Lead Data Engineer

We at Coforge are looking for "Lead Data Engineer" for Dubai, UAE

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT solutions
• Build Data Lake, Data Warehouse, BI, and Analytics platforms
• Convert business requirements into robust technical solutions
• Ensure data quality, security, governance, and performance optimization
• Perform code reviews, troubleshooting, and production support
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on architecture and data engineering best practices
• Maintain metadata, data lineage, and data governance standards

Technical Skills

Cloud & Big Data: Azure, Cloudera, Hadoop, Spark, Scala, Hive, HBase, Kafka Data Engineering: Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks, Airflow, Apache NiFi, Oozie, Sqoop Storage & Processing: HDFS, ADLS Gen2, Snowflake, Streaming (Spark Streaming) Data Integration: SnapLogic, TIBCO Databases & BI: SQL, Power BI, MicroStrategy, Elasticsearch Version Control & DevOps: Git, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps File Formats: AVRO, PARQUET

Desired Candidate Profile

Strong hands-on experience in end-to-end Data Engineering. Familiarity with Data Lake, Data Warehouse, BI, and Analytics solutions. Exposure to Agile/Waterfall methodologies. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Team player with a strong learning mindset.