Oliver Wyman - Lead Data Engineer - Data and Analytics (DNA) - Gurugram, India

Practice Overview

Practice: Data and Analytics (DNA) - Analytics Consulting

Location: Gurugram, India

At Oliver Wyman DNA, we partner with clients to solve tough strategic business challenges with the power of analytics, technology, and industry expertise. We drive digital transformation, create customer-focused solutions, and optimize operations for the future. Our goal is to achieve lasting results in collaboration with our clients and stakeholders. We value and offer opportunities for personal and professional growth. Join our entrepreneurial team focused on delivering impact globally.

Our Mission and Purpose

Mission: Leverage India’s high-quality talent to provide exceptional analytics-driven management consulting services that empower clients globally to achieve their business goals and drive sustainable growth, by working alongside Oliver Wyman consulting teams.

Purpose: Our purpose is to bring together a diverse team of highest-quality talent, equipped with innovative analytical tools and techniques to deliver insights that drive meaningful impact for our global client base. We strive to build long-lasting partnerships with clients based on trust, mutual respect, and a commitment to deliver results.

We aim to build a dynamic and inclusive organization that attracts and retains the top analytics talent in India and provides opportunities for professional growth and development. Our goal is to provide a sustainable work environment while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning for our team members.

The Role and Responsibilities

We have open positions ranging from Data Engineer to Lead Data Engineer, providing talented and motivated professionals with excellent career and growth opportunities. We seek individuals with relevant prior experience in quantitatively intense areas to join our team. You’ll be working with varied and diverse teams to deliver unique and unprecedented solutions across all industries.

In the data engineering track, you will be primarily responsible for developing and monitoring high-performance applications that can rapidly deploy latest machine learning frameworks and other advanced analytical techniques at scale. This role requires you to be a proactive learner and quickly pick up new technologies, whenever required. Most of the projects require handling big data, so you will be required to work on related technologies extensively. You will work closely with other team members to support project delivery and ensure client satisfaction.

Your responsibilities will include

Working alongside Oliver Wyman consulting teams and partners, engaging directly with clients to understand their business challenges

Exploring large-scale data and designing, developing, and maintaining data/software pipelines, and ETL processes for internal and external stakeholders

Explaining, refining, and developing the necessary architecture to guide stakeholders through the journey of model building

Advocating application of best practices in data engineering, code hygiene, and code reviews

Leading the development of proprietary data engineering, assets, ML algorithms, and analytical tools on varied projects

Creating and maintaining documentation to support stakeholders and runbooks for operational excellence

Working with partners and principals to shape proposals that showcase our data engineering and analytics capabilities

Travelling to clients’ locations across the globe, when required, understanding their problems, and delivering appropriate solutions in collaboration with them

Keeping up with emerging state-of-the-art data engineering techniques in your domain

Your Attributes, Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor's or master’s degree in a computational or quantitative discipline from a top academic program (Computer Science, Informatics, Data Science, or related)

Strong mentoring skills, guiding junior engineers on advanced data engineering concepts, platforms, and quality assurance processes—applicable for Senior and Lead levels.

Experience designing and deploying cloud-native data applications.

Hands-on knowledge of test-driven development (TDD) and CI/CD pipeline integration.

Pragmatic, methodical problem-solving approach with a focus on impactful delivery.

Ability to independently prioritize workload and meet deadlines in fast-paced environments.

Strong team collaboration skills combined with excellent verbal and written communication in English.

Willingness to travel internationally as required.

Strong respect for confidentiality and data security.

Technical Background

Prior experience in designing and deploying large-scale data solutions

Fluency in modern programming languages (Python is mandatory; R, SAS desired)

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle

Familiarity with big data tools and frameworks such as PySpark, Databricks, Snowflake, and DBT.

Basic hands-on experience with Data engineering tasks like productizing data pipelines, building CI/CD pipeline, code orchestration using tools like Airflow, DevOps etc

Familiarity with modern storage and computational frameworks

Valued but not required:

Compelling side projects or contributions to the Open-Source community

Awareness of machine learning frameworks (e.g., Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow)

Familiarity with containerization technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes

Experience with backend web frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django) is beneficial

Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra

Roles and levels

We are hiring for engineering role across the levels from Data Engineer to Lead Data Engineer level for experience ranging from 0-8 years.

In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive health and welfare benefits as well as employee assistance programs.

Oliver Wyman is an equal-opportunity employer. Our commitment to diversity is genuine, deep, and growing. We’re not perfect, but we’re working hard right now to make our teams balanced, representative, and diverse. Marsh McLennan and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.