Data & analytics consultancy · Houston, Texas

The numbers exist. They're just in four different systems.

Arka Integrated Solutions designs, builds and runs the data platforms that bring them together — so the reporting your business depends on is one place, current, and trusted. We staff to the size of the program, from a single engineer to a full delivery team.

Data engineering · Analytics · Reporting core practice Onshore & offshore delivery teams Energy, retail, distribution, public sector

What we do

Data and analytics, end to end

Data engineering and analytics reporting are our core practice — building the pipelines and platforms that hold the data, then turning them into reporting people trust. Integration is the third leg, and it is usually what makes the first two work.

01

Data engineering

Modern cloud data platforms, pipelines that hold up under load, and the architecture decisions that keep working after we leave.

  • Lakehouse and warehouse design
  • Pipelines and orchestration
  • Migration from legacy systems
  • Performance and cost tuning
02

Analytics & reporting

Reporting and analytics built so the figures are trusted, fast, and reach the people who act on them.

  • Semantic models and metric definitions
  • Dashboards and self-service reporting
  • Governed access and row-level security
  • Embedded analytics in your own product
03

Systems integration

The part most reporting tools can't reach: joining finance data to the operational systems that explain it.

  • ERP, accounting and CRM platforms
  • Operational and line-of-business databases
  • SaaS APIs and commerce platforms
  • Files, spreadsheets and legacy exports

The full picture

Six capability areas, what each one delivers, and the shape a typical engagement takes.

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How we're built

A senior core, and the bench to scale

Arka runs a senior core team backed by an onshore and offshore delivery bench. We staff to the size of the program — a single engineer for a focused build, a full squad when the work needs one.

What doesn't change is who leads it. Every engagement is designed and owned by a senior data engineer, not handed to a junior once the contract is signed, and there's no account manager sitting between you and the people doing the work.

Our engineering experience runs to fifteen years across data platforms, analytics and reporting, including delivery for global energy operators where the numbers drove operational decisions. When a program needs more hands than we hold, we bring them in through channels we have used for years rather than turning the work away.

Capability
Team
Data engineers, BI developers and analysts
Delivery model
Onshore and offshore, scaled to the program
Experience
15 years across data platforms, analytics and reporting
Based
Houston, Texas · serving clients nationwide

Track record

Where our people have delivered

Arka has supplied data and analytics consultants into enterprise programs through partner vendor channels. Sector detail below; client names are covered by confidentiality terms and available on request where permitted.

Global IT servicesData and analytics consultants placed into delivery programs for a top-tier global systems integrator.
Fortune 500 apparel retailAnalytics resourcing supporting a national retail organization's reporting estate.
National food distributionConsultants supporting data operations at a major US distribution group.
State health & human servicesAnalytics delivery on a US state government health agency program.

Engagements delivered through partner vendor channels rather than as prime contractor. Named references can be provided directly to serious prospects where contract terms allow.

How we work

Four shapes of engagement

Most clients start narrow and widen once the first piece is running. We scope to whichever of these fits, and we will tell you if a smaller one would do.

Scoped project
Best when the outcome is clear. A defined deliverable, a fixed fee, half on start and the balance on acceptance. Sized from a single report through to a full platform build.
Program delivery
Best when the work needs a team. A squad assembled around your program — engineers, BI developers and analysts — running to your milestones and integrating with your existing delivery process.
Monthly retainer
Best when the platform needs to keep running. Hosting, refresh monitoring, support and an agreed block of change hours each month. Typically follows a build.
Consultant supply
For vendors and systems integrators. Data and analytics consultants supplied into your delivery teams, onshore and offshore, through standard vendor channels. Send us the requirement.

Data & analytics services

Six capabilities, one practice

Data engineering and analytics reporting are where we are strongest; the other four exist because real programs need them. Engage us for a single piece — a report, a pipeline, a migration — or for the whole thing with a team around it.

01 · Core practice

Data platform & engineering

The foundation everything else sits on. We design and build the platform that collects your data, cleans it, and keeps it current — whether that's a first warehouse or a replacement for something that has stopped coping.

  • Lakehouse and warehouse design
  • Ingestion pipelines and orchestration
  • Incremental loads and change capture
  • Legacy migration and decommissioning
  • Performance and cost optimization
  • Environment and deployment setup
Typical engagementFour to twelve weeks, fixed price where scope is clear, then an optional retainer once it's running.
02 · Core practice

Analytics & reporting

Reporting people actually open. The hard part is rarely the chart — it's agreeing what a number means, making it fast enough to explore, and getting it in front of the person who acts on it.

  • Dimensional and semantic modeling
  • Executive and operational dashboards
  • Metric definitions and a single source of truth
  • Row-level security and governed access
  • Scheduled distribution to inboxes
  • Embedded reporting inside your own product
Typical engagementOne to six weeks depending on how many reports and how settled the definitions are. A single report is the smallest version.
03

Systems integration

Where most reporting tools stop. Your accounting system knows what you earned; your operational systems know why. Joining them is what turns a report into a decision — and it's the work we're most often called in for.

  • ERP and accounting platforms
  • CRM and sales systems
  • Operational and line-of-business databases
  • SaaS and commerce APIs
  • Payroll, billing and payment platforms
  • Files, spreadsheets and legacy exports
Typical engagementUsually part of a platform or reporting build rather than standalone, though we do take integration-only work.
04

Advanced analytics

Once the foundation is trustworthy, the questions get more interesting — what's coming, what's unusual, what's actually driving the number. We're candid about the prerequisite: this work needs clean, consistent data underneath it, and we'll say so if you don't have that yet.

  • Forecasting and trend analysis
  • Customer and product segmentation
  • Anomaly and outlier detection
  • Cohort and retention analysis
  • Scenario and what-if modeling
  • Preparing data for machine learning
Typical engagementScoped as a defined analysis with a stated question and a deliverable, not an open-ended data science retainer.
05

Data quality & governance

The unglamorous work that decides whether anyone believes the dashboard. If two reports disagree and nobody can say which is right, no amount of visualization fixes it.

  • Data quality rules and monitoring
  • Reconciliation against source systems
  • Lineage and documentation
  • Access control and sensitive data handling
  • Shared metric and definition catalog
  • Refresh monitoring and failure alerting
Typical engagementOften a short assessment first, then remediation scoped against what it finds.
06

Managed analytics support

For teams without a data person of their own. We keep the platform running, respond when a refresh fails, and take on the steady trickle of change requests that would otherwise sit in a queue for months.

  • Refresh monitoring and incident response
  • Hosting and capacity management
  • An agreed block of change hours monthly
  • New reports and model changes
  • User support and enablement
  • Quarterly review of what's working
Typical engagementMonthly retainer scoped to the size of the platform, usually following a build. Cancel with 30 days' notice.

Technologies

What we build on

Deepest in the Microsoft data stack, comfortable across the rest. We'll work in whatever you already own rather than selling you a migration you don't need.

Microsoft FabricPower BIAzure Data Factory Azure SynapseDatabricksDelta Lake SQL ServerT-SQLDAXPySparkPython Azure Data LakeSnowflakePostgreSQL Power AutomatePower AppsExcel & Power QueryREST APIs

Industries we know

Sector knowledge shortens the discovery phase. These are the ones where we already understand the vocabulary and the metrics that matter.

EnergyUpstream and oilfield services operations, production and cost reporting.
Retail & commerceSales, margin, inventory and channel performance.
Distribution & logisticsFulfillment, route and warehouse operations reporting.
Public sectorHealth and human services program reporting and compliance.
Professional servicesUtilization, realization and project profitability.
Small & mid-size businessOwner-level reporting across accounting and operations.

Not sure which one you need?

Most conversations start with a problem rather than a service. Describe what isn't working and we'll tell you where it sits.

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Contact

Tell us what isn't working

A short call is usually enough to say whether this is worth doing, what it would take, and what it would cost. No obligation either way.

Location
Houston, Texas