Databricks Solutions Architect

Description
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.

*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

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 Within AI & Analytics, we work to design the future-a future in which trial-and-error business decisions have been replaced by informed choices and data-supported strategies.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.

This is a remote position open to any qualified applicant in Canada

• Technology architecture & implementation experience with deep implementation experience with Data solutions
• 15~20 years of experience in Data Engineering and 5+ Years Data Engineering Experience on cloud data engineering
• Technology pre sales experience - Architecture, Effort sizing , Estimation and Solution defense
• Data architecture patterns- Data Warehouse , Data Lake , Data Mesh , Lake house , Data as a product
• Develop or Co-develop proofs of concept and prototypes with customer teams
• Excellent understanding of distributed computing fundamentals
• Experience working with one or more major cloud vendors

• Deep expertise on End to End Pipeline ( or ETL) development following best practices and including orchestration, Optimization of Data pipelines
• Strong understanding of the full CI/CD lifecycle
• Large legacy migration ( Hadoop , Terdata like) experience to Cloud Data platforms
• Expert level proficiency in engineering & optimizing with various data engineering ingestion patterns - Batch, Micro Batch, Streaming and API
• Understand imperatives of change data capture with tools & best practices POV
• Architect and Solution Data Governance capability pillars supporting modern data eco system
• Data services and various consumption archetypes including semantic layers, BI tools and AI&ML
• Thought leadership designing self-service data engineering platforms & solutions

Core Platform - Databricks

• Ability to engage and offer differing points of view to customers architecture using Databricks platform
• Strong understanding of the Lake house Architecture
• Implementation expertise using Delta Lake
• Security design and implementation on Databricks
• Scala or pipelines development in multi-hop pipeline architecture
• Architecture and Implementation experience with Spark and Delta Lake performance tuning including topics such as cluster sizing

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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.

Qualifications
Technical Skills
SNo Primary Skill Proficiency Level * Rqrd./Dsrd. 1 AWS PL1 Required

* Proficiency Legends
Proficiency Level Generic Reference PL1 The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels. PL2 The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects. PL3 The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects. PL4 The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.