What you’ll do:
- Undertake primary ownership in driving self and team effort across all phases of a project lifecycle;
- Translate business requirements into technical terms and drive team effort to design, build and manage technology solutions that solve business problems;
- Apply appropriate development methodologies (e.g.: agile, waterfall) and best practices (e.g.: mid-development client reviews, embedded QA procedures, unit testing) to ensure successful and timely completion;
- Partner with Project lead/ Program lead in delivering projects and assist in project management responsibility like - project plans, people management, staffing and risk mitigation;
- Collaborate with other team members across the globe and ensure seamless communication and sharing/ undertaking tasks;
- Manage team of diverse skill sets (programmer, cloud analyst, BI developer, reporting, operations, etc.); Mentor/coach the junior members in the team;
- Lead task planning and task distribution across team members and ensure timely completion with high quality and report accurate status to seniors;
- Lead the project deliverables such as business case development, solution vision and design, user requirements, solution mockup, prototypes, and technical architecture, test cases, deployment plans, operations strategy and planning, etc.;
- Manage direct / indirect client communications as per the assigned responsibility in the project;
- Exhibit outlook to bring continuous improvement, innovation and exhibit capability to learn new areas (technology, business domain, project management process) and drive the similar effort of team members:
- Understand the problem statement, client requirements and design and build complex solutions using Programing languages, ETL platform, etc.;
- Ability to take right and timely decision on problem solving by considering broader picture, especially on approach, technical nuances and planning.
Experience & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's/Master's degree with specialization in Computer Science, MIS, IT or other computer related disciplines;
- 4-6 years of relevant consulting-industry experience working on medium-large scale technology solution delivery engagements:
- Big Data Technologies: Proficiency in working with big data technologies, particularly in the context of Databricks, which may include Apache Spark for distributed data processing.
- Databricks: In-depth knowledge of Databricks for data engineering tasks, including data transformations, ETL processes, and job scheduling.
- SQL and Query Optimization: Strong SQL skills for data manipulation and retrieval, along with the ability to optimize queries for performance in Snowflake.
- ETL (Extract, Transform, Load): Expertise in designing and implementing ETL processes to move and transform data between systems, utilizing tools and frameworks available in Databricks.
- Data Integration: Experience with integrating diverse data sources into a cohesive and usable format, ensuring data quality and integrity.
- Python/PySpark: Knowledge of programming languages like Python and PySpark for scripting and extending the functionality of Databricks notebooks.
- Version Control: Familiarity with version control systems, such as Git, for managing code and configurations in a collaborative environment.
- Monitoring and Optimization: Ability to monitor data pipelines, identify bottlenecks, and optimize performance for both Snowflake and Databricks.
- Security and Compliance: Understanding of security best practices and compliance considerations when working with sensitive data in AWS and Snowflake environments.
- Snowflake Data Warehouse: Experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing data warehouses using Snowflake, including schema design, performance tuning, and query optimization.
- Data Modeling: Proficient in data modeling concepts and practices, especially in the context of designing and maintaining data structures in Snowflake.
Additional Skills
- Deep understanding of data management best practices and data analytics;
- Up to speed with latest technologies related (but not limited to) to cloud platform services, visualization, data management;
- Excellent verbal and written communication, with appropriate and logical structuring of thoughts process during discussion/ presentation;
- Lead project teams in driving end to end activities to meet set milestones and provide necessary mentorship/ guidance for the team growth;
- Ability to distill complex concepts into easy-to-understand frameworks and presentations;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to articulate results and issues to internal and client teams;
- Ability to work within a virtual global team environment and contribute to the overall timely delivery of multiple projects;
- Willingness to travel to other global offices as needed to work with client or other internal project teams.