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CDM Smith - Senior Data Engineer - Databricks

CDM Smith - Senior Data Engineer - Databricks

CDM SMITH GLOBAL SERVICES INDIA LLPPune
29 days ago
Job description

Senior Databricks Engineer

Job Summary :

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Engineer with deep expertise in Databricks to join our Digital Capital team. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience working in Databricks to create operational excellence across the platform, develop, optimize, and maintain data pipelines, and has a solid foundation in traditional enterprise data warehousing. You will play a critical role in building and maintaining our next-generation data platform, ensuring data quality, reliability, and accessibility for various analytical and operational needs across CDM Responsibilities :

  • Databricks Platform : Act as a subject matter expert for the Databricks platform within the Digital Capital team, provide technical guidance, best practices, and innovative solutions.
  • Databricks Workflows and Orchestration : Design and implement complex data pipelines using Azure Data Factory or Qlik replicate.
  • End-to-End Data Pipeline Development : Design, develop, and implement highly scalable and efficient ETL / ELT processes using Databricks notebooks (Python / Spark or SQL) and other Databricks-native tools.
  • Delta Lake Expertise : Utilize Delta Lake for building reliable data lake architecture, implementing ACID transactions, schema enforcement, time travel, and optimizing data storage for performance.
  • Spark Optimization : Optimize Spark jobs and queries for performance and cost efficiency within the Databricks environment. Demonstrate a deep understanding of Spark architecture, partitioning, caching, and shuffle operations.
  • Data Governance and Security : Implement and enforce data governance policies, access controls, and security measures within the Databricks environment using Unity Catalog and other Databricks security features.
  • Collaborative Development : Work closely with data scientists, data analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into Databricks based data solutions.
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting : Establish and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging for Databricks jobs and clusters, proactively identifying and resolving data pipeline issues.
  • Code Quality and Best Practices : Champion best practices for Databricks development, including version control (Git), code reviews, testing frameworks, and documentation.
  • Performance Tuning : Continuously identify and implement performance improvements for existing

Databricks data pipelines and data models.

  • Cloud Integration : Experience integrating Databricks with other cloud services (e.g., Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Key Vault) for a seamless data ecosystem.
  • Traditional Data Warehousing & SQL : Design, develop, and maintain schemas and ETL processes for traditional enterprise data warehouses. Demonstrate expert-level proficiency in SQL for complex data manipulation, querying, and optimization within relational database :
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related quantitative field.
  • Minimum of 6+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, with a significant portion dedicated to building and managing data solutions.
  • Demonstrable expert-level proficiency with Databricks, including :

    • 1. Extensive experience with Spark (PySpark, Spark SQL) for large-scale data processing.

    2. Deep understanding and practical application of Delta Lake.

    3. Hands-on experience with Databricks Notebooks, Jobs, and Workflows.

  • Experience with Unity Catalog for data governance and security.
  • Proficiency in optimizing Databricks cluster configurations and Spark job performance.
  • Strong programming skills in Python.
  • Expert-level SQL proficiency with a strong understanding of relational databases, data warehousing concepts, and data modeling techniques (e.g., Kimball, Inmon).
  • Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Azure, but AWS or GCP with Databricks experience is also valuable).
  • Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced Qualifications :
  • Databricks Certifications (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Experience with CI / CD pipelines for data engineering projects.

    • ref : hirist.tech)

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