AWS Data Engineer

EXL; Dadri; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking a Data Engineer in Gurugram (Hybrid) to translate business needs into scalable data models. You will reverse engineer data models, optimize SQL queries, and tackle data integration challenges, contributing to the data architecture direction and technology strategy.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in data engineering, strong SQL and Python skills, and hands-on experience with Snowflake and AWS services like S3/Glue.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years of Data Engineer experience with strong SQL skills.
• Experience with Snowflake, ETL, and data modeling concepts.
• Knowledge of AWS services like S3 and Glue is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term solutions.
• Perform reverse engineering of physical data models from databases and SQL scripts.
• Analyze data-related system integration challenges and propose appropriate solutions.
• Assist with data architecture direction and technology strategy to ensure business value.

Skills

SQL

Advanced SQL

CTEs

Joins

Python

ETL concepts

Data modeling

AWS basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng/MIS

Tools

Snowflake

AWS (S3, Glue)

CI/CD

Job description

Role: Data Engineer

Location: Gurugram (Hybrid)

Key Role And Responsibilities

• Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term

solutions.

• Perform reverse engineering of physical data models from databases and SQL

scripts.

• Analyse data-related system integration challenges and propose appropriate

solutions.

• Assist with and support setting the data architecture direction (including data

movement approach, architecture/technology strategy, and any other data

related considerations to ensure business value).

Requirements

• 5+ Years of experience as a Data Engineer
• Strong technical expertise in SQL Advanced SQL querying skills (joins, subqueries, CTEs, aggregation)
• Strong knowledge of joins and common table expressions (CTEs)
• Experience in Snowflake, ETL, SQL, CI/CD
• Strong expertise in ETL process and with various data model concepts
• Knowledge of star schema and snowflake schema
• Good to know about AWS services such as S3, Athena, Glue, EMR/Spark with a major emphasis on S3 and Glue
• Good knowledge of Python

Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience

Key Skills: SQL, Snowflake, Python, AWS