What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Data Engineer position at Sharp Decisions?
Title: Senior Azure Data Engineer
Client: Major Japanese Bank
Experience Level: Senior (10 Years)
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Summary:
The Senior Azure Data Engineer will design, build, and optimize enterprise data solutions within Microsoft Azure for a major Japanese bank. This role focuses on architecting scalable data pipelines, enhancing data lake environments, and ensuring security, compliance, and data governance best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop, maintain, and optimize Azure-based data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.
Design and implement Azure Data Lake, Synapse, Databricks, and ADF solutions.
Ensure data security, compliance, lineage, and governance controls.
Partner with architecture, data governance, and business teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.
Troubleshoot performance issues and improve system efficiency.
Required Skills:
10 years of data engineering experience.
Strong hands-on expertise with Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL.
Azure certifications strongly preferred.
Strong SQL, Python, and cloud data architecture skills.
Experience in financial services or large enterprise environments preferred.