Senior Agentic Data Management Advisor

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About the role:

We are looking for a Sr. Agentic Data Management Advisor to lead the design and delivery of innovative data and AI solutions, including assessments, proposals, POCs, and solution architecture. You will collaborate with customers, sales, and delivery teams to translate business needs into scalable, automation-driven solutions.

The role requires strong customer focus, structured execution, learning agility, and hands-on technical expertise, with a passion for emerging AI and agentic data technologies and delivering measurable business value.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Partner with the Head of Practice and contribute to the shaping of the Data Management (DM) strategy of customers and ensuring all activities and tasks undertaken are linked to the overall strategy and priorities of the practice.
• Senior and lead development of the solutions around Data management platforms comprising of various modern capabilities satisfying the needs of both data provisioning and consumption persona in the data ecosystem: e.g. capabilities that simplify, streamline, automate processes like data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, discovery, MDM, data quality, data cataloging, exploration, governance, etc.
• Drive experimentation and POCs with tools and explore building of accelerator solutions which are aligned with the DM strategy, and which can quickly be deployed to the benefit of requesting customers.
• Collaborate with other team members and clients and as required to build the solution landscape.
• Lead consulting engagements related to Data Quality & Observability metadata management and data cataloguing.
• Drive innovation leveraging emerging capabilities in technology landscape: AI/ML, GenAI, Automation , and leading Data & Cloud Platforms.
• Coaching junior members of the team including extended teams.

What We're Looking For:

10+ years of experience working as data architect or cloud data solution architect. Strong professional background around Data & AI architecture advisory.
Strong understanding of DAMA/DCAM or other data management framework.
 Strong command over data ingestion, processing, streaming architecture with experience working in market leading and data engineering using tools such as Databricks, Spark, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS Glue, and NoSQL DBs.
Proven experience in different types Data modeling for cloud data warehouses, Advanced SQL.
Proven experience of using agentic development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Github Copilot or similar to boost work productivity.
Experience implementing self-serve, metadata driven data pipelines. 
Expertise in cloud platforms such as Azure, and GCP preferred. 
Experience highly desirable – 3 or more of the following: 
Implementation of data lakes, data lakehouse, data mesh or data fabric. 
Experience with any Data catalog, or MDM SaaS solution.
Experience with any Data Quality or Data Observability solution.
Data modeling, Advanced SQL. 
Experience with DEVOps/SecOps pipelines and CI/CD implementations. 
Programming skills in Python, Java, or other similar languages to deliver a wide variety of data services. 
Basic understanding or exposure to traditional analytics: reporting / BI is preferred. 
 Practical knowledge of modern capabilities in AI and agentic frameworks and emerging use cases in the data management ecosystem preferred.

Awareness with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith or similar Agentic frameworks
Preferred Certifications – Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) or Databricks, Informatica, Claude or any other relevant certifications.
Other Qualifications:
Bachelors in engineering, mathematics, or statistics
FMCG/ CPG industry experience is highly desirable.

We Offer:

•  Stable employment. On the market since 2008, 1500+ talents currently on board in 7 global sites.
• “Office as an option” model. You can choose to work remotely or in the office, depending on your location.
• Flexibility regarding working hours and your preferred form of contract.
• Comprehensive online onboarding program with a “Buddy” from day 1.
• Cooperation with top-tier engineers and experts.
• Unlimited access to the Udemy learning platform from day 1.
• Certificate training programs. Lingarians earn 500+ technology certificates yearly.
• Upskilling support. Capability development programs, Competency Centers, knowledge sharing sessions, community webinars, 110+ training opportunities yearly.
• Internal Gallup Certified Strengths Coach to support your growth.
• Grow as we grow as a company. 76% of our managers are internal promotions.
• A diverse, inclusive, and values-driven community.
• Autonomy to choose the way you work. We trust your ideas.
• Create our community together. Refer your friends to receive bonuses.
• Activities to support your well-being and health.
• Plenty of opportunities to donate to charities and support the environment.
• Modern office equipment. Purchased for you or available to borrow, depending on your location.