Job description
We are working with a top tier global consulting firm to support the delivery of a large scale transformation for a Telecom client based out of Malaysia.
This is a 5 year programme focused on AI revenue transformation and acceleration. They have already spent a year building out the key assets and have mobilised a 20-30 person cross functional team (data, tech, consulting) based in KL.
They now require practitioners with proven hands on experience across a number of expertise areas to join them to help scale and drive value out of what has been built in phase 1.
You'll be working as a member of the consulting team delivering for the end client and will need to be based on-site in KL. This will be an initial 6 month engagement with the option to extend into a multi-year contract.
Open to those already based in Malaysia.
Scope of work:
- Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines using Airflow
- Build modular and incremental data flows that allow efficient refresh cycles and minimize redundant runs
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI/ML models into production data environments
- Develop ETL/ELT workflows to ingest and transform data from multiple telecom and operational systems
- Ensure data quality, version control, and governance through consistent documentation and reusable components
- Participate in troubleshooting and optimization of data processes to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance
- Contribute to domain logic validation in partnership with business and analytics teams
Skills / Experience needed:
- 37 years of hands-on experience in data engineering or related roles.
- Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern data frameworks (e.g., Airflow, Spark)
- Working knowledge of Azure data ecosystem (Data Factory, AzureML, Synapse, Blob Storage, Azure SQL, etc.)
- Familiarity with AWS services (S3, ECS, RDS, EC2)
- Experience designing incremental / modular data pipelines and integrating APIs or external data sources
- Strong understanding of data governance, versioning, and access management practices
- Excellent problem-solving skills, structured thinking, and strong communication abilities
