*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
Role Tile: Senior Data Engineer
About the role
Design, build, and operate scalable, cloud‑native data platforms supporting batch and streaming use cases, with strong focus on governance, performance, and reliability.
Responsibilities
· Hands‑on experience developing and operating data systems on major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. Ability to design cloud‑native, scalable, and cost‑efficient data solutions.
· Proven experience building modern data architectures, including data lakes, data lakehouses, and data hubs. Strong understanding of ingestion patterns, data governance, data modeling, observability, and platform best practices.
· Expertise in data ingestion and collection using tools such as Kafka and AWS Glue. Experience working with modern storage formats including Apache Iceberg and Parquet.
· Strong experience designing and developing real‑time streaming pipelines using Kafka, Flink, or similar streaming frameworks. Understanding of event‑driven architectures and low‑latency data processing.
· Deep expertise in data transformation and modeling using SQL‑based frameworks and orchestration tools such as dbt, AWS Glue, and Airflow. Strong knowledge of modeling concepts including Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) and schema evolution.
· Strong knowledge of modeling concepts including Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) and schema evolution.
· Extensive experience using Apache Spark for large‑scale data transformations, including batch and streaming workloads.
What you need to have to be considered
· 5+ years in IT related role
· Strong hands on experience in AWS Cloud, SQL and Python
· Good experience with Kafka/Flink, AWS Glue and Airflow
Work model: Hybrid
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Atlanta, GA. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs
The Cognizant community:
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.
About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2025) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.