scalable solutions 
• Clearly communicate technical details to business and management personnel 

• Work independently or on a team to design and develop Machine Learning solutions 
• Assist business development team with pre-sales activities and RFPs (Request for Proposal) 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s Degree desired in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field 
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with data science, or machine learning work, 

• Minimum of 2 years of experience with Azure technologies, and previous Consulting experience 
• Knowledge of Databricks development, including Scala, Python, and Spark 
• Ability to develop utilizing the following technologies: 

• Data Movement (Apache Spark, plus Azure Data Factory and legacy SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)) 
• Azure Storage Technologies (Data Lake, Blob Storage) 

• Azure Machine Learning 
• Azure Databricks 

• Expertise in Spark Data Frames API (Application Programming Interfaces) and architecture to ingest and manipulate data, including exploring, preprocessing, joining, filtering, dropping sorting, partitioning, and renaming/manipulating columns in the dataset 

Professional Skills: 

• Eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment 

• Desire to work in an information systems environment 
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills for both technical and non-technical teams 
• Passionate about learning modern technologies 
• Analytical approach to problem-solving; ability to use technology to solve business problems 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment 
   

Additional Preferred Experience: 

• Machine Learning/AI Practitioner expertise, including 

• Predictive, Prescription, and Descriptive Analytics using Data Science tools and technologies 
• Experience with Azure ML (Machine Learning) Studio/Services 
• Understanding of analysis models, including Supervised vs Unsupervised, Regression vs Classification, clustering, and cross-validation 

• Building, Tuning, and deploying analysis models with Spark ML and ML Flow 

• Knowledge of Power BI (Business Intelligence) is a plus 
• Certifications are a plus 

Come put your thumbprint on the story of 3Cloud. As a rapidly growing company, we’re looking for the brightest minds to shape and share in our exciting future.