What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Python Snowflake Data Engineer (Hybrid) position at Cognizant?
Roles & Responsibilities
Salary And Other Compensation
Applications will be accepted until July 10 2026,
The annual salary for this position is between $ 80,000 - $ 123,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Work in an integrated DevOps model handling both Run and Change activities
- Develop and maintain data pipelines using Python, SQL, Snowflake, and AWS
- Support ingestion of data from multiple upstream systems (APIs, files, S3, legacy sources)
- Build and manage data products consumed via Snowflake
- Handle legacy and modern platforms (DB2, Denodo, AWS, Snowflake)
- Design and manage orchestration using EDF, Snowflake tasks, Tivoli
- Perform data transformation, validation, and quality checks
- Support batch processing and event-driven pipelines
- Participate in on-call rotation to handle incidents and production issues
- Troubleshoot failures and perform RCA for data issues
- Work closely with product owners to deliver prioritized backlog items
- Collaborate with cross-functional and distributed teams (US & offshore)
- Manage GitHub repositories, PRs, and CI/CD deployment pipelines
- Ensure proper coordination of releases across teams
- Support both legacy systems and transformation to strategic platforms
- , Snowflake (Snowpark), AWS (S3,Lambda, Glue, Kinesis),Python, SQL
- DB2, Denodo (legacy exposure preferred)
- SchemaChange / DBT / GitHub
- Knowledge of event-based and batch data processing
- Please note this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
Salary And Other Compensation
Applications will be accepted until July 10 2026,
The annual salary for this position is between $ 80,000 - $ 123,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Salary : $80,000 - $123,000