Azure Data Engineering Lead / Technical Lead

Azure Data Engineering Lead

Indianapolis, IN (Onsite)

Full-Time

Skills / Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Azure Cloud platform, Azure Databricks with PySpark.
• 2+ years of experience in Databricks workflow & Unity catalog.
• 3+ years of experience in ADF (Azure Data Factory), ADLS Gen 2 and Azure SQL.
• 2+ years of experience in Python programming & package builds.

Secondary Skills / Good to have

• Azure Entra/AD skills and GitHub Actions; Orchestration experience using Airflow, Dagster, LogicApp.
• Working on event-driven architectures using Kafka, Azure Event Hub; Exposure on Google Cloud Pub/Sub
• Developing and maintaining Change Data Capture (CDC) solutions preferably using Debezium.
• Experience on data migration projects specifically involving Azure Synapse and Databricks Lakehouse.
• Managing cloud storage solutions on Azure Data Lake Storage . Experience with Google Cloud Storage will be an advantage

Job / Role Description

• Experience in building efficient orchestration solutions using Azure data factory, Databricks Workflows. Ability to design modular, reusable workflows using tasks, triggers, and dependencies
• Experience in configuring data permissions, object lineage, and access policies with Unity Catalog. Understanding of integrating Unity Catalog with Azure AD, external metastores, and audit trails
• Experience working across the Azure ecosystem, including networking, security, monitoring, and cost management relevant to data engineering workloads. Understanding of VNets, Private Endpoints, Key Vaults Managed Identities, and Azure Monitor. Exposure to DevOps tools for deployment automation (e.g., Azure DevOps, ARM/Bicep/Terraform)
• Experience in implementing secure, hierarchical namespace-based data lake storage for structured/semi-structured data, aligned to bronze-silver-gold layers with ADLS Gen2
• Data management experience handling Analytics workload covering design, development, and maintenance of Lakehouse solutions sourcing data from platforms such as ERP sources, API sources, Relational stores, NoSQL and on-prem sources using Databricks/PySpark as distributed /big data management service, supporting batch and near-real-time ingestion, transformation, and processing
• Ability to optimize Spark jobs and manage large-scale data processing using RDD/DataFrame APIs; Demonstrated expertise in partitioning strategies, file format optimization (Parquet/Delta), and Spark SQL tuning
• Familiarity with Databricks runtime versions, cluster policies, libraries, and workspace management; Skilled in governing and manage data access for Azure Data Lakehouse with Unity Catalog
• Skilled in using dynamic expressions, parameterized pipelines, custom activities, and triggers; Familiarity with integration runtime configurations, pipeline performance tuning, and error handling strategies
• Hands-on experience with lifecycle policies, access control (RBAC/ACLs), and folder-level security. Understanding of best practices in file partitioning, retention management, and storage performance optimization; Capable of developing T-SQL queries, stored procedures, and managing metadata layers on Azure SQL.
• Experience in writing modular, testable Python code used in data transformations, utility functions, and packaging reusable components
• Familiarity with Python environments, dependency management (pip/Poetry/Conda), and packaging libraries. Ability to write unit tests using Pytest/unit test and integrate with CI/CD pipelines
• Lead solution design discussions, mentor junior engineers, and ensure adherence to coding guidelines, design patterns, and peer review processes
• Able to prepare Design documents for development and guiding the team technically. Experience preparing technical design documents, HLD/LLDs, and architecture diagrams
• Familiarity with code quality tools (e.g., SonarQube, pylint), and version control workflows (Git).
• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication, proactive stakeholder engagement, and a collaborative attitude in cross-functional teams
• Ability to articulate technical concepts clearly to both technical and business audiences. Experience in working with product owners, QA, and business analysts to translate requirements into deliverables
• Communicate effectively with internal and customer stakeholders; Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain productive relationships with team members
• Provide constructive feedback during code reviews and be open to receiving feedback on your own code
• Prior experience in working on Agile/Scrum projects with exposure to tools like Jira/Azure DevOps.
• Provides regular updates, proactive and due diligent to carry out responsibilities