Data Engineer- Azure Databricks- Senior Associate
At a glance
Senior Data Engineering role at Pwc (Crm Experienced Careers Site). Bangalore · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build Azure Databricks pipelines that bring data in, transform it, and prepare it for analytics and reporting
- Develop cloud data solutions across Azure services, data lakes, and modern warehouse platforms
- Tune pipelines, queries, and storage patterns to improve processing speed and scalability
- Add quality checks and monitoring to batch and streaming workflows, and resolve pipeline problems
- Translate business needs into data models and reusable components, while reviewing code and guiding junior engineers
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree and at least four years of professional experience
- At least four years working with Azure data services, including ADLS, Databricks, Data Flows or another listed service
- Hands-on Hadoop and Spark experience, plus skill extracting data from varied source formats and systems
- Strong SQL and experience creating and verifying unit and integration tests
Who this fits
This senior associate role suits an experienced Azure data engineer who can own workstreams, solve client data challenges, and support junior colleagues. You need written and spoken English proficiency. The role is based in Bangalore, India.
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Senior AssociateJob Description & Summary
The Opportunity
Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.
As a Data Engineer- Azure Databricks- Senior Associate you will support data modernization efforts by designing, building, and maintaining cloud data pipelines and platform components using Azure Databricks within our Advisory practice. As a Senior Associate you will analyze complex problems, manage assigned workstreams, guide junior team members, and use critical thinking to develop deliverables that align with client needs and the broader business context. In this role at PwC, you will contribute to data integration, ETL, cloud migration, and analytics solutions across Azure environments, while building meaningful client connections and growing your technical skills within Cloud Engineering, Data & Analytics and Product Innovation.
Responsibilities
- Designing and building Azure Databricks data pipelines to ingest, transform, and deliver trusted data for analytics and reporting
- Developing cloud-based data engineering solutions across Azure data services, data lakes, and modern warehouse platforms
- Optimizing pipeline performance, query execution, and data storage patterns to improve scalability and processing speed
- Implementing data quality checks, validation logic, and monitoring routines across batch and streaming workflows
- Translating business needs into technical data models, integration patterns, and reusable engineering components
- Supporting modernization of legacy data environments through cloud migration, consolidation, and platform refactoring
- Applying Apache Airflow, Azure Data Factory, and related orchestration tools to schedule and manage data workflows
- Reviewing code, troubleshooting pipeline issues, and mentoring junior team members on engineering methods and delivery practices
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
- Oral and written proficiency in English required
Must Have:
- 4+ years of experience working in Azure ADLS, Data Bricks, Data Flows, HDInsight, Azure Analysis services
- Should be aware of Data Management concepts and Data Modelling
- Good knowledge of Big Data frameworks and related technologies
- Experience in Hadoop and Spark is mandatory
- Should have expertise in extracting data from different source systems like flat files, XML sources, JSON, Parquet files, Big data appliances, RDBMS, etc.
- Good knowledge of Big Data frameworks and related technologies
- Experience in Hadoop and Spark is mandatory
- Should have clear understanding of DW lifecycle and contributed in preparing
- Detail Level Design document
- Unit Test plans
- Code review reports
- Must have strong sql, understand joins, groups, functions & Stored procedures
- Must have experience in Unit and Integration Test creation and verification
- Proficient in creating documentation related to Project Architecture, Project end User Manual and - Operations Hand off guide
- Should have good understanding of Data Migration processes, methods and project lifecycle
- Good in Unix Shell Scripting skills
- Strong analytical skills and troubleshooting skills
- Should be well versed with quality processes and implementation
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong understanding of Cloud data migration processes, methods and project lifecycle
- Good knowledge of Application DevOps tools (Git, CI/CD Frameworks)
- Experience in Jenkins or Gitlab with rich experience in source code management like Code - Pipeline, Code Build and Code Commit
Desired Knowledge / Skills:
- Certifications in Azure / Databricks
- Experience in building stream-processing systems, using solutions such as Storm or Spark
Streaming
- Experience in Big Data ML toolkits, such as Mahout, SparkML, or H2O
- Experience in Azure functions
- Knowledge in Python
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Management Information Systems, Computer and Information Science, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematical Statistics
- Demonstrating Azure Databricks data engineering experience across cloud platforms
- Applying data pipeline, data modeling, and data integration skills in client work
- Leveraging Apache Airflow, Azure Data Factory, or Snowflake knowledge
- Interpreting complex data challenges and developing practical solutions
- Mentoring junior team members while managing assigned workstreams
Travel Requirements
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