AWS Data Engineer (remote)

Description

This is a remote position open to any qualified applicant in the United States and Canada

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.). Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500, and we are among the top-performing and fastest-growing companies in the world.

Practice - AIA - Artificial Intelligence and Analytics

About AI & Analytics: Artificial intelligence (AI) and the data it collects and analyzes will soon sit at the core of all intelligent, human-centric businesses. By decoding customer needs, preferences, and behaviors, our clients can understand exactly what services, products, and experiences their consumers need. Within AI & Analytics, we work to design the future-a future in which trial-and-error business decisions have been replaced by informed choices and data-supported strategies!

By applying AI and data science, we help leading companies to prototype, refine, validate, and scale their AI and analytics products and delivery models! Cognizant's AIA practice takes insights that are buried in data, and provides businesses a clear way to transform how they source, interpret and consume their information. Our clients need flexible data structures and a streamlined data architecture that quickly turns data resources into informative, meaningful intelligence.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides technical direction guides the team on key technical aspects and is responsible for product tech delivery
• Lead the Design, Build, Test, and Deployment of components
• Where applicable in collaboration with Lead Developers (Data Engineer Software Engineer Data Scientist Technical Test Lead)
• Understand requirements / use case to outline the technical scope and lead delivery of the technical solution
• Confirm required developers and skillsets specific to the product
• Provides leadership direction peer review and accountability to developers on the product (key responsibility)
• Works closely with the Product Owner to align on delivery goals and timing
• Assists Product Owner with prioritizing and managing team backlog
• Collaborates with Data and Solution architects on the key technical decisions, architecture, and design to deliver the requirements and functionality

Position Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS services- S3, EMR, Glue, Jobs, Lambda, Athena, CloudTrail, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch, Step Functions
• Extensive experience with EMR databases such as Glue, Catalog, Lake Formation, Redshift, DynamoDB, and Aurora
• Required skills: AWS, Python, Spark, Pyspark, and Panadas
• Infrastructure as Code technology- Terraform/CloudFormation
• Experience with Secrets Management Platforms like Vault

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $109,000 - $115,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• 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

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits 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.

Cognizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Cognizant is committed to ensuring that all current and prospective associates are afforded equal opportunities and treatment and a work environment free of harassment.

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to leverage the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.

#LI-AY1 #CB #Ind123