IT Data Analyst

5264 Syneos Health India Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health IT Data Analyst role in Hyderabad focuses on building and optimizing data pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Databricks. You will develop complex SQL queries, ensure data quality, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet analytical needs.

The role requires 2–4 years of data analysis/ETL experience, a relevant bachelor’s degree, and an Azure DP-203 certification; Databricks certs are a plus. Excellent communication and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of professional experience in data analysis, data engineering, or ETL processes.
• Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203) certification.
• Databricks certifications are highly desirable.
• Experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting in production environments.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries, including joins and CTEs, for data extraction and transformation.
• Lead client engagements and present complex findings; work independently and with cross-team efforts.
• Maintain strong documentation practices for continuity and clarity.
• Ensure data quality checks within ADF and Databricks pipelines and support operational/analytical data needs.
• Provide support during shift hours in EST time zones.

Skills

SQL queries

Data analysis

Data quality checks

Root cause analysis

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Lake Gen2

SQL

Python/PySpark

Job description

IT Data Analyst Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape. Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself.
• Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries, including joins and Common Table Expressions (CTEs), for data extraction and transformation.
• Proven ability to lead client engagements and present complex findings. Able to work independently without the needs for close supervision and collaboratively as part of cross team efforts.
• Extremely strong organizational and analytical skills with strong attention to details.
• Ensure business logic and data quality checks are implemented and functioning correctly within ADF and Databricks pipelines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues by conducting detailed root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Ensure timely data delivery by tracking system performance and proactively addressing issues within defined SLAs.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to support operational and analytical data needs.
• Maintain strong documentation practices to ensure continuity and clarity across the team.
• Work closely with Azure DevOps for CI/CD and understand release processes (Dev to Ops Handover) and have experience on release management.
• Understand data integrations with third-party platforms such as Veeva CRM and Salesforce.
• Provide support during shift hours as per business requirements in EST time zones.
• Communicate effectively within team and across departments to align on objectives and tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of professional experience in data analysis, data engineering, or ETL processes.
• Must hold an Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203) certification.
• Databricks certifications are highly desirable.
• Experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting in production environments.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills.

Technical Skills

Primary Skills: Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Gen2 (ADLS), SQL, Python/PySpark

Secondary Skills: Unity Catalog, Lakehouse Architecture

Nice to Have

• Salesforce
• JIRA
• Azure Logic Apps
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Automation Account

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment.

Learn more about Syneos Health. http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Discover what our Syneos Health colleagues already know: work here matters everywhere. Work alongside the brightest minds in the biopharmaceutical industry taking down walls and removing barriers to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients. We are strategic thinkers who actively seek different perspectives, whether across offices or across oceans. Because we solve some of the toughest challenges facing the most prestigious healthcare companies today, you'll gain exposure and be supported with comprehensive resources including emerging technologies, data, science and knowledge sharing. The diversification and breadth of Syneos Health creates a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities. We’re a growing, global company dedicated to advancing our talent past their initial role. Discover what our 29,000 employees already know: work here matters everywhere.

We work hard, and smart, all in the name of getting much-needed therapies to those who need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday work improves patients’ lives around the world. Selecting us as an employer secures a career in which you’re guaranteed to: Partner with the most diverse team of experts in the industry. From the top down, our people are inspiring. Everyone has a voice and is encouraged to use it. Work in specialized Syneos Health teams that are therapeutically or functionally aligned for expert collaboration. We assemble clinical teams where everyone, from CRAs to senior management, is skilled in the same therapeutic area or customer teams. With this structure, everyone on your team speaks the same language and can deliver unique insights into the therapeutic environment and patient population. We are partners with purpose. We integrate seamlessly with our customers and do what’s best for their success. Our people provide the brilliant ideas,onomous< p> right?? Wait, continue: Our people provide the brilliant ideas, valuable insights and endless energy that accelerates the impact of life changing therapies worldwide.