Senior Data Engineer

PAREXEL

Remote, United Kingdom

We are currently recruiting a Senior Data Engineer to join our team! This individual will be charged with building and managing pipelines on the Azure Databricks Platform.

Role and Responsibilities

Using Microsoft Azure data PaaS services, design, build, modify, and support data pipelines leveraging DataBricks and PowerBI in a medallion architecture setting;
If necessary, create prototypes to validate proposed ideas and solicit input from stakeholders;
Excellent grasp of and expertise with test-driven development and continuous integration processes;
Analysis and Design – Converts high-level design to low-level design and implements it;
Collaborate with Team Leads to define/clarify business requirements, estimate development costs, and finalize work plans;
Run unit and integration tests on all created code – Create and run unit and integration tests throughout the development lifecycle;
Benchmark application code proactively to prevent performance and scalability concerns;
Collaborate with the Quality Assurance Team on issue reporting, resolution, and change management;
Support and Troubleshooting – Assist the Operations Team with any environmental issues that arise during application deployment in the Development, QA, Staging, and Production environments;
Assist other teams in resolving issues that may develop as a result of applications or the integration of multiple components.

Azure Developer Requirements & Skills

Understanding of design concepts and architectural basics;
Knowledge of performance engineering;
Understanding of quality processes and estimate methods;
Fundamental grasp of the project domain;
The ability to transform functional and nonfunctional needs into system requirements;
The ability to develop and code complicated applications is required;
The ability to create test cases and scenarios based on specifications;
Solid knowledge of SDLC and agile techniques;
Knowledge of current technology and trends;
Logical thinking and problem-solving abilities, as well as the capacity to collaborate;
Primary skills: Cloud Platform->Azure Developer->Microsoft Azure/PAAS;
Sought: SQL, Python;
General Knowledge: PowerApps, Java;
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field;
6-9 years of experience in software development with minimum 2 years of cloud computing.