Description

Join us in cultivating a collaborative workplace driven by unique perspectives. We’re proud PwC advances a culture that helps everyone to thrive. It's one of the reasons we're recognized as a "Top Company" to work for in Canada. As you ignite a meaningful career and build a network that’ll last for life, you'll work with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to help solve important problems, empowered by technology to turn today's ideas into tomorrow's solutions. We cultivate an environment in which our differences are embraced and our people feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. An empowering and diverse environment starts with you. Are you ready to get started?

A career in Products and Technology would provide you the opportunity to be part of an organization that is building a leading tech experience that solves big challenges for our firm and our clients. Our products and tech-driven solutions are how we move faster, cut through complexity and fuel growth. We start with the problem and solve it with experience and tech know-how. Our skilled technologists, data scientists, product managers and business strategists are passionate about using technology to accelerate change.

Our internal facing team is responsible for the planning and design of the overall vision when it comes to PwC products, accelerators and overall enterprise initiatives. We provide strategic and solution architecture direction in all aspects as we build out solutions for our business.

Reporting to the Chief Architect, a career in Development, within our Products & Technology organization, will provide you with the opportunity to invest in new business models that leverage our knowledge and build solutions for the growing digital market. Each new solution focuses on data-driven platforms or other intellectual property based solutions that leverage emerging technologies and new business models. Through the process of building new solutions, we foster a culture of innovation within PwC, extend brand relevance in the market, and generate new revenue.

As an Enterprise Data Architect, you will strategize, design, implement technology solutions helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Important point(s) to consider

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy: Putting the safety of our people and clients first as we look to a hybrid future: The health, well-being and safety of our colleagues, clients, and communities is our number one priority. Vaccinations have proven to reduce the risk of COVID-19. Effective Friday, October 1, 2021, PwC Canada requires all partners, staff, contractors and visitors to be fully-vaccinated when entering a PwC location, subject to applicable legal exemptions. At PwC, the future ways of work will be a hybrid of in-person and virtual, allowing choice and flexibility to explore new ways of working and collaborating. Read this press release for further details.

What you’ll create and do

As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as a part of a team of problem solvers, helping solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Provide and influence data architecture and design

Maintain security and data privacy in data flow designs

Influence and evolve Data security models

Research opportunities for data acquisition and new uses for existing data

Create architectures that can be used for reporting or analysis by data scientists

Influence/recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency and quality

Document detailed data solution architectures conformant to enterprise standards, architecture and technologies

Maintain involvement in continuous improvement of data solution architectures processes, tools and templates

Create and publish architectural artifacts, usage patterns, and cookbooks for technical community

Proactively assist the Enterprise Architects and the Chief Architect in assessing technology solutions

Be actively involved in planned or unplanned business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients

Actively support the implementation, and execution of the processes for the definition, maintenance, and compliance management of the Enterprise Architecture

Perform data profiling and analysis

Design services within the organization

Collect and/or clarify existing business requirements

Design business intelligence systems, dashboard reporting, and analytical reporting 

Supervise and support Vendor’s developers in the context of projects

Continue to improve our internal development and design techniques and maintain our documentation up to date

Continue to develop internal relationships and developing your PwC brand

Continue to grow personal skills in alignment with the Company and team Strategy

What you’ll bring to this role

An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work

A demonstrated commitment to valuing differences, developing and coaching diverse teams, and ensuring diverse perspectives are heard

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Azure, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services certifications preferred

TOGAF certification preferred

Has worked extensively in large scale Data solutions implementations with hands-on experience

Experience working in agile teams and with product delivery

Proficiency in Azure Native Data Services or equivalent cloud native data services ecosystems

Proficiency in SQL, NoSQL, relational database design and methods

Experience with ETL Tools and methodologies a plus: Alteryx, etc.

Analytical and problem-solving skills, applied to the Big Data domain

Ability to write high-performance, reliable and maintainable data flows

Demonstrated understanding of unstructured data designs

Relational Database Data Modeling 

Knowledge of Big Data scalability principles

Knowledge of BI tools: Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau, Qlicksense

Knowledge of Analytics and Data Science tooling with big data: Python, R, etc.

Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication when working with product teams and working with end customers to understand and analyze feedback

Understands client’s needs, actively ensuring projects are on time and delivered above expectation

Determines cadence with practice and client

High level of innovation/creativity required

Creative problem-solving skills

Passion for ongoing personal development, keeping abreast of emerging technology and trends

Be a member of the Products and Technology  teams and contribute directly to the success of a product – by ensuring product features are adequately developed, tested and meet business requirements/customer feedback