Senior Software Engineer-Azure Data Engineer

Position Description:Company Profile: Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services, and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results.

CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion, and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

Job Title: Azure Data Engineer

Position: Senior Software Engineer

Experience: 6+ Years

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Main location: India, Karnataka, Bangalore

Position ID: J0926-0338

Employment Type: Full Time

Education Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Position Description: We are looking for an experienced Azure Data Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate should be passionate about coding and developing scalable and high-performance applications. You will work closely with our front-end developers, designers, and other members of the team to deliver quality solutions that meet the needs of our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for automated testing, container image builds, and deployment.
• Containerise the data quality platform using Docker and manage deployment of container images across Business environments using Kubernetes.
• Spin up and configure new container instances when onboarding new Business areas onto the platform.
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks covering unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Design, build, and expose RESTful APIs to integrate the platform with upstream and downstream systems.
• Collaborate with the Data Architecture team to ensure platform components are modular, platform-agnostic, and deployable across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Work with Azure services including Azure Container Registry, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Key Vault, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure DevOps.
• Develop and optimise data pipelines using PySpark and SQL Server.
• Support the integration of Databricks workloads into the platform architecture.
• Ensure platform security standards are met including secret management, image vulnerability scanning, and access controls.
• Contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, and onboarding guides for Business teams.

Must-Have Skills:

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering or platform engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure services - AKS, ACR, Key Vault, Blob Storage, Azure DevOps.
• Proven experience containerising applications using Docker and orchestrating with Kubernetes.
• Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency in PySpark and SQL Server.
• Experience with Databricks - job orchestration, cluster management, notebook development.
• Strong understanding of software testing practices - unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing.
• Experience with branching strategies, versioning, and release management.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Understanding of Data Quality concepts - profiling, validation rules, DQ scoring, observability.
• Experience with data quality tooling such as Informatica, Great Expectations, or similar.
• Familiarity with Flask or similar Python web frameworks.
• Experience with modular, microservice-style architecture design.

CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process, and we will work with you to address your needs.

Locations: Senior Software Engineer-Azure Data Engineer

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Main location: India, Karnataka, Bangalore

Position ID: J0926-0338

Employment Type: Full Time