Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant - Data Engineer

ZS  is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, we transform ideas into impact by  bringing together data, science, technology  and  human ingenuity  to deliver better outcomes for all. Here you'll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide.

ZSers drive impact by bringing a  client-first mentality  to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning, bold ideas, courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS.

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, Big data service platform, etc.
Ability to take right and timely decision on problem solving by considering broader picture, especially on approach, technical nuances and planning.

What you'll bring:

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.
At least 2 to 3 year of hands-on experience on Big data - Hive, Spark, Hadoop, Map Reduce.
Strong in at least one of the Programming languages - Python, Java, Scala, etc. and Programming basics - Data Structures.
Strong understanding and hands on experience in RDBMS and No

SQL.
Good handle on working in distributed computing and cloud services platform (but not limited to) - AWS, Azure, GCP.

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…