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# Azure Data Engineer

- **Company:** First Call Trading Corporation
- **Location:** Apex, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Database, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Migration, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Metadata, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Microsoft Copilot, Cloudera, Azure Data Lake, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Apex Code, Azure Data Factory, Informatica Powercenter, Apache Spark, Generative AI, Build Management, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Integration Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Cosmos DB, Data Management, Databricks, Web Api
- **Published:** October 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75680845-azure-data-engineer

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in data engineering in azure using Azure Databricks.
 * Strong experience with Azure Data Lake, Databricks, ADF, Postgres.
 * Strong Data Engineering experience in Big Data (Cloudera)
 * Hands-on expertise in SQL, Python and PySpark or Scala
 * Proven experience with batch & real-time ingestion
 * Experience with Kafka and big data processing

Added good to have experience with:

 * Informatica PowerCenter
 * Informatica IDMC or equivalent cloud data integration tools
 * SQL Server, Oracle, Azure SQL
 * Cosmos DB
 * Unix/Linux
 * Maestro (or similar enterprise schedulers)
 * Data tools such as Precisely or equivalent

Added Advantage

 * Insurance domain knowledge (Policy, Claims, Billing, Underwriting, Actuarial, Regulatory data)
 * Experience with Azure DevOps (AzDO) and GitHub-based CI/CD
 * Practical usage of Copilot for data engineering and development productivity
 * Exposure to Generative AI / GenAI use cases in data platforms and analytics

## Description

* Design and build batch and streaming data pipelines using Azure, Databricks, and Kafka.
 * Develop ETL/ELT solutions using Spark, SQL and Python/Pyspark, or Scala
 * Implement and support Data Lake / Lakehouse architectures
 * Integrate data from legacy and modern platforms. Preferred postgres DB migration to Azure Cloud.
 * Expertise in handling Data migration using API's.
 * Apply data quality checks and support data governance basics (metadata, lineage, access controls)
 * Optimize Spark jobs for performance, reliability, and cost
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams, Product owners, Admin teams, BSAs, Scrum & Project managers


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