<p>Key Responsibilities:</p> <p>Design, develop, and maintain cloud-based data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.</p> <p>Build and optimize data architectures to support structured and unstructured data processing.</p> <p>Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand data needs.</p> <p>Implement data quality, security, and governance best practices.</p> <p>Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows to ensure high availability and performance.</p> <p>Optimize database and data storage solutions for performance and cost efficiency.</p> <p>Contribute to cloud adoption, migration, and modernization initiatives.</p> <p>Mandatory Skills:</p> <p>Strong expertise with Azure cloud platform.</p> <p>Strong experience in Databricks</p> <p>Azure Data Factory proficiency required; building datasets, data flows, and pipelines in ADF (not just maintaining something already built)</p> <p>Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT tools and frameworks.</p> <p>Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data modeling.</p> <p>Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools.</p> <p>Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance.</p> <p>Preferred Skills:</p> <p>Exposure to API integration and microservices architecture.</p> <p>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.</p> <p>Azure cloud certifications and/or past experience</p> <p>AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) experience, and ETL related to applications containerized & deployed on AKS (or EKS)</p> <p>US Citizen / Green card only.</p> <p>Department: Transportation (NAM) Associate Positions: 1 Skills Required: Project Management,Agile Methodology,Windows Azure Cloud,Python (Programming Language),Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),Databricks Platform,Databricks SQL,SQL Server SSAS,Azure Synapse Analytics,Azure Data Factory Location: East Hartford, Connecticut Desireable Skills: Project Management,Agile Methodology,Windows Azure Cloud,Python (Programming Language),Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),Databricks Platform,Databricks SQL,SQL Server SSAS,Azure Synapse Analytics,Azure Data FactoryDesignation: AssociatePosted On: 11-Feb-2026</p>