Job Description

Senior Azure Data Engineer with Databricks Expertise

NJ/NYC Only

Experience 12-15 Years

Job Summary:

We are seeking highly skilled Azure Data Engineer with strong expertise in Databricks to join our data team. The ideal candidate will design, implement and optimize large-scale data pipeline, ensuring scalability, reliability and performance. This role involves working closely with multiple teams and business stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Data Pipeline Development:
   • Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks.
   • Leverage PySpark/Spark and SQL to transform and process large datasets.
   • Integrate data from multiple sources including Azure Blob Storage, ADLS and other relational/non-relational systems.
2. Collaboration & Analysis:
   • Work Closely with multiple teams to prepare data for dashboard and BI Tools.
   • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver tailored data solutions.
3. Performance & Optimization:
   • Optimize Databricks workloads for cost efficiency and performance.
   • Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure reliability and accuracy.
4. Governance & Security:
   • Implement and manage data security, access controls and governance standards using Unity Catalog.
   • Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory data policies.
5. Deployment:
   • Leverage Databricks Asset Bundles for seamless deployment of Databricks jobs, notebooks and configurations across environments.
   • Manage version control for Databricks artifacts and collaborate with team to maintain development best practices.

Technical Skills:

• Strong expertise in Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Lakehouse Architecture, Table Triggers, Delta Live Pipelines, Databricks Runtime etc.)
• Proficiency in Azure Cloud Services.
• Solid Understanding of Spark and PySpark for big data processing.
• Experience in relational databases.
• Knowledge on Databricks Asset Bundles and GitLab.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with Databricks Runtimes and advanced configurations.
• Knowledge of streaming frameworks like Spark Streaming.
• Experience in developing real-time data solutions.

Certifications:

• Azure Data Engineer Associate or Databricks certified Data Engineer Associate certification. (Optional)

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