Senior Associate Data Engineering L2

Publicis Sapient; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gender-Neutral Policy

18 paid holidays

Generous parental leave and transition

Flexible work arrangements

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Associate L2 – Data Engineering to translate client requirements into scalable data solutions and drive design discussions for robust architectures. You will build end-to-end data pipelines, enable analytics, and empower business transformation using AWS, Azure, or GCP.

The role emphasizes hands-on Big Data tech, cloud platforms, and data security, with collaboration across cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance data ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 6+ years IT experience; 3+ years in data engineering.
• Hands-on with Big Data tech and Azure cloud.
• Strong programming in Scala or Python.
• Experience with Spark, Hive, Kafka, Flink, NiFi, Airflow.
• Knowledge of NoSQL and MPP platforms like MongoDB, Cassandra, Redshift, BigQuery.
• Understanding of data integration, data wrangling, analytics pipelines, and cloud data services.
• Strong IAM and cloud data security knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable data engineering solutions.
• Build and optimize data ingestion pipelines for batch and real-time processing.
• Implement data processing, storage, and computation frameworks.
• Drive architecture discussions for health and efficiency of data solutions.
• Develop analytics, aggregation, and search capabilities for data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data platforms with applications.
• Implement cloud-based data solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Skills

Programming: Scala/Python

Big Data technologies

Cloud platforms (Azure)

Data integration & pipelines

IAM & data security

Multi-cloud awareness

Tools

Spark

Hive

Kafka

Flink

NiFi

Airflow

MongoDB

Cassandra

Redshift

BigQuery

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Senior Associate L2 – Data Engineering

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Associate L2 – Data Engineering to join our high performing engineering team. In this role, you will translate client requirements into scalable data solutions and drive technical design discussions to ensure robust and efficient architectures. You will leverage your expertise in big data, cloud platforms, and data integration to build end-to-end data pipelines that power analytics and business transformation. This role is critical in enabling clients to unlock value through modern data ecosystems and advanced engineering practices.

Your Impact

• Design and deliver scalable data engineering solutions to address complex business requirements.
• Build and optimize data ingestion pipelines for batch and real‑time processing from multiple data sources.
• Implement robust data processing, storage, and computation frameworks ensuring performance and scalability.
• Drive architecture discussions and ensure the overall health and efficiency of data solutions.
• Develop analytics, aggregation, and search capabilities to enable data‑driven decision‑making.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to integrate data platforms with business applications.
• Implement cloud‑based data solutions leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP platforms.

Qualifications

Senior Associate L2 – Data Engineering

Your Skills & Experience:

• 6+ years of IT experience, with 3+ years in data engineering or related technologies.
• Hands‑on experience with Big Data technologies and cloud platform Azure (Multi‑cloud is added advantage)
• Strong programming expertise in Scala, or Python
• Experience with Hadoop ecosystem tools such as Spark, Hive, Kafka, Flink, NiFi, and Airflow.
• Working knowledge of NoSQL and MPP data platforms like MongoDB, Cassandra, Redshift, or BigQuery.
• Understanding of data integration, data wrangling, analytics pipelines, and cloud data services.
• Strong understanding of IAM, data security, and cloud‑based data platform services.

Set Yourself Apart With

• Experience with ETL tools such as Informatica or Talend and relational databases.
• Knowledge of data governance tools and processes (Collibra, Alation, lineage, cataloging).
• Exposure to messaging frameworks like ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, and microservices architecture.
• Experience in performance tuning and optimization of data pipelines
• CI/CD practices including cloud infrastructure provisioning and automated deployment pipelines.
• Relevant cloud or big data certifications along with Gen AI experience.

Benefits of Working Here

• Gender‑Neutral Policy
• 18 paid holidays throughout the year.
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well‑being.

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally‑enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start‑up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem‑solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.