Azure Data Architect -Senior Manager

EY GDS – Data and Analytics – Sr. Manager – Azure Data Architect

As part of our EY-GDS D&A (Data and Analytics) team, we help our clients solve complex business challenges with the help of data and technology. We dive deep into data to extract the greatest value and discover opportunities in key business and functions like Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing and Auto, Supply Chain, and Finance. 
 

The opportunity

We’re looking for Managers (Big Data Architects) with strong technology and data understanding having proven delivery capability. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm as well as a part of a growing Data and Analytics team.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop standardized practices for delivering new products and capabilities using Big Data & cloud technologies, including data acquisition, transformation, analysis, Modelling, Governance & Data management skills  
• Interact with senior client technology leaders, understand their business goals, create, propose solution, estimate effort, build architectures, develop and deliver technology solutions
• Define and develop client specific best practices around data management within a cloud environment
• Recommend design alternatives for data ingestion, processing and provisioning layers
• Design and develop data ingestion programs to process large data sets in Batch mode using  ADB, ADF, PySpark, Python, Snypase
• Develop data ingestion programs to ingest real-time data from LIVE sources using Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming and related technologies
• Have managed team and have experience in end to end delivery
• Have experience of building technical capability and teams to deliver

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong understanding & familiarity with all Cloud Ecosystem components
• Strong understanding of underlying Cloud Architectural concepts and distributed computing paradigms
• Experience in the development of large scale data processing.
• Hands-on programming experience in ADB, ADF, Synapse, Python, PySpark, SQL
• Hands-on expertise in cloud services like AWS, and/or Microsoft Azure eco system
• Solid understanding of ETL methodologies in a multi-tiered stack with Data Modelling & Data Governance
• Experience with BI, and data analytics databases 
• Experience in converting business problems/challenges to technical solutions considering security, performance, scalability etc.
• Experience in Enterprise grade solution implementations.
• Experience in performance bench marking enterprise applications
• Strong stakeholder, client, team, process & delivery management skills

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Flexible and proactive/self-motivated working style with strong personal ownership of problem resolution.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal formal and informal).
• Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be a team player and enjoy working in a cooperative and collaborative team environment.
• Adaptable to new technologies and standards.
• Participate in all aspects of Big Data solution delivery life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, production deployment, and support.
• Minimum 12 years hand-on experience in one or more of the above areas.
• Minimum 14 years industry experience

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Project management skills
• Client management skills
• Solutioning skills Big Data solution