Flexible, USA

Cuesta Partners is looking for a data & digital technology expert with an interest in consulting, to work with our broad base of clients on various engagements ranging from targeted diligences to larger portfolio company strategy.

Cuesta Partners is a technology strategy consulting firm supporting organizations of various sizes throughout their technology journey. We help firms:

• Consider or prepare for acquisition and understand the risks and benefits of a potential transaction
• Through new product development or re-invigoration, new team structures, or adopting new practices and tools
• Guide leadership teams in developing vision, direction, and scalable strategies for their technology business

We believe in the power of technology to create sustained, differentiated advantage for our clients.

We are a unique, energetic firm that believes in challenging convention, moving quickly, and seeking ongoing personal growth. Every team member has agency in helping to build the firm where they’ve always wanted to work. Sound like you?

Job Description: What you’ll do

You’ll be responsible for working with our team to support our clients in various ways. This includes working across all levels, including directly with start-up founders/CEOs within our clients’ organizations and portfolio companies, providing guidance on topics such as:

• Sophistication of clients’ data capabilities and recommendations for improvements
• Key data initiatives for clients, including cloud adoption, legacy data migrations, AI/ML, and others
• Pros and cons of various commercial big data tools
• System integrations and reduction of data silos within organizations
• Design data models and data visualizations to power a client’s business

Requirements

• 5+ years of technology and data management experience with familiarity with common databases and database design/architecture
• Basic understanding of SQL querying, expertise in Hadoop, Spark, Azure SQL/NoSQL and other big data tools; strong data management at scale
• Data dashboarding and visualization capabilities (preferably within enterprise BI tooling such as Tableau, PowerBI, Looker, etc)
• Experience with relationship databases, database design, and data manipulation concepts
• High degree of organization and ability to manage competing priorities, driving results across multiple projects, exercising influence without authority
• Ability to navigate multiple levels of an organization, including presenting to leadership
• Confidence to speak up and drive portions of meetings, virtually and in-person; communicate effectively with clients across multiple mediums (email, phone, video, etc)
• Willingness to travel 15-50% following COVID guidelines
• Collaborative working-style, with ability to self-motivate and execute
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to start-up or initial launch of software development
• Hands-on experience building interfaces, ETLs, or data pipelines to feed downstream applications; integration/transfer experience using APIs, SFTPs, etc.
• Programming/Coding experience in R, Python, Java, C++ or similar languages
• Ability to perform or decipher predictive analytics techniques for advanced analytics and machine learning
• Experience working within a virtual machine or cloud environment such as AWS or MS Azure
• Experience in consulting or iterative project-based work
• MS in Computer Science, Data Analytics or other related field
• Hands-on experience building technology applications, whether for work or as a hobby
• Natural language processing abilities; previous exposure to automation or artificial intelligence / machine learning
• Web analytics or Search Engine Optimization Exposure
• Creating repositories, practicing version control practices in Github

Benefits: What you’ll gain

At Cuesta, we value entrepreneurship, humility, diversity, learning, speed, and balance. We provide our associates with:

• Constant opportunities for exposure & learning
• Flexible working location and enabling personal-life harmony with work
• Agency and influence in the company’s total strategy and direction
• Collaboration with a high-performing team, including the ability to work directly with Cuesta’s founding partners
• 401k, healthcare benefits, paid time-off and more!