Lead Azure Data Engineer (Remote)

Company: ApTask
Location: Austin
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

We are looking for a Lead/Senior Data Engineer for our Enterprise Data Organization to develop and manage data pipelines (data ingestion, transformation, storage etc.) for an Azure cloud-based data analytics platform. The candidate will possess strong technical, analytical, programming, and critical thinking skills. The ideal candidate will have good experience with data transformation, data modeling, master data management, and metadata management. This candidate will act as a onsite lead of a team of engineers based out of Eastern Europe, and will interact with the client stakeholders.
Requirements:
Good interpersonal skills; comfort and competence in dealing with different teams within the organization.
Requires an ability to interface with multiple constituent groups and build sustainable relationships.
Strong and effective communication skills (verbal and written).
Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
Experience of working in a matrix organization.
Proactive problem solver.
Ability to prioritize and deliver.
Results-oriented, flexible, adaptable.
Work well independently and lead a team.
Versatile, creative temperament, ability to think out-of-the box while defining sound and practical solutions.
Ability to master new skills.
Familiar with Agile practices and methodologies
Professional data engineering experience focused on batch and real time data pipelines using Spark, PySpark, Python, SQL
Data warehouse (data modeling, programming), RDBMS exposure in Microsoft technologies like SSIS, SQL Server, SSRS
Understanding of data science and visualization technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Databricks)
Experience working on a cloud environment, preferably, Microsoft Azure Cloud Data Warehouse solutions (Snowflake, Azure DW)

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