7 days ago
Brno, Czechia +2 moreSenior
Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end architectures for cloud-native data platforms, including data lakes, lakehouses, data warehouses, and integration layers.
- Define technology strategy and standards and evaluate platforms including Databricks, Snowflake, MS Fabric, Azure, AWS, and GCP.
- Own architectural decisions across multiple projects with focus on scalability, security, consistency, and cost efficiency.
- Provide architectural governance by reviewing designs from Lead Data Engineers and engineering teams.
- Contribute hands-on to engineering, troubleshooting, and implementation for critical or complex tasks.
- Advise clients, lead architecture workshops, and present strategic recommendations to executive stakeholders.
- Guide adoption of best practices in data governance, security, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
Requirements
- Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud data platform architectures.
- Deep expertise in Azure, AWS, or GCP and the trade-offs between cloud platforms and services.
- Strong track record architecting and hands-on building enterprise-scale solutions with Databricks, Snowflake, or MS Fabric.
- Multiple relevant cloud or architecture certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect.
- Strong understanding of data governance, security, and compliance requirements, particularly in banking or insurance.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to influence executive-level technology decisions.
- Experience with enterprise-wide data strategy or reference architectures, large-scale cloud or data platform migrations, data mesh or data fabric, and FinOps is advantageous.
- Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities such as RAG, vector databases, and AI governance is advantageous.
Benefits
- Flexible benefits programme with 55,000 points.
- 35 days of paid time off, including three well-being days and two additional end-of-year days.
- One paid volunteering day annually.
- Opportunity to work from one of PwC’s international offices from the Senior Associate level.
- Ongoing training, certifications, coaching, buddy support, and regular feedback.
- Well-being programmes and healthy-lifestyle initiatives.
- Ultrabook and iPhone with unlimited data.
- Social events and Away Days.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About PwC
PwC is a global network of professional services firms providing assurance, tax, and advisory work for businesses and public-sector clients. It sells project-based and managed consulting, audit, and deals services, and implements and integrates business applications. Formed in 1998 by the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, it is headquartered in London and is one of the Big Four accounting firms.