Lead AWS Data Engineer at Cognizant in St. Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

Lead AWS Data Engineer

Location and Travel: St. Louis, MO (Remote Available, Flexible After COVID)

*This role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Job Requirements:

• Design and architect end to end solutions on AWS.  


• Design, build and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture, Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements. 


•  Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability etc. 


• Resolve non-functional requirements such as performance, security, maintainability, scalability, monitoring, fault tolerance and cost.   


• Setup DevOps for AWS.  


• Monitor all production issues and inquiries and provide efficient resolution. 


• Perform performance tuning, application support, and user acceptance training.   


• Document and communicate risk assessments pertaining to new functionality and enhancements.   


• Collects data, analyzes and reports for early detection and correction, continual improvement.   


• Engage with onsite-offshore team for daily activities Status reporting – weekly and monthly basis

Job Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience design and building scalable Data Warehousing/Data Lake Solution and Business Intelligence 


• 5+ years of experience (Sr-level) Strong Programming experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages:  Python, Spark, Scala, Shell Scripting 


• 5+ years of experience (Mid-level) Experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Apache Spark, Kafka, etc 


• Knowledge of business intelligence and data warehousing design principles and industry best practices 


• 2+ years of strong technical Experience with AWS cloud services such as S3, IAM, EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift, SNS, Cloudwatch, Glue, DMS, SCT, Lambda 


• Experience in DevOps engineering for CI\CD: with Jenkins, GitHub, Docker, and Kubernetes. 


• 2+ Years of experience with relational SQL, Snowflake and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra. 


• Experience on data migration from on prem to cloud. 


• Knowledge of load balancing, security controls and distributed processing capabilities.  


• Ability to troubleshooting issues as and when arisen.  


• Technical/functional support for pipeline related activities. 


• Involved in supporting data modelling activities as part of building the data warehouse. 


• Deep understanding of relational database design concepts and SQL programming  

Nice to have: 

• Experience of other any ETL Tool such as Talend, Informatica etc. and visualization tools like Power BI. 


• Experience in Performance Tuning of ETL scripts to reduce the CPU time/load timing. 


• Experience with Data modeling and Datawarehouse projects. 


• Experience of working in Multivendor Cloud based application tailored environment. 


• Experience working with structured and unstructured data. 


• Experience with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc. 


• Experience working on Agile projects. 


• At least 1 AWS Cloud Certification – Associate or Professional 

Cognizant is committed to veteran and military communities. Cognizant has been often recognized as a military friendly employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our business resource group Veterans Network assists our military associates in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence.

process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.). Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and we are among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft significant solutions through true teamwork.

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends