<p>Title: Senior Azure Data Engineer</p> <p>Client: Major Japanese Bank</p> <p>Experience Level: Senior (10+ Years)</p> <p>Location: Jersey City, NJ</p> <p>Summary:</p> <p>The Senior Azure Data Engineer will design, build, and optimize enterprise data solutions within Microsoft Azure for a major Japanese bank. This role focuses on architecting scalable data pipelines, enhancing data lake environments, and ensuring security, compliance, and data governance best practices.</p> <p>Key Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Develop, maintain, and optimize Azure-based data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.</p> </li><li> <p>Design and implement Azure Data Lake, Synapse, Databricks, and ADF solutions.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure data security, compliance, lineage, and governance controls.</p> </li><li> <p>Partner with architecture, data governance, and business teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.</p> </li><li> <p>Troubleshoot performance issues and improve system efficiency.</p> </li></ul> <p>Required Skills:</p> <ul> <li> <p>10+ years of data engineering experience.</p> </li><li> <p>Strong hands-on expertise with Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL.</p> </li><li> <p>Azure certifications strongly preferred.</p> </li><li> <p>Strong SQL, Python, and cloud data architecture skills.</p> </li><li> <p>Experience in financial services or large enterprise environments preferred.</p> </li></ul> <p>#LI-AF1</p>