IND IT Application Tech lead

Alight Solutions Ltd; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Alight Solutions Ltd. is seeking an experienced Data Engineering (ETL) Tech Lead to drive design and delivery of scalable data pipelines in a cloud-first environment.

You will lead a team, architect end-to-end ETL/ELT solutions across Hadoop and AWS, and deliver AI-powered data workflows with modern orchestration patterns. The role requires 8–12 years in ETL with 2–3 years in a Tech Lead role and 4–6 years in AWS, plus strong Spark, PySpark and data governance expertise.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of ETL experience with 2–3 years in a Tech Lead role and 4–6 years in AWS.
• Strong expertise in Big Data (Spark, Cloudera).
• Experience orchestrating complex workflows with AWS Step Functions for reliable data pipelines.
• Design end‑to‑end serverless data architectures integrating Glue, Lambda, S3 and Redshift.
• Exposure to AI-powered data workflows and agent-based data automation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the development team, translating requirements into technical solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain high‑volume ETL/ELT pipelines across Hadoop and AWS.
• Develop distributed data processing with PySpark and Spark SQL.
• Create reusable ingestion frameworks and orchestrate processes using modern AI patterns.
• Optimize workflows with partitioning, compression, and efficient file formats.
• Guide data governance and secure architecture decisions for scalable platforms.
• Collaborate with product stakeholders to align roadmaps with business goals.
• Drive CI/CD, observability, and code quality through reviews and automation.

Skills

Big Data

PySpark

Spark

Spark SQL

Hadoop

SQL

Python

Shell scripting

CI/CD

Security & Compliance

Tools

Airflow

Control-M

AWS Glue

EMR

Lambda

Step Functions

Redshift

S3

Kafka

Hive

Job description

JD – Data Engineering (ETL) Tech Lead

Experience & Expectations :

• Leverage extensive experience (8 to 12 years overall ETL experience, including 2–3 years in a Technology Lead role & 4–6 years in AWS) to drive solution design and delivery.
• We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead with strong expertise in Big Data (Spark, Cloudera).
• Experience orchestrating complex workflows using AWS Step Functions (state machines) for reliable and scalable data pipelines.
• Ability to design end-to-end serverless data architectures integrating Glue, Lambda, S3, and Redshift
• Candidates with exposure to drive / assist in architecture, development, and delivery of AI-powered data workflows, leveraging agent-based systems to automate data ingestion, transformation, validation, and orchestration along with modern AI paradigms (Agentic AI, LLMs) to design and lead next-generation intelligent data platforms and ETL pipelines will be preferred.

Core Responsibilities :

• Lead and manage the development team by helping them understand the requirements and provide technical guidance
• Design, build, and maintain high volume ETL/ELT pipelines across Hadoop (HDFS, Hive, Spark, Kafka) and AWS (Glue, EMR, Lambda, Step Functions, Redshift).
• Develop distributed data processing solutions using PySpark, Spark SQL, and scalable cloud serverless patterns.
• Implement reusable data ingestion frameworks for batch, ability to design & implement Orchestration process and Leverage AI
• Optimize data workflows using partitioning, bucketing, compression, file formats (Parquet/ORC).
• Understanding hybrid data lake architectures using S3 + HDFS, ensuring data governance and best practices are adheres
• To lead technical teams and deliver complex projects in an Agile environment
• Design and build the robust, scalable and secure software solutions across the having no/least adoption
• Define clear technical specifications and make architecture decisions that align with business goals and long-term scalability.
• Implement best practices (including secure code guidelines) through the implementation of unit tests, automation, leverage and code reviews. Drive continuous improvement in code quality and maintainability.
• Troubleshooting issues and proactively solving problems as they arise, ensuring the smooth operation of full stack applications
• Ability to understand the data flow diagram, data modelling and Lineages
• Job orchestration using Airflow, Control M, Step Functions, or event-driven triggers.
• Ensure data is protected and compliant with regulatory standards.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to enable high quality datasets.
• Provide technical support in architecture decisions, code reviews, and best practice adoption and provide technical guidance to peers/juniors in team.
• Own deployment, incident response, and post-incident reviews for production environments, troubleshooting Spark performance issues, job failures, and cluster bottlenecks.
• Optimize cost and usage of AWS resources and recommend architecture improvements.
• Collaborate closely with developers, QA and cross product teams to streamline release processes.
• Best Practices Advocacy: Advise teams on CI/CD pipelines, observability, security compliance, and modern development practices.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to align technical roadmaps with business strategy
• Expertise in architecture governance, security frameworks, and scalable system design across large organizations

Technical Skills :

• Strong experience with the AWS data stack (S3, Glue, EMR, Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift, Step Functions etc.,).
• Strong hands-on expertise in Scala, PySpark , Spark optimization techniques, HiveQL, and distributed computing.
• Good understanding of Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, Spark, YARN, Kafka).
• Good work experience in SQL in hive and impala
• Proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language: Python, Shell scripting.
• Strong experience with CI/CD , GitHub, Git commands.
• Expertise in ETL and Data Warehousing and cloud concepts.
• Good understanding of data modelling (star/snowflake), partitioning strategies, and schema evolution.
• Expertise in data profiling and decision making.
• Able to understand, design and create data flow diagrams and do data modelling. (knowledge of Miro will be added advantage)
• Able to understand the architecture and design end-to-end data flow.
• Hands-on experience with Airflow, or Control‑M , or other orchestrators.
• To monitor and support BAU and year end activities, if needed.
• Well versed with security and compliance aspects in Cloud.
• Familiarity with serverless patterns and containerization (Docker, ECS/EKS).
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools and incident management practices.

Other Requirements

• Strong logical and analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Communicate effectively and concisely with multiple stakeholders and coordinate and collaborate with cross functional teams.
• Ability to support both legacy Hadoop workloads and cloud-first architectures.
• AWS certifications (Data Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Developer) are a plus.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities
• Detail-Oriented and proactive in problem-solving and issue resolution

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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