Data Architect Senior Consultant

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all . 

Your key responsibilities  

The Data Architect Senior Consultant (Azure) will be translating business requirements to technical solutions leveraging strong business acumen. You will apply technical knowledge to architect solutions that meet business and IT needs, create Data Platform, roadmaps, and ensure long term technical viability of new deployments, infusing key analytics and technologies where appropriate (e.g. Azure ML, ML Server, BOT framework, Cognitive Services, Big Data, Data Lake, Azure Databricks, etc.) collaborating with other Cloud Solution Architects in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on Microsoft Azure platform as well as design and build Modern Data Pipelines and Data Streams and build Data Service APIs. 

Skills and attributes for success 

• Ability to design and document data architecture and management processes;
• Ability to analyze and document data structures, transformations;
• Very good English language in verbal and written communication;
• Willingness to develop in Data & Analytics space;
• Excellent communication skills in order to interact with a range of stakeholders;
• Ability to plan, track and report the status of the deliverables. 

To qualify for the role, you must have 

• Currently has or is in the process of obtaining their BA/BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Informatics or similiar;
• At least 3+ years of professional consulting experience in big data, and data engineering;
• Good understanding of ETL, ELT, data ingestion/cleansing and engineering skills;
• Some exposure and knowledge, in two or more of the following;
• SQL including OSS (postgres, MySQL etc), Azure SQL;
• NoSQL Databases including OSS (Maria, Mongo etc), Cosmos DB;
• Big Data including SQL DW, Snowflake, Big Query, Redshift;
• Advanced Analytics including Azure Data Bricks, visualization tools as PowerBI, Tableau;
• Data Governance, Data Catalog, Master Data Management;
• Big Data implementation - using Open Source and Non-SQL technologies such as Databricks, Spark, Spark Streaming, Kafka, Cosmos DB, Snowflake and Python;
• Some exposure and knowledge of Lambda and Kappa architecture patterns;
• Ability to help customers engineer Azure Data Solutions based on current on-premise data centers. 

Ideally, you'll also have 

• Experience with JIRA, Confluence or Azure DevOps or similar work tracking tools;
• Knowledge of Data Governance and Data Quality concepts and standards;
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure;
• Technical knowledge in programming, scripting and related standards (Python, bash, Perl, Java, XML, JavaScript, HTML etc.). 

What we look for  

We're interested in passionate leaders with strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the Data and AI industry. We want a customer-focused professional who is motivated to drive the creation of great enterprise products and who can collaborate and partner with other product teams, and engineers. If you have a genuine passion for helping businesses achieve the full potential of their data, this role is for you. 

At EY, we're committed to providing recruitment and career opportunities to all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, social background or disability. We believe that equality and diversity are central to our recruitment process, as they enhance creativity and efficiency, leading to improved performance and productivity. In line with this commitment, EY Portugal recently became a member of the Inclusive Community Forum. This initiative, led by Nova SBE, focuses on the recruitment of individuals with disabilities, advocating for a more inclusive community. Moreover, EY Portugal has also endorsed the Diversity Charter of APPDI (the Portuguese Association for Diversity and Inclusion), pledging to establish and develop internal policies and practices which support diversity. Through these initiatives, EY seeks to actively contribute to the inclusion process, and promote a more inclusive community for people with disabilities, by actively participating in creating solutions.