Job Title: Solution Architect
Corporate Title: AVP
Location: Pune, India
Role Description
We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect with deep expertise in SAS technology stack and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to design, implement, and optimize end-to-end analytics and data management solutions. The role involves working closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, and infrastructure teams to define scalable, secure, and high-performing SAS solutions integrated with cloud environments.
What we’ll offer you
As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,
- Best in class leave policy.
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above
Your key responsibilities
1. Solution Architecture & Design
- Design and architect SAS platform solutions (SAS Grid, SAS Viya, SAS 9.4) aligned with enterprise data and cloud strategy.
- Develop hybrid and cloud-native architectures leveraging GCP services such as BigQuery, Cloud Storage, DataProc, Pub/Sub, and Compute Engine.
- Translate business requirements into technical designs ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance.
- Define integration strategies between SAS, databases, APIs, and cloud components.
2. Implementation & Deployment
- Lead SAS migration or modernization initiatives from on-prem to SAS Viya on GCP.
- Oversee infrastructure provisioning, installation, configuration, and performance tuning of SAS environments.
- Ensure optimal resource utilization and cost efficiency in cloud deployments.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to enable CI/CD pipelines and automation for SAS workloads.
3. Governance & Security
- Ensure solutions comply with data security, privacy, and regulatory standards (GDPR, ISO, SOC2, etc.).
- Define and enforce standards for access control, authentication, and encryption for SAS environments.
- Develop architecture documentation, design patterns, and best practices.
4. Stakeholder Management
- Act as a trusted advisor for business and technology leaders on SAS architecture and cloud adoption.
- Conduct architecture reviews and present recommendations to executive and technical committees.
- Work with vendors (SAS Institute, Google) to optimize licensing, architecture, and performance.
Your skills and experience
- SAS Expertise:
- Strong experience in SAS 9.4, SAS Viya, SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Grid Manager, and SAS Management Console.
- Experience designing and deploying large-scale SAS analytical environments.
- Knowledge of SAS integration with databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Teradata, Snowflake, etc.).
- Cloud & Infrastructure:
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) — Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, IAM, and networking.
- Experience in cloud migration, architecture optimization, and cost management.
- Understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) for SAS Viya.
- Architectural Skills:
- Strong background in solution architecture, system design, and enterprise integration.
- Familiarity with ETL, data warehousing, and analytics frameworks.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and DevOps practices.
- Soft Skills:
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams.
How we’ll support you
- Training and development to help you excel in your career.
- Coaching and support from experts in your team.
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.
About us and our teams
Please visit our company website for further information:
https://www.db.com/company/company.html
We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.
Top Skills
What We Do
At Deutsche Bank, we give original thinkers the space and support they need to shine. Merging local knowledge with global vision, in-depth insight with industry-leading digital expertise, if you’re an innovator by nature, we can help you to unleash your potential.
We see things differently at Deutsche Bank – and we’re proud of our fresh perspective. Today, we’re driving growth through our strong client franchise, investing heavily in digital technologies, prioritising long-term success over short term gains, and serving society with ambition and integrity.
Wherever your interests lie – in investment banking, trading, private wealth, asset management, retail banking - or many of the infrastructure functions that support them – you’ll discover resources, training and opportunities designed to keep you ahead of the curve.
Intelligence has no boundaries: we welcome high-achieving, talented individuals from any background.
If you’re full of imagination, enjoy solving problems and respond positively to complex challenges, discover a career to look forward to and join us!
