Azure Data Engineer

Position Description:

At CGI were a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company - one that has grown to 72000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976 CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources expertise stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve. At CGI were a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company - one that has grown to 72000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976 CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources expertise stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve results for our clients - and for our members. Come grow with us. Learn more at .

This is a great opportunity to join a winning team. CGI offers a competitive compensation package with opportunities for growth and professional development. Benefits for full-time permanent members start on the first day of employment and include a paid time-off program and profit participation and stock purchase plans. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position however only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No unsolicited agency referrals please.

Job Title: Azure Data Engineer
Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Bangalore/Chennai
Employment Type: Full Time
Experience: 5 Years

Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Azure Data Engineer to join our growing data this role you will be responsible for designing developing and operationalizing large-scale data processing systems on the Azure cloud platform. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of modern data architecture a passion for building efficient and reliable data pipelines and extensive hands-on experience with Azure Databricks Azure Data Lake PySpark and Python.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Design build and maintain scalable and robust data pipelines for ingesting processing and transforming large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
Develop and optimize high-performance Spark jobs using PySpark and Spark SQL within Azure Databricks.
Implement data storage solutions using Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen2) following medallion architecture (Bronze Silver Gold layers) and best practices for data organization.
Collaborate with data architects analysts and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
Implement data security and compliance measures including access controls encryption and data masking within the Azure ecosystem.
Perform data modeling to create efficient scalable schemas for both batch and real-time analytics.
Monitor troubleshoot and tune data pipelines and Databricks jobs for performance and cost-effectiveness.
Automate deployment and management of data solutions using CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Bicep.
Establish and enforce data quality checks and data governance standards across the data platform.
Mentor junior data engineers and promote best practices in software development and data Skills & Qualifications:
5 years of professional experience in data engineering with a proven track record of building enterprise-grade data solutions.
3 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure data services specifically:
Azure Databricks: Expert-level proficiency in developing tuning and debugging Spark clusters and notebooks.
Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen2): Deep experience in managing data lakes including directory structure security (RBAC & ACLs) and performance optimization.
Expert programming skills in Python for data engineering tasks (e.g. Pandas API interactions unit testing).
Expert-level proficiency in PySpark for large-scale data processing including DataFrame API Spark SQL and understanding of Catalyst Optimizer.
Strong experience in writing and optimizing complex SQL.
Solid understanding of data modeling concepts (e.g. star schema snowflake schema data vault).
Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools such as Azure Data Factory or Apache Airflow.
Experience with version control systems (Git) and collaborative development practices.
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Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203) certification or similar.
Experience with Delta Lake (format and features like ACID transactions time travel schema enforcement).
Experience with real-time data processing using Azure Stream Analytics or Spark Streaming.
Knowledge of other Azure services (Synapse Analytics Event Hubs Azure SQL DB Cosmos DB Purview).
Experience with DevOps/DataOps principles and tools (CI/CD Terraform Azure DevOps).
Familiarity with data visualization tools like Power Attributes:
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
A proactive self-motivated attitude with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
A continuous learner who stays updated with the latest trends in cloud data technologies.

Skills:

• Azure Data Lake
• MS SQL Server
• Python

What you can expect from us:

Together as owners lets turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.