Technical Lead-Data Engg Area(s) of responsibility Role Summary We are seeking a seasoned Senior Azure Data Engineer / Sr.

Technical

Lead with extensive expertise in Azure Databricks, PySpark, ADF, SQL, and modern data engineering practices. This role requires strong technical leadership, hands on engineering capabilities, and the ability to design, architect, and deliver enterprise-scale data solutions. The ideal candidate will lead complex data initiatives, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to build a robust and scalable data ecosystem on Azure. ________________________________________ Key Responsibilities 1.

Solution

Architecture & Technical Leadership • Lead the design, development, and deployment of large-scale data engineering solutions using Azure Databricks, PySpark, SQL, ADF, and Azure Data Lake.

- Architect end-to-end Modern Data Warehouse (MDW) and Lakehouse solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization.
- Define technical standards, coding best practices, reusable frameworks, and architectural guidelines for engineering teams.
- Provide technical leadership across the project lifecycle—requirements analysis, solution blueprinting, estimation, development, and deployment. 2.

Data Pipeline

Engineering • Build, optimize, and maintain scalable, high performance ELT/ETL pipelines to process large volumes of structured and unstructured data.

- Set up complex data ingestion frameworks, enabling seamless integration with on-premise systems, cloud services, APIs, and third-party sources.
- Ensure high availability, data reliability, and error-resilient orchestration workflows in Azure Data Factory. 3.

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Databricks & PySpark Expertise • Design and implement advanced transformation logic using PySpark on Databricks, ensuring efficient data processing and code modularity.

- Utilize Delta Lake capabilities—ACID transactions, schema evolution, versioning, time travel—to manage enterprise-grade datasets.
- Perform cluster-level tuning, optimization of shuffle operations, caching, partitioning, and job parallelization.
- Manage Databricks job pipelines, notebooks, clusters, job scheduling, and integration with CI/CD pipelines ________________________________________ Mandatory Skills &

Experience • 10–13 years of overall experience in data engineering and enterprise data platforms.

- Minimum 3 years of hands-on project experience in Azure Databricks (beyond POCs).
- Minimum 5 years of experience building and orchestrating pipelines in Azure Data Factory (ADF).
- Minimum 2 years of strong PySpark experience with complex data transformation logic.
- 6 years of ETL & Data Warehouse experience, including dimensional modelling, data partitioning, and performance optimization.
- Robust SQL expertise—complex queries, optimization, stored procedures, analytical functions.
- Proven experience working with Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Delta Lake, and modern data processing patterns. ________________________________________ Good-to-Have Skills • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including sprint planning and backlog management.
- Knowledge of Azure Synapse, Event Hub, Databricks workflows, and Azure DevOps CI/CD.
- Databricks certifications (Associate/Professional) or Azure certifications (DP 203/DP 900).

Experience Level Senior Level

📌 Technical Lead - Data Engineering (Noida)
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