Data Engineer at Cognizant in Dallas, Texas

Job Description:

Data Engineer 

Position Overview 

A Data Engineer in Cognizant’s Data+ practice brings relevant context to complex data for business and IT for intelligent systems and critical decisions. They work with in the domains of data management, to integrate high-volume, high-variation, and/or high-velocity data to produce answers and enable clients to ask an entirely new class of questions. They will use a variety of tools and techniques to deliver better, faster, and smarter data to some of the world’s most successful businesses – our clients.   

Responsibilities 

Build and deliver data pipelines to store data in a way that is accessible, performant, secure, and sustainable  

Prototype solutions, prepare test scripts, and conduct tests for data replication, extraction, loading, cleansing, and data modeling for data warehouses  

Review and validate data loaded into data lakes/warehouses for accuracy  

Develop proofs of concept and evaluate design options to deliver ingestion, search, metadata cataloging and scheduling of data pipelines  

Data engineering in line with best practices and Cognizant’s reference architecture   

Understand and document technical use case requirements in order to deliver data movement and transformation solutions 

Basic Qualifications 

Bachelor degree in IT-related field and 0-3 years of IT experience 

Strong business communication skills (including written and oral) 

Programming experience with Python or Java development for modern data engineering 

Strong background in relational data models  

Exposure in Data Pipelines & SQL / NoSQL (e.g Cassandra, Hbase) and Relational Database management systems  

Exposure to implementing PaaS services on public clouds - Azure, AWS OR GCP  

Strong problem solving and analytical thinking skills 

Distinguishing Qualifications  

Full Data lifecycle development experience  

Industry experience (financial services, insurance, retail, healthcare, life sciences, communications)   

Experience in developing and deploying distributed computing applications using Open Source or cloud native services.  

Working knowledge of data applications including Hadoop components (HDFS, HBase, Hive, Sqoop, Flume, etc.)  

Exposure to data analytics and data mining tools/applications such as Tableau, QlikSense /QlikView, R or SAS  

Exposure to working with SQL, Relational Database Management Systems (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle)  

Development workflows (e.g., Microsoft VSTS)  

Experience leading teams  

Work Authorization 

Due to the nature of this position Cognizant cannot provide sponsorship for U.S. work authorization (including participation in a CPT/OPT program) for this role.  

Start Date(s) 

Data Engineers will largely start in 3 cohorts; January, June, or August 2022.  If your offer is for January, we will communicate your exact start date at the time of offer.  While we will attempt to honor candidate summer start date preferences, business need and position availability will determine final start date assignment of June or August.  Exact summer start dates will be communicated with enough time for you to plan effectively.  

Why Choose Us? 

Cognizant delivers solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of our associates.  You will be supported by high-caliber experts and employ some of the most advanced and patented capabilities. Our associate’s diverse backgrounds offer varied perspectives and fuel new ways of thinking.  We encourage lively discussions which inspire better results for our clients.  

If you’re comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you.  

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 194 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @USJobsCognizant.  

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to leverage the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.  

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

If you have a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com with your request and contact information.  

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