Azure Data Engineer

Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks, processing 5 million+ records/week from 4+ source systems into a governed Lakehouse. 

Dear Candidate,

Greeting from NAM Info Pvt Ltd.

We have a role for Data Engineer position with NAM Info.

This role will be permanent with NAM info and deploy to client

location NEW DELHI~CHENNAI~HYDERABAD~PUNE~KOLKATA.

Work Mode: WORK FROM OFFICE

A decent hike can be provided based on current CTC

Interview Mode: Virtual

Role Descriptions:

Exp Range: 7 - 10 years

City Locations: NEW DELHI~CHENNAI~HYDERABAD~PUNE~KOLKATA

Key Responsibilities*

Role: Data Engineer

Location: ~NEW DELHI~CHENNAI~HYDERABAD~PUNE~KOLKATA

Skills: Digital: Databricks, Azure Data Factory

Experience Required: 8-10

Descriptions:

Good information and sound knowledge in Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Data Factory (ADF)Big Data technologies and data processing frameworks Azure Data Warehouse and associated Azure data platform services Data integration| data modelling| and performance optimization

Desire candidate

• Candidate should have valid PF.

Regards,

NAM Info 

Job Description:

Position: Lead / Senior Data Engineer

Location: Chennai

Shift: US Eastern Time ( 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM )

Experience : 8+ years

Notice Period: Immediate Joiner only

Roles and Responsibilities:

Role Overview

The Lead Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software and data solutions while leading a team of engineers. The role involves hands-on technical work, architectural decision-making, mentoring junior developers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of scalable data platforms and analytical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end design, development, and delivery of software systems, data pipelines, and components.

Define technical strategy, architecture, and best practices for development and data engineering.

Design and build optimized data pipelines using cutting-edge technologies in a cloud environment.

Construct infrastructure for efficient ETL processes from various sources and storage systems.

Architect, design, and maintain database pipeline architectures, ensuring readiness for AI/ML transformations.

Lead the implementation of algorithms and prototypes to transform raw data into useful information.

Review code for quality, scalability, and performance.

Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Managers, Designers, and QA teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Develop analytical tools, programs, and reporting mechanisms.

Create data validation methods and data analysis tools.

Interpret data trends and patterns to establish operational alerts.

Conduct complex data analysis and present results effectively.

Prepare data for prescriptive and predictive modeling.

Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies.

Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues.

Drive continuous improvement in software and data development processes, tools, and methodologies.

Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and training.

Ensure timely delivery of projects while maintaining high engineering standards.

Continuously explore opportunities to enhance data quality and reliability.

Apply strong programming and problem-solving skills to develop scalable solutions.

Demonstrate passion for testing strategy, problem-solving, and continuous learning.

Willingness to acquire new skills and knowledge.

Possess a product/engineering mindset to drive impactful data solutions.

Experience working in distributed environments with global teams.

Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to propose innovative solutions.

Technical Skills and Experience Requirements

Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, deploying, testing, maintaining, monitoring, and owning scalable, resilient, and distributed data pipelines.

High proficiency in Python, Scala, and Spark for applied large-scale data processing.

Expertise with big data technologies, including Spark, Data Lake, Delta Lake, and Hive.

Solid understanding of batch and streaming data processing techniques.

Proficient knowledge of the Data Lifecycle Management process, including data collection, access, use, storage, transfer, and deletion.

Expert-level ability to write complex, optimized SQL queries across extensive data volumes.

Experience with RDBMS and OLAP databases such as MySQL and Snowflake.

Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Obsession for service observability, instrumentation, monitoring, and alerting.

Knowledge or experience in architectural best practices for building data lakes.

Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver scalable end-to-end data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, ensuring robust integration

of enterprise-wide data from diverse sources

• Build and optimize data engineering workflows using Databricks and PySpark

• Write efficient, high-performance SQL for data transformation and analysis

• Work with the Azure Cloud platform and associated services, applying strong understanding of data warehousing,

data models, and pipelines

• Provide technical leadership to a team of developers, including code reviews and enforcing best practices across the

development lifecycle

• Oversee CI/CD implementation using Azure DevOps, managing deployments across development, QA, and production

environments with proper change control processes

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions

• Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance across all pipelines and platforms

Ideal Candidate

1Strong Azure Databricks Engineer / Senior Data Engineer Profile

2Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall experience in Data Engineering, Data Development, or related data technology roles, with strong hands-on experience in enterprise data pipeline development.

3Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have strong hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, including development and optimization of scalable data engineering workflows using Databricks and PySpark.

4Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have strong hands-on proficiency in PySpark/Python and SQL, with proven experience developing complex data transformations, processing workflows, and performance-optimized queries.

5Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF) for designing, developing, and orchestrating end-to-end data pipelines and integrating data from multiple sources.

6Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong experience working on the Azure Cloud platform and associated data services, with solid understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, pipeline architecture, and enterprise data solutions.

7Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have hands-on experience implementing CI/CD using Azure DevOps, including deployment and release management across development, QA, and production environments.

8Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have proven technical leadership experience, including code reviews, enforcing development best practices, mentoring developers, and providing technical guidance to a data engineering team.

9Mandatory (Notice Period) – Immediate joiners or candidates who can join within 15 days.

10Mandatory (Note) - The position is open across all Cognizant offices pan India. Candidates must be willing to attend the F2F interview at the nearest Cognizant office location.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Databricks, Python, PySpark, and SQL to build scalable, high-performance data engineering solutions. You’ll architect and develop large scale, high-performance data pipelines capable of handling massive real-time and batch data volumes across multiple business systems. Databricks is the core enterprise data and processing platform for this role. You will also use Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and dbt for ELT transformations, and will contribute to designing reliable, secure, and governed data platforms that enable analytics, reporting, and AI-driven use cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale data pipelines using Python/PySpark, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Develop and optimize data processing workloads in Databricks using PySpark and Spark SQL, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Develop and maintain dbt models including layered architecture, incremental models, snapshots, macros, testing, and documentation.
• Design, develop, and maintain Apache Airflow DAGs for orchestrating reliable, scalable, and observable data pipelines.
• Design and implement data quality, observability, and governance frameworks, including automated testing, monitoring, lineage, access control, and data privacy standards.
• Partner with analytics, product, and business stakeholders to turn requirements into trustworthy datasets, and raise the engineering bar through design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in Python for developing scalable, modular, and production-ready data engineering applications.
• Strong expertise in PySpark, including DataFrame API, Spark SQL, Structured Streaming, partitioning strategies, joins, caching, handling data skew, and Spark performance optimization.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks for data ingestion, transformation, processing, and optimization, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks Workflows, notebooks, jobs, and Databricks-native data engineering capabilities.
• Strong experience in Databricks/Spark performance tuning, including query and job optimization, partitioning, file sizing, caching, join optimization, handling data skew, and efficient use of compute resources.
• Hands-on experience with Delta Lake, including transactional data processing, schema management, incremental data processing, and reliable batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience in developing dbt projects using layered architecture, incremental models, snapshots, macros/Jinja, testing, documentation, and deployment best practices.
• Expertise in advanced SQL and data modelling — dimensional modeling, slowly changing dimensions, schema evolution, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience in developing and managing Apache Airflow DAGs, scheduling workflows, dependency management, retries, backfills, and operational monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with business and analytics stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on exposure to Microsoft Fabric for data integration and analytics.
• Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as part of a development workflow.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Domain expertise in financial services.

Strong Azure Databricks Engineer / Senior Data Engineer Profile

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall experience in Data Engineering, Data Development, or related data technology roles, with strong hands-on experience in enterprise data pipeline development.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have strong hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, including development and optimization of scalable data engineering workflows using Databricks and PySpark.

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have strong hands-on proficiency in PySpark/Python and SQL, with proven experience developing complex data transformations, processing workflows, and performance-optimized queries.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF) for designing, developing, and orchestrating end-to-end data pipelines and integrating data from multiple sources.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong experience working on the Azure Cloud platform and associated data services, with solid understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, pipeline architecture, and enterprise data solutions.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have hands-on experience implementing CI/CD using Azure DevOps, including deployment and release management across development, QA, and production environments.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have proven technical leadership experience, including code reviews, enforcing development best practices, mentoring developers, and providing technical guidance to a data engineering team.

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Mandatory (Notice Period) – Immediate joiners or candidates who can join within 15 days.

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Mandatory (Note) - The position is open across all Cognizant offices pan India. Candidates must be willing to attend the F2F interview at the nearest Cognizant office location.

Job Title : Data Engineer – Databricks

Experience : 6+ Years

Location : Noida / Hyderabad / Chennai / Pune / Bengaluru (Hybrid)

Shift : IST (Normal Shift)

Job Summary :

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with strong expertise in Databricks, Snowflake, Python, and Spark to build and optimize scalable data pipelines and support AI/ML model deployments. The ideal candidate should have experience working with cloud-based data platforms and preferably possess exposure to the Healthcare domain.

Required Skills :

• Databricks (Preferred)
• Snowflake
• Python
• Apache Spark
• SQL
• Azure Cloud
• Kubernetes
• Apache Airflow
• GitHub & CI/CD Pipelines
• AI/ML Model Deployment
• Data Analytics

Preferred :

• Experience in the Healthcare domain.
• Strong understanding of scalable data engineering architectures and best practices.

Job Description

• Design and Implement Data Solutions: Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable and secure Azure-

based data platforms, ensuring integration with various data sources and business systems. Deliver at least 2 major

projects every year with a focus on data engineering best practices.

• Optimize Data Pipelines: Build and optimize end-to-end data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and

Azure Synapse, with an emphasis on automating data workflows. Achieve a 20% reduction in pipeline execution times

within the first 6 months.

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Manage and maintain the Azure data environment, ensuring high availability, disaster

recovery, and cost optimization. Track and improve system uptime to exceed 99.9% reliability.

• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Partner with data scientists, data analysts, and business stakeholders to translate

business requirements into efficient data solutions. Facilitate at least 3 collaborative sessions per quarter to address key

business use cases.

• Ensure Data Security & Compliance: Implement data security measures, ensuring compliance with industry regulations

(GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) and company policies. Achieve and maintain full compliance in all data environments within the first

quarter of onboarding.

• Continuous Learning & Knowledge Sharing: Stay up-to-date with emerging Azure technologies, and mentor junior

engineers to promote knowledge sharing. Complete 1 Azure certification annually and conduct at least 2 internal

knowledge-sharing sessions per year.

• Sound knowledge of data governance practices, data quality management, and data security principles.

• Play a pivotal role in shaping our organization's data-driven journey, driving innovation through data analytics and insights.

• Optimize data storage, processing and retrieval mechanisms for performance, cost, and scalability using data storage

services (such as Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure SQL Database, etc.), data processing services (such as Azure Data Bricks,

Azure Synapse, etc.) and data visualization (PowerBI, Qlik, etc.) & integration services (Data API builder, logic apps, etc.)

• Monitor and troubleshoot data platform performance, identify and resolve issues, and provide recommendations for

continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate deployment, configuration, and monitoring processes using Azure DevOps,

PowerShell, or other relevant tools.

• Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in cloud data services and provide recommendations on adopting

new technologies or features to enhance the data platform.

• Document technical designs, procedures, and guidelines for data platform engineering and operations

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Job Experience • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced

degree preferred.

• Proven 6-10 years experience in playing platform engineer or admin role

• Experience with big data technologies such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, or similar

frameworks.

• Solid understanding of cloud computing concepts and experience with cloud

infrastructure management and provisioning.

• Solid understanding of network security concepts and technologies (such as

firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention systems, etc.) and data security

concepts and technologies (such as access controls, encryption, observability,

privacy laws/regulations, etc.)

• Experience in a Retail setup is preferred.

Required Skills The position will require someone with the following:

• Strategic Planning

Public

• Communication and Collaboration

• Problem Solving Skills A/B testing & experimentation

• SQL, BI tools, and storytelling with data

Job Title : Senior Data Engineer – Databricks

Experience : 14 to 20 Years

Location : HSR Layout, Bangalore

Work Mode : Hybrid – 3 Days WFO

Shift : 11:30 AM – 07:30 PM IST

Positions : 2

Notice Period : Immediate Joiners Only

Interview : 1 Technical Round + 2 Client Rounds

Role Overview :

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to build and lead enterprise-scale data platforms for a Switzerland-based commodity client.

The role requires a strong hands-on Data Engineering professional with expertise in Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL, and AWS, along with technical leadership and stakeholder management experience.

Must-Have Skills :

• 14 to 20 years of Data Engineering experience
• Databricks & Apache Spark / PySpark
• Python & SQL
• AWS Cloud
• Lakehouse Architecture
• ETL / ELT & Distributed Data Processing
• Batch & Streaming Pipelines
• Data Pipeline Optimization & Data Modeling
• CDC & Incremental Processing
• Git, CI/CD & Testing
• Data Quality, Monitoring & Observability
• Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and build scalable data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL, and AWS.
• Own data products from design through production.
• Develop batch / streaming pipelines and reusable ETL / ELT frameworks.
• Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.
• Design scalable data architectures and data models.
• Implement data quality, monitoring, lineage, and CI/CD practices.
• Lead technical discussions and mentor engineering teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, product owners, and engineering teams.
• Remain hands-on while providing technical leadership.

Ideal Candidate :

A 14 to 20 years experienced, hands-on Data Engineering leader with strong Databricks + PySpark + AWS expertise, excellent communication, stakeholder management, and experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms.

🔴 Super Urgent : Only Bangalore-based immediate joiners.

Description

We are looking for Senior Data Engineers to join our Data Platform team and build scalable, high-performance data platforms that power data processing, analytics, and downstream applications.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in distributed data processing, ETL pipelines, and Big Data technologies, with hands-on expertise in Apache Spark and Python Scala.

You will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing large-scale data pipelines while collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering teams to build reliable, production-grade data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL and data processing pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Build and optimize distributed data applications using Apache Spark and Python Scala.
• Develop reliable, high-performance data pipelines for batch and streaming workloads.
• Design and manage data workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Build and operate data workloads on AWS, with strong usage of Amazon S3 for large-scale data storage.
• Work with large datasets to ensure data quality, consistency, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, analytics, and other platform teams to deliver robust data solutions.
• Optimize data workflows for scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Troubleshoot production issues, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve platform performance.

Requirements

Candidates who demonstrate:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Big Data Engineering, or a similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Scala.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale ETL pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, particularly Amazon S3.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and scheduling.
• Strong SQL skills and a solid understanding of distributed data processing concepts.
• Experience working with batch and/or streaming data pipelines.
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance optimization skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with Databricks and the broader Databricks data platform.
• Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka.
• Experience working on large-scale data platforms handling high-volume data workloads.
• Exposure to additional AWS data services and cloud-native data architectures.