Director of Engineering

SourcingXPress; Chennai District; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 9,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Careernet Technologies is seeking a Senior Director/Director-level Big Data Engineering leader for roles across Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. You will guide strategic data engineering programs, partner with analytics teams, and drive architecture decisions in large cloud-based data platforms.

The candidate should bring 16+ years in data engineering, deep Azure expertise, Databricks mastery, and strong leadership skills to mentor teams and define scalable roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 16+ years of data engineering experience
• 5+ years in Big Data and Azure ecosystem
• Experience leading multiple data engineering teams
• Proven ability to define solutions, roadmaps and estimates
• Proficient in Python or Scala/Java
• Experience with data lake/lakehouse/data fabric/data mesh design

Responsibilities

• Provide client advisory on engineering and architectural decisions across big data projects
• Define data engineering roadmaps with strategic clients
• Identify new tech opportunities and PoCs to enhance capabilities
• Stay current with tech innovations and build IP with PoCs
• Lead capability-building initiatives within the Innovation Lab and L&D Academy
• Participate in hiring, partnerships and industry events

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Azure ecosystem

Databricks

Hadoop ecosystem

Python/Scala/Java

CI/CD

Data modeling

GenAI/LLMs

Education

B.Tech/B.E.

Tools

Azure Databricks

Data Factory

Microsoft Fabric

Event Hub

Unity Catalog

Purview

DLT

Job description

Job Description:

Company: Careernet Technologies

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Business Type: Enterprise

Company Type: Product & Service

Business Model: B2B

Funding Stage: IPO/Public

Industry: Analytics

Salary Range: ₹ 50-95 Lacs PA

Job Title:

Partner / Senior Director / Director - Big Data Engineering

Note:

The designation will be commensurate with expertise and experience. Compensation packages are among the best in the industry.

Location:

Bangalore | Chennai | Hyderabad

This is a permanent role with one of Careernet's listed clients, a global AI and analytics consulting firm.

With data and technology at the core of our solutions, our tribe is solving problems that eventually impact the lives of millions globally. Our culture is modeled around expertise and respect, with a team-first mindset. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, you'll find our delivery centers across the globe and offices in multiple cities across India, the US, the UK, Canada, and Singapore, including a substantial remote global workforce.

We're Great Place to Work-Certified™.

Working at Tiger Analytics, you'll be at the heart of an AI revolution. You'll work with teams that push the boundaries of what is possible and build solutions that energize and inspire.

Curious about the role? What would your typical day look like?

As a Big Data Engineering Leader, you will work with key leaders across the organization, including tech consulting, analytics consulting, data science, data engineering, and business development, to advance the company's capabilities and positioning.

On a Typical Day, You Might

• Provide client advisory on key engineering and architectural decisions across the full life cycle of big data engineering projects, such as Data Lake / Lakehouse implementation, DWH modernization, and Data Fabric implementation
• Work with strategic clients to help define their data engineering roadmaps
• Identify new ways of leveraging technology to solve client engineering problems
• Track the latest tech innovations and build relevant PoVs and PoCs to further our capabilities
• Identify opportunities for Tiger to build IP and lead the development efforts
• Lead capability-building initiatives as part of our Innovation Lab and L&D Academy
• Participate in organization building, hiring, partnerships, conferences, etc.

What do we expect? Skills that we'd love!

• 16+ years of data engineering experience, with 5+ years in the Big Data and Azure ecosystem
• Experience leading and mentoring multiple high-performing data engineering teams
• Strong experience working on proposals, defining solutions, roadmaps and plans, and doing estimations
• Strong experience working with the following technologies:
• Azure ecosystem: Azure Databricks, Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Event Hub, Streaming Analytics, Cosmos DB, Unity Catalog, and Purview
• Must have: Strong experience working on the Databricks ecosystem (PySpark, Notebooks, Unity Catalog, DLT, Workflows, SQL Warehouse, etc.)
• Hadoop ecosystem: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Hive, NoSQL (HBase / MongoDB / Cassandra), Impala, Sqoop, etc.
• Programming experience in either Python or Scala/Java
• CI/CD with Git, Jenkins / Azure DevOps
• Exposure to NoSQL databases and data modeling
• Good exposure to emerging technologies like GenAI, LLMs, etc.
• Experience with:
• Data lake / Lakehouse / data fabric / data mesh design and implementation
• Designing and building large cloud-based data platform solutions (on Azure)
• Building solutions to support BI and Data Science teams in consuming data securely and in a governed manner
• B.Tech/B.E. from a reputed institute preferred

You are important to us, let's stay connected!

Every individual brings a different set of skills and qualities, so even if you don't tick all the boxes for this role today, we urge you to apply as there might be a suitable, unique role for you tomorrow.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Our diverse and inclusive culture and values guide us to listen, trust, respect, and encourage people to grow the way they desire.

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