Role: Associate Lead - Platform Services
Industry Type: Analytics / KPO / Research
Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: Software Development
UG: Any Graduate
PG: Any Postgraduate
ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, we transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Here youll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client-first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning, bold ideas, courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS.
What Youll Do:
- Develop complex solutions for clients using programming languages, ETL service platforms, cloud technologies, and other relevant tools.
- Take complete ownership of activities and responsibilities across all phases of the project lifecycle, effectively addressing business problems across multiple client engagements.
- Collaborate with team members to leverage expertise and facilitate seamless transitions throughout the project lifecycle.
- Exhibit flexibility in addressing new and challenging problems, demonstrating strong task management skills.
- Assist in creating project deliverables such as business case development, solution vision and design, user requirements, prototypes, technical architecture (if needed), test cases, and operations management.
- Maintain transparency in driving assigned tasks to completion, providing accurate status reports to stakeholders.
- Adopt a consulting mindset in problem-solving and innovation, leveraging technical and business knowledge/expertise while collaborating across teams.
- Support senior team members and delivery leads in project management responsibilities to ensure effective project execution.
What Youll Bring:
- Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, demonstrating a strong academic performance.
- 3-6 years of relevant consulting experience in small to medium-scale technology solution delivery engagements, with proven success in analytics projects that drive business insights.
- Hands-on experience with ETL technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, PySpark, Informatica, Talend, SSIS, or similar tools.
- Proficiency in data warehousing and SQL for effective data management and analysis.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience in applying analytics techniques to inform decision-making and optimize project outcomes.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate results and issues to both internal and client teams.
- Proven capability to think creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment, delivering effective solutions to complex challenges.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within a virtual global team environment, contributing to the timely delivery of multiple projects.
- Willingness to travel to other global offices as needed to work with clients or internal project teams.
- Fluency in English
- Client-first mentality
- Intense work ethic
- Collabrative spirit and probelm-solving approach
How youll grow:
- Cross-functional skills development custom learning pathways
- Milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities
- Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves, individual contribution and role expansions