Azure Data Engineer
- Source: Naukri
- Cognizant
- Hybrid
- Bengaluru
- Full-Time
- Mid level
Job Description
Cognizant is hiring for AZURE Data Engineer/Databricks Data Engineer .
Job Locations: Pune, Bangalore, Chennai , Hyderabad
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and support data pipelines using Databricks and PySpark
- Work on batch and streaming data processing using Apache Spark
- Build and manage data solutions using Delta Lake, ensuring data reliability and consistency
- Support production systems,troubleshoot issues, and resolve incidents independently
- Contribute to migration initiatives to modern, cloud-based data platforms
- Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams on solution design and delivery
MustHave Skills (Mandatory)
- Databricks strong, hands-on, core experience
- Apache Spark (deep understanding; not theoretical)
- PySpark
- Delta Lake
- Spark SQL
- Distributed data processing concepts
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Cloud-based data platforms
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Experience with distributed storage (e.g. ADLS or equivalent)
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Python (via PySpark)
- Focus on data processing concepts rather than framework development
Kafka or Event Hubs
- Background combining ADF / ETL + Databricks
- Experience in platform modernisation or data migration projects
Experience Expectations
- Meaningful, recent hands-on experience with Databricks is mandatory
- Candidates with 5+ years of strong Databricks-focused experience are acceptable
Skills
- microsoft-azure
- azure-databricks
- databricks
- pyspark
- Spark
- delta-lake
- apache-spark-sql
- Python
- Kafka
