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# Lead Consultant - Data Architecture & Engineering at 3Cloud

- **Company:** 3Cloud
- **Location:** Philippines
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2024-05-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/3cloud/jobs/7453081002?gh_jid=7453081002

## Job description

Are you looking for a role that motivates and challenges you? Are you ready for an opportunity for growth? Do you want to work on teams where people roll up their sleeves to take on tough problems together, and regularly blow the doors off our clients with their outstanding teamwork? If you answered yes to those questions, 3Cloud might just be for you!

At 3Cloud, we hire people who aren’t afraid to experiment or fail. We hire people who are willing to give direct and candid feedback to their managers, leaders, and team members. We hire people who jump at those opportunities because they care about our collective growth and success. We hire people who challenge and hold each other accountable for living 3Cloud’s core values because they know that it will result in amazing experiences and solutions for our clients and each other.

Job Highlights

- Leadership Opportunities – This role will help you extend and expand your knowledge and experience in technical leadership positions. These include technical decision-making; guidance and mentorship of more junior team members; and developing relationships with project, client, and company leadership – all while remaining hands-on in your areas of expertise.
- Our technology focus is on Azure – you’ll have plenty of exciting opportunities to grow your skills in Microsoft and Azure in an environment committed to technical excellence and client experience in a very specific, defined space. Six months of experience on our team is worth years somewhere else.
- Microsoft Partnerships – Our great global relationship with Microsoft ensures that we have a pipeline of cutting-edge Azure work opportunities, and access to the teams that have built the platform. You won’t find this at other places.
- Competitive compensation package, salary, allowance, standard benefits including quarterly and annual performance-based cash bonus and other remuneration.
- Great working environment and company culture with flexible work location.

General Required Technical Skills:

- Experience leading small to medium sized technical teams (this includes work allocation/distribution to team members, technical escalation and support, representing the team in Agile ceremonies and client meetings).
- Expertise in designing and implementing logical and physical data models for cloud and hybrid data warehouse environments
- Implementing data architectures to support a variety of data formats and structures including structured, semi-structured and unstructured data
- Experience with multiple full life-cycle data warehouse implementations
- Understanding of data architectures required to support data integration processing
- Experience with data modeling technologies such as ER/Studio, ER/Win or similar
- Experience with Microsoft Azure Data Platform services including Azure Data Lake Store, Azure Storage, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL database, Logic Apps, APIs
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn, adopt and apply new technologies
- Data profiling and creation of source to target mappings
- Ability to provision and configure Azure data service resources

Detailed Required Skills:

- Python & SQL Scripting
- SQL, PySpark
- General Cloud Architecture competency skillset - Capable of taking requirements and building out data pipelines
- API Knowledge is required, but preference given to candidates who can create APIs

## Preferred Experience/Skills/Certifications

- Microsoft Fabric
- Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, Data Flows, Express Route, Azure Active Directory
- Experience creating strategies to migrate customers from on-premise environments to Azure
- Power BI and semantic modeling
- AWS Glue & Azure Data Factory
- AWS S3 & Azure Blob
- AWS Athena & Azure Databricks
- AWS Redshift & Azure Synapse
- AWS ECS & Azure AKS

Full-time employment

📌 Remote in Philippines

Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.

## About 3Cloud

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 3Cloud is a 100% Azure-dedicated technology consulting firm that helps enterprises and mid-market organizations architect, build, and optimize their cloud environments on Microsoft Azure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Cognizant in November 2025; deal expected to close Q1 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Downers Grove, Illinois (Chicago area), USA
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Mike Rocco and Jim Dietrich

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cloud Consulting & IT Services (Microsoft Azure ecosystem)
- **Target customers**: Enterprise and mid-market organizations across banking & financial services, healthcare, technology, and consumer sectors
- **Mission**: To be the leading Microsoft Azure partner; loved by employees, trusted by clients, and valued by Microsoft and business partners. The company believes a brighter future is created through human brilliance and transformative technology.

## Products & Services
- **Cloud Strategy & Advisory**: Helping clients define their Azure roadmap, including digital modernization, cost optimization, and business transformation.
- **Data & AI Solutions**: Modern data platforms, advanced analytics, AI enablement, and machine learning solutions built on Azure. Recognized as Microsoft’s 2024 Partner of the Year for Data & AI.
- **Application Innovation**: Cloud-native app development, application modernization, and migration to Azure.
- **Cloud Platform & Infrastructure**: Architecture, design, and implementation of Azure cloud environments, including hybrid and multi-cloud strategies.
- **Managed Services**: Ongoing Azure environment management, monitoring, optimization, and support (Azure Expert Managed Services Provider).
- **Quality Engineering**: Testing and quality assurance services for cloud applications.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by Cognizant in November 2025; financial terms not disclosed)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — 3Cloud was a portfolio company of **Gryphon Investors** (private equity). Prior to acquisition, the company reported 20% organic compound annual growth since 2020, with 20%+ growth expected in 2025.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Gryphon Investors (PE backer); Microsoft (strategic partner); Databricks (Elite partner)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Acquired by Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) in November 2025 for an undisclosed sum; deal expected to close Q1 2026.
  - Named **2025 Microsoft U.S. Channel Partner of the Year**.
  - Named **2024 Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year for Data & AI**.
  - 1,000+ Azure experts and engineers; 1,500+ Microsoft certifications.
  - 20% organic compound annual growth since 2020.
  - Serves 1 in 10 Fortune 500 companies.

## Competitive Advantages
- **100% Azure Dedicated**: Unlike generalist consultancies, 3Cloud is singularly focused on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, giving them unmatched depth of expertise.
- **Founder Pedigree**: Founded by former Microsoft executives who managed $1B+ revenue portfolios and have deep relationships within Microsoft’s sales and engineering leadership.
- **Award-Winning Track Record**: Multiple Microsoft Partner of the Year awards (Data & AI, Health & Life Sciences, Migration to Azure, Modernizing Applications, 2025 U.S. Channel Partner of the Year).
- **Scale & Certification**: 1,000+ Azure experts, 1,500+ Microsoft certifications, and 1,600+ Azure engagements.
- **Elite Partner Status**: Also an Elite Databricks partner, adding depth in data and AI.

## Strategic Focus
- **Enterprise AI Readiness**: Helping clients build, deploy, and scale AI solutions on Azure, with a strong emphasis on data platforms and AI-driven operations.
- **Growth Through Acquisition**: The pending acquisition by Cognizant (expected Q1 2026) will combine 3Cloud’s Azure expertise with Cognizant’s global scale, creating one of the largest Microsoft partners with 21,000+ Azure-certified specialists.
- **Continued Azure Specialization**: Remaining 100% focused on the Azure ecosystem, deepening capabilities in data, AI, and app innovation.
- **Expansion of Managed Services**: Growing the managed services practice to support ongoing client operations and optimization.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: 3Cloud emphasizes a "human led, tech driven" philosophy, with core values of Growth, Client Success, and Winning Together. The company is described as passionate, innovative, and committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: 3Cloud embraces a **remote-first** approach, hiring based on skill set rather than geographical location. Employees have the flexibility to work from home, with physical offices in Downers Grove, IL (HQ) and Dallas, TX. Typical time on-site is "None."
- **Notable Perks** (per Built In):
  - Comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA)
  - Generous parental leave and family medical leave
  - Performance bonuses
  - Employee discounts
  - Free snacks and drinks
  - Mobile phone discount
  - Travel concierge services
  - Job training, conferences, and customized development tracks
  - Promotion policies and career growth support
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on leading-edge Azure technology, with opportunities to work on complex, high-impact projects for Fortune 500 clients. The company emphasizes innovation, continuous learning, and a collaborative "winning together" mindset.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: 3Cloud is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse environment.

## Sources
1. [3Cloud Solutions - About Us](https://3cloudsolutions.com/about-us/)
2. [3Cloud Solutions - Careers](https://3cloudsolutions.com/join-us/)
3. [Built In - 3Cloud Careers, Perks + Culture](https://builtin.com/company/3cloud)
4. [Cognizant Press Release - Acquisition of 3Cloud (Finanzwire)](https://www.finanzwire.com/press-release/cognizant-technology-solutions-etr-cognizant-to-acquire-3cloud-creating-a-leading-force-in-microsoft-azure-services-and-enterprise-ai-transformation-X3tgRPOLQTb)

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