Azure Data Engineer - Remote, Latin America
Remote · Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Job Summary
ETL Data Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining ETL data pipelines in Python (PySpark) within Azure Synapse Analytics to ensure accurate and timely analytical data. Design and implement data warehousing structures, apply star schemas and dimensional models, and extract data from REST APIs, SQL database tables, and CSV files. Leverage Azure Synapse Analytics notebooks and pipelines to optimize data processing, perform data quality checks, and tune performance to meet SLAs. Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality data for insights, while maintaining thorough documentation and ensuring security and governance best practices. Experience with data fabrics concepts such as data lakes, lakehouses, delta lakes, and data cataloging is valued. Familiarity with Power BI/Tableau for data visualization and Agile methodologies is a plus.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent work experience
- Proven experience in ETL data engineering with significant expertise in using Python (PySpark)
- Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics resources including Notebooks, Pipelines, Linked Services, and Azure Key Vault
- Demonstrated ability to write complex SQL queries, optimize query performance, and work with both SparkSQL and MS SQL
- Knowledge of data integration best practices and tools
- Experience with version control systems, such as Git (Azure DevOps)
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team
- Familiarity with big data technologies, machine learning, and data analysis preferred
- Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) and Agile Methodologies a plus
Desired Qualifications
- PySpark
- Python
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- ETL
- Data Warehousing
- REST APIs
- SQL
- SparkSQL
- MS SQL
- Azure Data Engineer
- Data Modeling
- Data Quality
- Data Governance
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Git
- Azure Notebooks
- Azure Pipelines
- Azure Key Vault
- Data Lakes
- Lakehouses
- Delta Lakes
- Agile Methodologies
- Big Data
- Data Visualization
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