Position Summary
The Lead Data Engineer is the most senior technical and people leader within the data engineering practice. This role owns the full data engineering function — from team management and platform governance to enterprise architecture, executive stakeholder engagement, and multi-year modernization strategy. As a key leader in Project Catalyst, the Lead Data Engineer is accountable for the reliability, performance, and evolution of PHS's enterprise data pipelines, ensuring the organization transitions from foundational stabilization toward a modern, cloud-native data platform. This individual sets the technical direction, drives delivery excellence, and represents the data engineering function at the leadership level.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the enterprise data engineering architecture and technology standards across DB2, SQL Server, IBM Data Stage, IBM Workload Scheduler, Oracle Golden Gate, and AWS
- Lead the multi-year platform modernization roadmap — phased migration from legacy on-premises patterns to cloud-native AWS data engineering patterns




- Govern platform health including capacity planning, performance benchmarks, upgrade management, and disaster recovery compliance with PHS BCP/DR standards
- Lead workload rationalization — identifying pipelines, stored procedures, and jobs for consolidation, retirement, or re-architecture
- Evaluate and drive adoption of contemporary data engineering capabilities (Apache Airflow, dbt, AWS Glue, Spark) aligned to Project Catalyst objectives
- Own SLA adherence across all data engineering queues — incidents, service requests, small-ticket enhancements, and larger backlog-driven work
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for critical data incidents and drive permanent fixes to prevent recurrence
- Lead monthly release cycles including environment coordination, change control governance, and production readiness sign-off
- Maintain full backlog visibility in Service Now — classification, aging, capacity tracking, an

📌 Lead Data Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 PwC Acceleration Center India
📍 Bengaluru