Senior Azure Data Engineer

7 - 11 years

19 - 34 Lacs

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Job Type

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Job Description

Seeking a Data Engineer with expertise in Azure Databricks, Apache Spark (Python), and Unity Catalog to design, develop, and optimize data pipelines, ensuring secure and scalable data governance.

  • Job Description

Responsibilities:

    • Develop & Optimize Data Pipelines

  • Build, test, and maintain

    ETL/ELT

    data pipelines using Azure

    Databricks & Apache Spark (PySpark)

    .
  • Optimize

    performance and cost-efficiency

    of Spark jobs.
  • Ensure data quality through validation, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms.
  • Understand cluster types, configuration, and use-case for serverless
    • Implement Unity Catalog for Data Governance

  • Design and enforce

    access control policies

    using Unity Catalog.
  • Manage

    data lineage, auditing, and metadata governance

    .
  • Enable secure data sharing across teams and external stakeholders.
    • Integrate with Cloud Data Platforms

  • Work with

    Azure Data Lake Storage / Azure Blob Storage/ Azure Event Hub

    to integrate Databricks with cloud-based

    data lakes, data warehouses, and event streams

    .
  • Implement

    Delta Lake

    for scalable, ACID-compliant storage.
    • Automate & Orchestrate Workflows

  • Develop

    CI/CD

    pipelines for data workflows using

    Azure

    Databricks Workflows or Azure Data Factory

    .
  • Monitor and troubleshoot failures in

    job execution and cluster performance

    .
    • Collaborate with Stakeholders

  • Work with

    Data Analysts, Scientists, and Business Teams

    to understand requirements.
  • Translate business needs into

    scalable data engineering solutions

    .
    • API expertise
  • Ability to pull data from a wide variety of APIs using different strategies and methods

Required Skills & Experience:

    • Azure Databricks & Apache Spark (PySpark)

      Strong experience in building

      distributed data pipelines

      .
    • Python

      Proficiency in writing optimized and maintainable Python code for data engineering.
    • Unity Catalog

      – Hands-on experience implementing

      data governance, access controls, and lineage tracking

      .
    • SQL

      – Strong knowledge of SQL for data transformations and optimizations.
    • Delta Lake

      – Understanding of

      time travel, schema evolution, and performance tuning

      .
    • Workflow Orchestration

      – Experience with

      Azure

      Databricks Jobs or Azure Data Factory

      .
    • CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

      – Familiarity with

      Databricks CLI, Databricks DABs, and DevOps principles

      .
    • Security & Compliance

      – Knowledge of

      IAM, role-based access control (RBAC), and encryption

      .

Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience with

      MLflow

      for model tracking & deployment in Databricks.
    • Familiarity with

      streaming technologies

      (Kafka, Delta Live Tables, Azure Event Hub, Azure Event Grid).
    • Hands-on experience with

      dbt(Data Build Tool)

      for modular ETL development.
    • Certification in

      Databricks, Azure is

      a plus.
    • Experience with Azure Databricks Lakehouse connectors for Salesforce and SQL Server
    • Experience with Azure Synapse Link for Dynamics, Dataverse
    • Familiarity with other data pipeline strategies, like Azure Functions, Fabric, ADF, etc.

Soft Skills:

    • Strong

      problem-solving

      and debugging skills.
    • Ability to

      work independently and in teams

      .
    • Excellent

      communication and documentation

      skills.

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