Google Cloud Platform Data Consultant, Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers International; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Toronto is seeking a data and analytics engineer to develop robust data solutions and drive decision-making. Responsibilities include project ownership, mentoring team members, and ensuring quality deliverables. Ideal candidates should have strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform, SQL, and big data analytics frameworks. The position promotes a culture of inclusivity and professional growth with a competitive compensation package and supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Inclusive benefits

Flexibility programs

Qualifications

• Experience in architecting and designing solutions leveraging Google Cloud products.
• Strong experience with SQL and delivering dataflow components.
• Experience building and optimizing large-scale data pipeline systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and identifying interactions between system components.
• Taking ownership of projects ensuring successful execution.
• Effectively mentoring others and addressing conflicts.

Skills

GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Python

SQL

Big Data Analytics

Data Warehousing

Kubernetes

TensorFlow

Education

GCP certification(s)

Cloud Data Engineer

Tools

Cloud BigQuery

Spark

Hadoop Hive

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

At PwC, our people in data and analytics engineering focus on leveraging advanced technologies and techniques to design and develop robust data solutions for clients. They play a crucial role in transforming raw data into actionable insights, enabling informed decision‑making and driving business growth. Those in data science and machine learning engineering at PwC will focus on leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to extract insights from large datasets and drive data‑driven decision making. You will work on developing predictive models, conducting statistical analysis, and creating data visualisations to solve complex business problems.

Leadership and Impact

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g., reference to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the firm’s code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Technical Expertise

• Experience in GCP (Google Cloud Platform). Experience in architecting and designing solutions leveraging Google Cloud products such as Cloud BigQuery, Cloud DataFlow, Kubernetes, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Bigtable, and TensorFlow will be highly preferred.
• Experience delivering artifacts such as scripts (Python), dataflow components. Strong experience with SQL.
• Experience building and optimizing large‑scale data pipeline systems.
• Experience with big‑data analytic frameworks and query tools such as Spark, Hadoop Hive, Impala, etc.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra.
• Good understanding of big‑data design patterns and performance tuning.
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Oozie, etc.
• Strong data warehousing experience building operational ETL or ELT pipelines comprised of several sources and architecting data models or layers for analytics.
• Experience migrating workloads from on‑premise or other public clouds to Google Cloud Platform.
• Preferred qualifications: GCP certification(s), Cloud Data Engineer.

Why You’ll Love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact and support your wellbeing through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.

Learn more about our application process and total rewards package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

At PwC Canada, our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We’re committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community of solvers where everyone feels that they truly belong. We understand that experience comes in many forms and building trust in society and solving important problems is only possible if we reflect the mosaic of the society we live in.

We’re committed to providing accommodations throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require an accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.