Data Engineer

Cognizant

Dallas, TX

Full Time

Entry Level

73k+

2 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

A Data Engineer in Cognizant's AIA (AI & Analytics) practice brings relevant context to data for business and IT for intelligent systems and critical decisions. They work within the domains of data management, to integrate high-variation and/or high-velocity data to produce answers and enable clients to ask an entirely new class of questions. They will use a variety of tools and techniques to deliver better, faster, and intelligent data to some of the world's most successful businesses - our clients.

Key Responsibilities

Build and deliver data pipelines to store data in a way that is accessible, performant, secure, and sustainable
Prototype solutions, prepare test scripts, and conduct tests for data replication, extraction, loading, cleansing, and data modeling for data warehouses
Review and validate data loaded into data lakes/warehouses for accuracy
Develop proofs of concept and evaluate design options to deliver ingestion, search, metadata cataloging and scheduling of data pipelines
Data engineering in line with standard processes and Cognizant's reference architecture
Understand and detail technical use case requirements to deliver data movement and transformation solutions

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in IT-related field and 0-3 years of IT experience
Strong business interpersonal skills (including written and oral)
Programming experience with Python, Python Pyspark or Java development for modern data engineering
Strong background in relational data models
Exposure in Data Pipelines &amp; SQL / NoSQL (e.g. Cassandra, HBase) and Relational Database management systems
Exposure to implementing PaaS services on public clouds - Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, SingleStore, Oracle, Informatica
Strong problem solving and analytical thinking skills

Nice to Have

Full Data lifecycle development experience
Industry experience (financial services, insurance, retail, healthcare, life sciences, communications)
Experience in developing and deploying distributed computing applications using Open Source or cloud native services
Understanding of data applications including Hadoop components (HDFS, HBase, Hive, Sqoop, Flume, etc.)
Exposure to data analytics and data mining tools/applications such as Tableau, QlikSense /QlikView, R or SAS
Experience working with SQL, Relational Database Management Systems (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle)
Development workflows (e.g., Microsoft VSTS)
Experience leading teams

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in IT-related field

Benefits & Perks

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

Working at Cognizant

We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world. We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen. We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right. We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

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