Solutions Architect

Collaboration & Leadership

Practice & Firm Contribution

Additional Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, shaping roadmaps, influencing strategic decisions, and guiding long-term initiatives.
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of learning, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Help define and refine practice standards, reusable assets, and delivery frameworks.

About You

Experience

Technical / Functional Skills

• Hands-on expertise with core cloud data platforms including Snowflake, AWS, Azure, Databricks, and GCP.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, and/or Scala.
• Advanced SQL skills, including writing, debugging, and optimizing complex queries.
• Experience with cloud and distributed data storage such as S3, ADLS, HDFS, GCS, Kudu, Elasticsearch/Solr, Cassandra, or other NoSQL storage systems.
• Experience with data integration technologies such as Spark, Kafka, event/streaming platforms, Streamsets, Matillion, Fivetran, NiFi, AWS Data Migration Services, Azure Data Factory, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS), Google DataProc, or similar tools.
• Experience working with multiple data sources (e.g., queues, relational databases, files, search, APIs).
• Experience across the complete software development lifecycle including design, documentation, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Experience with automated data transformation and curation using tools such as dbt, Spark, Spark Streaming, and automated data pipelines.
• Experience with workflow management and orchestration tools such as Airflow, AWS Managed Airflow, Luigi, or NiFi.
• Experience developing detailed solution documentation, including POCs and roadmaps, sequence diagrams, class hierarchies, and logical system views.
• Ability to develop end-to-end technical solutions into production, ensuring performance, security, scalability, and robust data integration.

Consulting / Delivery Skills (adjust as needed)

• Experience delivering projects for external or internal clients in a professional services or consulting environment.
• Ability to break down complex problems into structured, actionable steps and drive them through to completion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to create and deliver detailed presentations for technical and business audiences.

Collaboration & Ownership

Education - If desired

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in designing and operating large-scale data platforms and analytics solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with preferred tools, platforms, or methodologies such as Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP, Hadoop, and Databricks.
• Hands-on experience with distributed storage and data integration/orchestration technologies such as S3, ADLS, HDFS, GCS, Kudu, Elasticsearch/Solr, Cassandra, Spark, Kafka, Streamsets, Matillion, Fivetran, NiFi, AWS DMS, Azure Data Factory, IICS, Google DataProc, Airflow, AWS Managed Airflow, or comparable tools.
• Prior experience working in global or remote teams and partnering across US, LATAM, and/or India.
• Contributions to open source, technical communities, speaking, writing, or internal accelerators are a plus.

Location & Time Zone Expectations

• This role is based in India and operates primarily in India Standard Time (IST).
• We are a remote-first company, and you should be comfortable working with a distributed global team.
• Some flexibility may be required to collaborate across time zones with colleagues and clients.
• Client needs may occasionally require flexibility in working hours to support key milestones or workshops.

Why phData?

Benefits at phData

• Remote-First Workplace
• Medical Insurance for Self & Family
• Medical Insurance for Parents
• Term Life & Personal Accident
• Wellness Allowance
• Broadband Reimbursement
• Continuous learning and growth opportunities to enhance your skills and expertise
• Other benefits include paid certifications, professional development allowance, and bonuses for creating for company-approved content
• phData celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at phData. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at People Operations.