Principal Data Engineer, Consulting
The Company
Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 350,000 employees as of January 2024. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.
Cognizant Consulting
At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our consulting services elevate the unique abilities and business aspirations of customers and employees and build relationships based on trust and value.
The Role
The Data Engineer will propose and implement solutions using a range of AWS infrastructure, including S3, Redshift, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, AWS Glue, and Matillion. They will liaise with clients to define requirements, refine solutions, and ultimately hand them over to clients’ own technical teams. The ideal candidate will have exposure to CI/CD processes, or at least be keen to learn – our clients love infrastructure as code, and we like our engineers to own the deployment of their work. Candidates should delight in creating something from nothing on greenfield projects. We’re looking for people who can’t let go of interesting problems. We need people who can work independently; but we’re a close-knit, supportive team – we like to learn new things and share our ideas so that clients get the best return on their investments.
Qualifications:
- Experience in analysing and cleansing data using a variety of tools and techniques.
- Familiarity with AWS data lake-related components.
- Hands-on experience with Redshift, Glue, and S3.
- Extensive experience in ETL and using patterns for cloud data warehouse solutions (e.g. ELT).
- Hands-on experience with Matillion.
- Familiarity with a variety of Databases, incl. structured RDBMS.
- Experience in working with a variety of data formats, JSON, XML, CSV, Parquet, etc.
- Experience with building and maintaining data dictionaries / meta-data.
- Experience with Linux and cloud environments.
- Data Visualisation Technologies (e.g. Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Looker, QlikSense).
Desirable experience:
- Familiarity with large data techniques (Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, etc.)
- Familiarity with providing data via a microservice API.
- Experience with other public cloud data lakes.
- AWS Certifications (particularly Solution Architect Associate and Big Data Speciality).
- Machine Learning.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. 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 protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com with your request and contact information.
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 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.
Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high-calibre team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Cognizant is an equal-opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, colour, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or apply, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com with your request and contact information.
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.