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# Azure Data Engineer

- **Company:** TEKSYSTEMS INC.
- **Location:** Duluth, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $145,600.0 - $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Frameworks, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Dimensional Modeling, Github, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), Metadata, Performance Tuning, Power BI, OpenAI, Azure Data Lake, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Azure Service Bus, Parquet, Data Logging, Azure Data Factory, Sql Optimization, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Apache Spark, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bicep, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3448866165&tx=JJ8175FFJ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience within Microsoft Azure.
 * Advanced Python, PySpark, SQL, and Spark SQL skills.
 * Strong Microsoft Fabric experience.
 * Experience with Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and/or Databricks.
 * Experience with OneLake, ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, lakehouse, and data warehouse architectures.
 * Strong knowledge of Medallion architecture, dimensional modeling, CDC, and metadata-driven pipelines.
 * Experience with Spark performance tuning and SQL optimization.
 * Experience with data quality, governance, lineage, CI/CD, automated testing, and production support.
 * Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.
 * Bachelors degree in a related discipline or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to Have

 * Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700) certification.
 * Experience with Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
 * Experience with Event Hubs, Kafka, streaming, or Fabric Real-Time Intelligence.
 * ERP, supply chain, distribution, manufacturing, PIM, or MDM data experience.
 * Familiarity with Power BI, Direct Lake, Fabric Mirroring, Azure OpenAI, or RAG.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Python, PySpark, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, OneLake, ETL/ELT, data modeling

## Description

* Build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, PySpark, SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Databricks.
 * Develop lakehouse and warehouse solutions using OneLake, ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, Parquet, and Spark.
 * Create batch, incremental, CDC, API, and streaming ingestion processes.
 * Design dimensional models, star schemas, SCDs, and curated data products.
 * Build reusable frameworks for ingestion, transformation, validation, logging, and error handling.
 * Optimize Spark, SQL, storage, and pipeline performance.
 * Implement data quality, governance, lineage, monitoring, and observability.
 * Support CI/CD, automated testing, and Infrastructure as Code.
 * Collaborate with cloud, architecture, BI, security, application, and business teams.
 * Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and best practices.