IT Architect - Platinion

As an IT Architect you will work alongside a bold, energetic and collaborative team. You will evaluate and coach our clients' technology teams, define technology strategies, architecture solutions and help us design the future. You will develop and grow by being exposed to new and complex challenges daily.

4 to 6 years' IT Architecture experience working in a software development, technical project management, digital delivery, or technology consulting environment

Current or previous consulting experience highly desirable

Experience of working with companies in the finance sector highly desirable

Platform implementation experience (Apache Hadoop - Kafka - Storm and Spark, Elasticsearch and others)

Experience around data integration & migration, data governance, data mining, data visualisation, database modelling in an agile delivery-based environment.

Experience with at least one of the following cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Service (AWS) and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Management of work packages/modules in critical IT implementation projects

Technical architecture, code reviews & performance of technical proofs of concepts

Analysis of complex IT Application landscapes, optimization of development processes and Solution Architecture

Data lake experience on AWS and Azure

General knowledge of database technologies and trade-offs

University degree with above-average academic performance in a mathematical-scientific field, information technology, or business administration

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to Spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

Practice Area

BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group's existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design.

We support our clients' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.

What You'll Do

At BCG Platinion we're keen to engage with experienced, passionate and creative IT Architects who will help us unlock our client's digital potential and ignite change.

Meaningful work is at the core of everything we do. We build unique solutions to the complexities our clients face, while providing our people with opportunities to explore and grow.

A community of leading experts, BCG Platinion team members have a natural springboard for professional growth and deeper opportunities to excel.