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 contemporary, 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 setting 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