Senior IT Consultant - Projects in Germany

About the role

PwC's Czech team, mainly based in Prague, works closely with PwC Germany as a nearshore consulting team supporting transformation projects in the financial services sector. As a Senior IT Consultant you will deliver technology-enabled transformation projects for major financial-services clients, translating business needs into functional and technical requirements and taking ownership of defined workstreams.

Key responsibilities

• Work with architects and engineering teams on projects such as a digital banking platform migration, coordinating application, data, integration, testing, security and release activities.
• Lead workshops and elicit, analyse and document business, functional, technical and non-functional requirements, including security, performance, availability and auditability needs.
• Create functional and technical specifications, user stories with acceptance criteria, process and data-flow models, interface requirements and traceability from requirements through testing and release.
• Maintain decision records, RAID and dependency logs, architecture and interface inventories, data-migration mappings, test evidence and release-readiness documentation.
• Collaborate with solution, enterprise, data, integration, cloud and security architects to assess solution options and document design decisions.
• Support data migration and system integration by analysing source-to-target mappings, data-quality rules, interfaces, APIs, events and reconciliation requirements.
• Support test and release management, including acceptance criteria, defect resolution and deployment, cutover, rollback and hypercare readiness.
• Identify technology, cyber-security, resilience, privacy and regulatory risks and turn them into requirements, controls and remediation actions.

Required profile

• Completed university degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Finance or a related field.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in technology consulting, IT transformation, software delivery, banking or insurance, with responsibility in business analysis, technical requirements engineering, PMO, testing, data migration, cloud transformation or solution delivery.
• Very good German (B2-C1) and English (C1) in a professional environment.
• Experience working in distributed international delivery teams with developers, architects, testers, security specialists, operations teams, vendors and business stakeholders.

Required skills

• Understanding of cloud (AWS, Google, Azure), APIs and integration, data platforms, cyber security, automation and AI.
• Software delivery lifecycles, agile delivery, requirements traceability, solution design, testing, release management and technology-enabled operating models.
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Atlassian tools, especially Jira and Confluence; practical experience with requirements, test, service-management, data-analysis, API, cloud or DevOps tools is advantageous.
• Relevant certifications such as IREB, ITIL 4, ISTQB, Scrum/SAFe, PRINCE2, Azure Fundamentals, AWS Cloud Practitioner, TOGAF Foundation or a recognised cyber-security or data qualification are advantageous.

What we offer

• Professional growth, ongoing training and certifications, a buddy programme, regular feedback and access to a coach.
• Flexible benefits programme with 45,000 points, 30 days of paid time off, one paid volunteering day per year, and the option to work from an international office.
• Well-being support, social events and Away Days.
• An ultrabook and an iPhone with unlimited data.