Vertical Relevance

Design and implement cloud-based data solutions, including data lakes, ingestion frameworks, and orchestration on AWS, while providing strategic guidance and technical expertise. | Requires 10+ years of professional experience in AWS data/DevOps solutions, with strong customer-facing skills and experience with AWS services like S3, Glue, Lambda, EMR, and orchestration tools. | Vertical Relevance is looking for an AWS Data Consultant, to join our team as a full-time employee and work remotely. This person is responsible for the end-to-end planning, building, and deploying of software systems. He/she will be able to drive the programming of well-constructed, testable code. As an AWS Data Consultant, you will implement technical solutions as part of a team for customer engagements. This role requires strong teamwork, communication, patience and organization skills needed to drive customer success. At Vertical Relevance we deliver with excellence through teamwork, automating everything, constantly learning and taking ownership for the outcomes our customers experience. Are you ready to join the team? Responsibilities • Help customers shape their journey to adopting the cloud and provide our customers with technical and strategic guidance on their “cloud journey”. • Consult, plan, design, and implement Data solutions on the cloud customers • Design AWS Data Lake implementations • Design and Develop AWS Data Quality and Governance solutions • Become a deep technical resource that earns our customer's trust • Develop high-quality technical content such as automation tools, reference architectures, and white papers to help our customers build on the cloud • Innovate on behalf of customers and translate your thoughts into action yielding measurable results. • Support solution development by conveying customer needs and feedback as input to technology roadmaps. Share real world implementation challenges and recommend expansion of capabilities through enhanced and new offerings. • Assist with technical briefs that document solutions • Assist with reference architecture implementations • Support internal and external brand development through thought leadership: • Work with Marketing/Alliances to write blog posts • Work with Marketing/Alliances to develop internal case studies Qualifications • 10+ years Professional experience architecting/operating Data / DevOps solutions built on AWS • Experience in software/technology customer facing experience • You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future. Sample Activities You’ll Do AWS Data Architecture and Data Lake Implementation Assist Customer in building out a framework for data collection, data ingestion and catalog, data storage and data serving designed to optimize the efficiency in which information is accessed, curated, served and analyzed from up to two on-premises data sources. • Assist Customer with implementing Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), account, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket strategy and capture impact for introducing critical data for a data lake. • Assist Customer with achieving modern big data lambda architecture, providing an environment for consumption and utilization of data coming from either batch or streaming sources. • Assist Customer with defining detailed data architecture including raw data, conformed, structured, enriched, and aggregated. • Provide Customer general best practices in building production quality data pipeline for ingestion, transformation and consumption to downstream applications through a serving layer. • Assist Customer with defining details to data catalog and data serving layer through application program interfaces (APIs) if required. • Provide Customer general best practices for Amazon S3 data storage approach. Build Ingestion and Orchestration Ingestion Based on Customer’s ingestion requirements provided. Assist Customer with building a reusable ingestion framework to onboard new data quickly based on one data source example. • Assist Customer with designing and building robust data ingestion solutions using monitoring, logging and alerting servicing with retry capabilities. • Assist Customer with server-less approaches where if applicable for the ingestion. • Assist Customer with building the framework for managing data updates to data stored in objects on Amazon S3. Orchestration Based on Customer’s ingestion, orchestration and operational requirements. Provide general best practices to Customer for implementing an extensible and supportable orchestration framework for onboarding data to a lambda architecture for a representative data source. • Advise Customer on leveraging AWS Services tools for data ingestion including Amazon Kinesis, Amazon EMR, AWS Lambda or other tool defined as part of the assessment. • Advise Customer on orchestration options on AWS Services including but not limited to AWS Glue, AWS Step Functions, AWS Batch, Amazon EMR, AWS Data Pipeline, AWS Lambda or other AWS native orchestration tooling. • Must Have: Apache Iceberg Sagemaker, SageMaker Lakehouse, SageMaker Catalog, Terraform • Should Have: Athena, Redshift, EMR, Glue, DataBricks and/or Snowflake, REDIS • Assist Customer with building out the orchestration and state management processes to support data processing without data loss and exception and identify error handling. • Advise Customer on how the orchestration tooling will provide operational feedback to the support organizations in the event of a failure. Storage and Catalog Amazon S3 Data Storage Build Based on Customer’s usage requirements. Assist Customer with building the data lake storage approach for a representative data source. • Assist Customer with building data storage including buckets, prefixes, encryption, file types, partitioning. • Assist Customer with building automated data partition strategy. • Assist Customer with building Amazon S3 Bucket policies, logging and monitoring. • Assist Customer with building out data lifecycle management. • Assist Customer with building cross-region replication if required. Relevant Technical Tools • Primary Languages - Python • Tooling, Services & Libraries – Airflow, Kafka, Parquet, Spark, Metaflow, Git, Hadoop Relevant AWS Services • AWS Infrastructure Scripting – CloudFormation, AWS CLI, AWS CDK • AWS Storage Services – S3 • AWS Compute Services – Lambda, Batch • AWS Database Services – RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, Aurora, Neptune • AWS Networking Services – VPC • AWS Management and Governance Services – CloudTrail, Service Catalog • AWS Analytics Services – Athena, EMR, Kinesis, Glue, Lake Formation, Data Pipeline • AWS Security, Identity, Compliance Services – IAM • AWS Application Integration Services – Step Functions The Company Vertical Relevance was founded to help business leaders drive value through the design and delivery of effective transformation programs across people, processes, and systems. Our mission is to help firms at any stage of their journey develop custom solutions for success and growth. We provide a full range of services from strategy and design through to implementation and training. Our collective industry expertise is our greatest asset - our professionals have an average of 20+ years’ experience within Financial Services, across Wealth Management, Asset Management, Insurance, and Banking. Within our Customer Experience practice, we add complementary industry expertise (technology and media) synergizing the most relevant and successful customer trends. We focus wholly on your success by first rigorously assessing your business and technology challenges, and then right-sizing solutions that provide a meaningful ROI. With our industry experts hitting the ground running and focusing on nimble, quality delivery, we can see rapid, tangible improvements with our clients in productivity and effectiveness. When it makes sense for your company, we leverage our product partnerships in the areas of CRM, Sales Acceleration, Predictive Analytics, Digital Knowledge Management, and Cloud Transformation. Vertical Relevance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Lead and implement transformation programs for financial services clients, managing multiple complex projects and ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance. | 10+ years project management experience including 5+ years in financial services and consulting, strong knowledge of banking compliance and regulations, supervisory experience, and proficiency in MS Project and PowerPoint. | Project Manager / Management Consultant Location: Remote (Full-Time) Company: Vertical Relevance About the Role Vertical Relevance is seeking a Project Manager / Management Consultant to join our team as a full-time remote employee. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional with deep experience in financial services and a passion for driving transformation across people, processes, and workflows. As a key member of our consulting team, you will lead customer engagements, implement strategic solutions, and ensure successful delivery through strong communication, organization, and leadership. Role Overview - Position: Full-Time Remote Project Manager - Industry Focus: Financial Services (Banking, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Insurance) - Mission: Deliver transformation programs that align with client goals and drive measurable outcomes Key Responsibilities Lead and implement solutions for client engagements, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Manage multiple priorities and deliverables independently across complex projects. Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. Drive success through collaboration, automation, continuous learning, and ownership. Apply industry knowledge to improve business processes and compliance frameworks. Support strategic planning, scope definition, scheduling, cost control, and quality assurance. Qualifications Experience: 10+ years in Project Management, Banking, Risk, Regulatory Compliance, Audit, or Governance. 5+ years in Financial Services or Banking. 5+ years in Management Consulting or client-facing consulting roles. 2+ years in supervisory or project leadership positions. Skills: Strong understanding of business processes in Risk, Treasury, Payments, Banking Compliance, and Finance. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proficiency in MS Office Suite, MS Project, and especially PowerPoint. Familiarity with OCC rules and banking regulations (preferred). Company Ethos Values: Excellence, teamwork, automation, continuous learning, ownership. Services: Strategy, design, implementation, and training. Team: Consultants with an average of 20+ years of industry experience. Why Vertical Relevance? Vertical Relevance stands out with over two decades of experience in business advisory and financial services. We understand the unique challenges faced by financial institutions and tailor our solutions to fit each client’s culture and objectives. Our multifaceted approach ensures end-to-end delivery—from strategy to execution—while maintaining agility and responsiveness in a rapidly evolving industry landscape. We empower our clients by enhancing organizational capabilities, improving data collection and governance, and refining business strategies to unlock new opportunities. Equal Opportunity Statement Vertical Relevance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic.

Lead and implement client engagement solutions in financial services, manage multiple complex projects, communicate with senior leadership, and support strategic planning and quality assurance. | 10+ years project management experience including 5+ years in financial services and consulting, supervisory experience, strong understanding of banking risk and compliance, and proficiency with MS Office and project tools. | Project Manager / Management Consultant Location: Remote (Full-Time) Company: Vertical Relevance About the Role Vertical Relevance is seeking a Project Manager / Management Consultant to join our team as a full-time remote employee. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional with deep experience in financial services and a passion for driving transformation across people, processes, and workflows. As a key member of our consulting team, you will lead customer engagements, implement strategic solutions, and ensure successful delivery through strong communication, organization, and leadership. Role Overview • Position: Full-Time Remote Project Manager • Industry Focus: Financial Services (Banking, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Insurance) • Mission: Deliver transformation programs that align with client goals and drive measurable outcomes Key Responsibilities • Lead and implement solutions for client engagements, ensuring alignment with business objectives. • Manage multiple priorities and deliverables independently across complex projects. • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. • Drive success through collaboration, automation, continuous learning, and ownership. • Apply industry knowledge to improve business processes and compliance frameworks. • Support strategic planning, scope definition, scheduling, cost control, and quality assurance. Qualifications Experience: • 10+ years in Project Management, Banking, Risk, Regulatory Compliance, Audit, or Governance. • 5+ years in Financial Services or Banking. • 5+ years in Management Consulting or client-facing consulting roles. • 2+ years in supervisory or project leadership positions. Skills: • Strong understanding of business processes in Risk, Treasury, Payments, Banking Compliance, and Finance. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Proficiency in MS Office Suite, MS Project, and especially PowerPoint. • Familiarity with OCC rules and banking regulations (preferred). Company Ethos • Values: Excellence, teamwork, automation, continuous learning, ownership. • Services: Strategy, design, implementation, and training. • Team: Consultants with an average of 20+ years of industry experience. Why Vertical Relevance? Vertical Relevance stands out with over two decades of experience in business advisory and financial services. We understand the unique challenges faced by financial institutions and tailor our solutions to fit each client’s culture and objectives. Our multifaceted approach ensures end-to-end delivery—from strategy to execution—while maintaining agility and responsiveness in a rapidly evolving industry landscape. We empower our clients by enhancing organizational capabilities, improving data collection and governance, and refining business strategies to unlock new opportunities. Equal Opportunity Statement Vertical Relevance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic. nIuGkaNHIi

Lead and implement client transformation programs in financial services, managing multiple complex projects and ensuring alignment with business objectives. | 10+ years project management experience including 5+ years in financial services and consulting, strong understanding of banking risk and compliance, excellent communication skills, and proficiency with MS Office and project tools. | Project Manager / Management Consultant Location: Remote (Full-Time) Company: Vertical Relevance About the Role Vertical Relevance is seeking a Project Manager / Management Consultant to join our team as a full-time remote employee. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional with deep experience in financial services and a passion for driving transformation across people, processes, and workflows. As a key member of our consulting team, you will lead customer engagements, implement strategic solutions, and ensure successful delivery through strong communication, organization, and leadership. Role Overview • Position: Full-Time Remote Project Manager • Industry Focus: Financial Services (Banking, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Insurance) • Mission: Deliver transformation programs that align with client goals and drive measurable outcomes Key Responsibilities • Lead and implement solutions for client engagements, ensuring alignment with business objectives. • Manage multiple priorities and deliverables independently across complex projects. • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. • Drive success through collaboration, automation, continuous learning, and ownership. • Apply industry knowledge to improve business processes and compliance frameworks. • Support strategic planning, scope definition, scheduling, cost control, and quality assurance. Qualifications Experience: • 10+ years in Project Management, Banking, Risk, Regulatory Compliance, Audit, or Governance. • 5+ years in Financial Services or Banking. • 5+ years in Management Consulting or client-facing consulting roles. • 2+ years in supervisory or project leadership positions. Skills: • Strong understanding of business processes in Risk, Treasury, Payments, Banking Compliance, and Finance. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Proficiency in MS Office Suite, MS Project, and especially PowerPoint. • Familiarity with OCC rules and banking regulations (preferred). Company Ethos • Values: Excellence, teamwork, automation, continuous learning, ownership. • Services: Strategy, design, implementation, and training. • Team: Consultants with an average of 20+ years of industry experience. Why Vertical Relevance? Vertical Relevance stands out with over two decades of experience in business advisory and financial services. We understand the unique challenges faced by financial institutions and tailor our solutions to fit each client’s culture and objectives. Our multifaceted approach ensures end-to-end delivery—from strategy to execution—while maintaining agility and responsiveness in a rapidly evolving industry landscape. We empower our clients by enhancing organizational capabilities, improving data collection and governance, and refining business strategies to unlock new opportunities. Equal Opportunity Statement Vertical Relevance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic. nIuGkaNHIi