Network Applications Operations DBA - Global IT

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Job description

A career in Information Technology, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying applications that enable our people to work more efficiently and deliver the highest levels of service to our clients. Our Information Technology Generalist - Practice Support team focuses on managing the design and implementation of technology infrastructure within PwC, developing and enhancing internal applications, and providing technology tools that help create a competitive advantage for PwC to drive strategic business growth.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

Who we are looking for

Demonstrates extensive level of knowledge with, and/or a proven record of success in the following areas:

• Engaging with technology specialists, development staff, and technology team leadership;
• Communicating to team leadership, business sponsors, and quality review groups to effectively and efficiently explain software development principles tempered by an understanding of business and risk management;
• Supporting development projects as a database administrator or as a solution architect;
• Developing data architecture strategies and roadmaps to guide software development teams as to how to achieve high availability and resiliency at the database layer;
• Leading a team of technologists to execute the data architecture strategy and eliminate friction from the integration process;
• Developing and maintaining metrics that demonstrate progress;
• Demonstrating experience working with one or more of the following software development languages or frameworks: .NET Standard & ASP.NET Core, Powershell, Python, or R;
• Demonstrating experience working with Cloud database offerings (e.g., Azure SQL or CosmosDB), working with NOSQL databases;
• Leading by setting cloud data architecture strategy, guiding the development of software within the Firm to work within the data architecture strategy, and providing technical advice on how to effectively use databases proactively;
• Building strong networks within the Firm to spot and capitalize on opportunities to reuse proven data design patterns to accelerate software development and remove friction from implementation of software solutions;
• Identifying and discussing key issues with stakeholders as well as potential opportunities for knowledge sharing and collaboration;
• Demonstrating responsibility to shape and deliver various software development activities that exceed the expectations of our clients and our own assignment quality criteria;
• Managing projects within team as it works with development teams to modernize applications to leverage cloud computing paradigms, specifically as it relates to data; and,
• Helping to grow and develop our team through hands on training and coaching.
• Experience of progressive roles managing IT system/software development and project management processes
• Bachelor Degree preferred
• Preferred Fields of Study: Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Mathematic

Not the role for you?

Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting)?

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

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The Deal

We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'.

Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition:

Diversity

Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion.

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.