Job Summary
Join our team as a Sr. Data Engineer where you will leverage your expertise designing, building, and operating scalable, cloud native data platforms supporting batch and streaming use cases, with strong focus on governance, performance, and reliability. This hybrid position offers a day shift schedule.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate scalable, cloud‑native data platforms supporting both batch and streaming use cases.
- Ensure strong data governance, performance, and reliability within data ecosystems.
- Develop and operate data systems across major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), designing scalable and cost‑efficient cloud‑native solutions.
- Build modern data architectures including data lakes, data lakehouses, and data hubs.
- Implement ingestion patterns and data collection pipelines using tools such as Kafka and AWS Glue.
- Work with modern storage formats including Apache Iceberg and Parquet.
- Design and develop real‑time streaming pipelines using Kafka, Flink, or similar streaming frameworks.
- Apply event‑driven architecture principles for low‑latency data processing.
- Transform and model data using SQL‑based frameworks and orchestration tools such as dbt, AWS Glue, and Airflow.
- Implement data modeling concepts such as Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) and schema evolution.
- Perform large‑scale data transformations (batch and streaming) using Apache Spark.
Qualifications
- Proven experience building and operating cloud‑native data solutions on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Strong understanding of modern data architectures, ingestion patterns, governance practices, observability, and platform best practices.
- Expertise in data ingestion tools (Kafka, AWS Glue) and modern storage formats (Iceberg, Parquet).
- Deep knowledge of real‑time data streaming and event‑driven architectures using Kafka, Flink, or similar frameworks.
- Advanced SQL modeling skills and experience with tools such as dbt, Glue, and Airflow.
- Strong knowledge of SCD techniques, schema evolution, and modern data modeling practices.
- Extensive hands‑on experience with Apache Spark for large‑scale transformations.
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 (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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.
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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.
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