Data Engineer
Kumaran Systems Hyderabad, Telangana, India
IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees
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About the role
Design, build, and optimize Azure data pipelines and lakehouse solutions while ensuring secure, reliable data delivery. Collaborate across teams to maintain high standards of governance, automation, and documentation in an Agile environment.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires 6-10 years of experience in data engineering with strong proficiency in Databricks, Spark, Python, and Azure data services. Candidates must have experience with Delta Lake architecture, SQL, CI/CD practices, and the ability to mentor junior team members.
Full description
Data Engineer/Developer
Role Summary Design, build, and optimize Azure data pipelines and lakehouse solutions. Deliver secure, reliable datasets with strong governance, automation, and documentation. Collaborate across teams and contribute to standards in an Agile setting.
Must-Have (Day 1)
- Experience:
4–6 years in data engineering
- Core
Platform: Databricks with Python, Spark, Pandas (notebooks and modular code)
- Orchestration:
Azure Data Factory (pipelines, integration runtimes); ingest from diverse sources
- Lakehouse:
Delta Lake fundamentals; Medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) in production
- Storage/SQL/Performance:
Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS); strong SQL; performance-aware design
- Data
Patterns: ETL/ELT; data modeling (e.g., dimensional/star schema)
- DevOps
& Security: CI/CD for data projects (Azure DevOps or GitHub Enterprise); familiarity with Azure Entra ID for SSO/RBAC; secure workspace/data access
- Quality
& Observability: Data validation/testing, code reviews, and basic monitoring/alerting for jobs/pipelines
- Ways of
Working: Agile/Scrum (Jira/Confluence); clear pipeline and data contract documentation
- Collaboration:
Effective stakeholder engagement; support/mentor junior team members; clear communication
- Generative
AI (Day 1):
- Prompt
design for data tasks (ingestion, transformations, documentation) with clear objectives and constraints
- Use of
Copilot/ChatGPT to scaffold notebooks/jobs, generate tests, and optimize SQL/Spark—validates outputs before merging
Nice-to-Have (Train within 60–90 days)
- Unity
Catalog migration (Hive to Unity) and permissions/governance
- Databricks
DevOps (cluster configuration, secret management, workspace automation)
- Azure
Functions (C# or Python) for orchestration/integration
- Synapse
dedicated SQL pools or dbt; Delta Live Tables
- Financial
services domain exposure
Shared Expectations
- Work
independently with minimal supervision while contributing to team outcomes
- Commitment
to secure practices and production-grade reliability
- Continuous
improvement mindset and willingness to learn new tools/technologies
- Willingness
to work within regulated environment controls and policies
- Use
Generative AI responsibly to improve velocity and quality (simple, structured prompts; guardrails; validate AI-assisted outputs before adoption)
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