Azure Data Engineer & Architect - W2 ONLY

TEKsystems - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Jersey City, NJ

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Azure Data Engineer & Architect role at TEKsystems is a full-time position focused on developing and deploying solutions for risk, regulatory, and compliance projects on the Azure platform. This VP-level position requires expertise in Databricks architecture and involves leading the migration from on-premises to cloud solutions. The role emphasizes collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure the platform meets business needs while fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion within the team.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and optimize the Azure Databricks platform.
• Provide technical expertise to deploy applications on the platform.
• Work with data engineers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to ensure platform requirements are met.
• Configure Databricks Clusters and Unity catalog repository.
• Integrate seamlessly with on-prem databases and Power BI reports.
• Build large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines using Azure cloud platform.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to develop enterprise-grade platforms.
• Provide technical guidance on technology implementation and architectural changes.
• Coordinate with platform, APIM, Azure DevOps, and support teams.
• Analyze and design technical solutions on Azure to meet business needs.
• Develop, test, and modify software to enhance data platforms and applications.
• Migrate Data Science models written in native Python to multi-node Databricks compute.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in data-related projects.
• 5+ years of Azure Cloud Development experience.
• Ability to recreate existing legacy application logic into Azure Databricks/Data Lake, SQL Database, and SQL Data Warehouse environments.
• Excellent programming skills in Python and SQL.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in financial services is preferred but not required.

Benefits

• Full benefits package available, details provided upon request.