Role: Data Engineer

Location: Bangalore Chennai, Pune, Hyderabd

Responsibilities

· The candidate must be excited by the prospect of optimizing or even re-designing data pipelines to support the modernization of data platform

· Be curious and eager to work across a variety and volume of data.

· Design and build scalable and reliable data pipelines with the latest tech stack.

· Facilitate real-life actionable use cases leveraging our data with a user- and product-oriented mindset.

· Support teams without data engineers with building decentralized data solutions and product integrations.

· Conceptualize, design and implement improvements to ETL processes and data through independent communication with data-savvy stakeholders.

· Designing, building, and operating a Data Lake or Data Warehouse.

• Knowledge to ingest, cleanse, transform and load data from varied data sources in the above Azure Services (Databricks and DataFactory)
• Strong knowledge of Medallion architecture

· Consume data from source with different file format such as XML, CSV, Excel, Parquet, JSON

· Strong problem-solving skill such as backtracking of dataset, data analysis etc.

· Strong Knowledge of in advanced SQL techniques for carrying out data analysis as per client requirement.

Mandatory Skills

The candidates need to understand different data architecture patterns and parallel data processing.

1) S/he should be proficient in using the following services to create data processing solutions:

· Azure Databricks

· Azure Data Lake Storage

· Azure Data Factory

2) Strong Knowledge in

· PySpark

· SQL

3) Should be familiar to be built data pipelines and data analysis using Python

Desired Skills

· Ability to query the data from serverless SQL Pool in Azure Synapse Analytics.

· Knowledge of Azure DevOps.

· Knowledge to configure any dataset with Vnet, Subnet Networks

· Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, to create App registration for single and multitenant for security purpose.

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
• We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2025) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer: 
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.