Group Manager- Data Engineering Azure Databricks Snowflake SQL Team Management

WNS; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

WNS seeks a Data Engineering Lead to steer data pipelines for an enterprise finance data platform on Azure, Databricks and Snowflake. You will oversee the engineering team, from source systems to certified Gold data products, and set engineering standards.

You will drive delivery, data quality and governance, and collaborate with Data Architect and QA teams to ensure scalable, production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• 8 to 12 years in data engineering with at least 3 years leading teams.
• Delivered at least one cloud data platform on Databricks or Snowflake into production.
• Experience on data programmes in banking or financial services.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data engineers building ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Deliver ingestion from finance source systems using CDC, Azure Data Factory, API and event-driven feeds.
• Build Bronze, Silver and Gold layers in Databricks with conformed dimensions and Gold data domains.
• Publish certified data products from Databricks to Snowflake for reporting and analysis.
• Build data quality, reconciliation and matching checks into pipelines with the data quality team.
• Move Dataiku workflows into engineered Databricks pipelines.
• Set coding standards, branching, code review and CI/CD practices in Azure DevOps.
• Estimate work, plan sprints and report progress to the Engagement Manager.
• Tune pipeline performance and manage compute usage.
• Support production issues and handover to the support team.

Skills

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure Data Factory

Python

SQL

Dimensional modelling

Git & CI/CD

Agile leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Informatica CDC

PowerCenter

Delta Live Tables

Dataiku

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Job Description:

Company Description

WNS, part of Capgemini,is an Agentic AI-powered leader in intelligent operations and transformation, serving more than 700 clients across 10 industries, including Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Shipping and Logistics, and Travel and Hospitality. We bring together deep domain excellence – WNS’ core differentiator – with AI-powered platforms and analytics to help businesses innovate, scale, adapt and build resilience in a world defined by disruption.

Our purpose is clear: to enable lasting business value by designing intelligent, human-led solutions that deliver sustainable outcomes and a differentiated impact. With three global headquarters across four continents, operations in 13 countries, 65 delivery centers and more than 66,000 employees, WNS combines scale, expertise and execution to create meaningful, measurable impact.

Why Join Us?

We promise our employees to experiencerole clarity, coaching and mentoring, professional development and structured career path through our 5 people promisesand keeping employee experience at the core. Experience the culture of Outperformance, engagement, celebration and enjoy wide variety ofbest in class benefits including free HMO coverage for self and dependent from Day 1; Also contribute to society through ourWNS Cares Foundation, where you have the opportunity to support meaningful initiatives and make an impact in the community.

Job Description

Data Engineering Lead

We are looking for a Data Engineering Lead with 8 to 12 years of experience to lead the build of data pipelines for an enterprise finance data platform on Azure, Databricks and Snowflake. You will run the data engineering team, own delivery from source systems through to certified Gold data products, and set the engineering standards the team works to.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a team of data engineers building ingestion and transformation pipelines
• Deliver ingestion from finance source systems using change data capture, Azure Data Factory batch loads, API and event-driven feeds, and governed manual uploads
• Build the Bronze, Silver and Gold layers in Databricks, including conformed dimensions and Gold data domains
• Build Gold data domains for financial control, FP&A, tax, recharges and project accounting with the Data Architect
• Publish certified data products from Databricks to Snowflake for reporting and analysis
• Build data quality, reconciliation and matching checks into pipelines with the data quality team
• Move recurring Dataiku analyst workflows into engineered Databricks pipelines
• Set coding standards, branching, code review and CI/CD practices in Azure DevOps
• Estimate work, plan sprints and report progress to the Engagement Manager
• Tune pipeline performance and manage compute usage
• Support production issues and handover to the support team

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Databricks, including PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake, Workflows and Unity Catalog
• Snowflake SQL, data loading and performance tuning
• Azure Data Factory
• Python and advanced SQL
• Dimensional modelling
• Git and CI/CD with Azure DevOps
• Leading engineering teams in agile delivery

Must-have

• Informatica CDC and PowerCenter
• API Management, Service Bus and Functions
• Delta Live Tables
• Dataiku
• Microsoft Purview

Good-to-have

• Informatica CDC and PowerCenter
• API Management, Service Bus and Functions
• Delta Live Tables
• Dataiku
• Microsoft Purview

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

• Banking finance data, including general ledger, sub-ledgers, intra-group and recharges
• Finance systems such as SAP ECC, BW and BPC, TM1, Alfa and other lending platforms
• Treasury and banking data from systems such as TMS, T24 and bank statement feeds

CERTIFICATIONS (GOOD TO HAVE)

• Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional
• SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 8 to 12 years in data engineering, with at least 3 years leading teams
• Delivered at least one cloud data platform on Databricks or Snowflake into production
• Experience on data programmes in banking or financial services
• Degree in engineering or computer a

Qualifications

Graduate/Post Graduate