Principal Consultant – Modern Data & Analytics Engineering
Torq · Posted Nov 12, 2026
- Plano, Texas, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Principal
- $140K–$170K per year
- 8+ years
Lead technical workstreams across data platform modernization, cloud migration, enterprise integration, analytics, and AI-enablement initiatives, combining strong technical skills with consulting judgment to solve end-to-end data problems for clients.
Compensation
Currently, the base salary range is estimated to be between $140,000 and $170,000.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical workstreams across data platform modernization, cloud migration, enterprise integration, analytics, and AI-enablement initiatives.
- Assess existing data ecosystems, identify architectural and engineering constraints, and define practical modernization recommendations.
- Design scalable cloud-based data architectures, including data lake, lakehouse, warehouse, data mesh, and data-product patterns.
- Build and optimize batch, near-real-time, streaming, and API-based data integrations across enterprise source systems.
- Develop reliable ETL and ELT pipelines using modern engineering frameworks, orchestration tools, and cloud-native services.
Requirements
- Four-year degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Nice to have: Customer Data Platforms (CDPs)
- Nice to have: Adobe Analytics
- Nice to have: Google Analytics 4
- Nice to have: Salesforce Data Cloud