Senior Azure Data Engineer

at  Cognizant

Senior Azure Data Engineer
What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.
At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world’s leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for a Senior Azure Data Engineer to join our Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Team.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

We are looking for Senior Data Engineer with strong expertise in the following skill set.

• Senior Data engineer with good hands knowledge on Azure stack – specifically ADF, SQL, Databricks and Synapse.
• Hands-on experience with Azure data services, including data migration, data storage, and data processing.
• Good knowledge, experience and understanding of ETL/data warehouse.
• Proficient in Python/Pyspark and experience in working on PySpark in an Azure/Databricks environment.
• Experience in Azure DevOps/CI-CD pipelines and version control.
• Good problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with broad range of stakeholders.

As a Senior Azure Data Engineer, you play a crucial role in the team by managing data migration, storage, and processing activities. You contribute to optimizing the target architecture with the most suitable tools and technologies. Beyond hands-on tasks, you guide the team on best practices, technology standards, and potential automations within Azure cloud architecture. Your expertise in Python and PySpark is essential for development activities.