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Cognizant

Senior Data Engineer – GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Cognizant, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383

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Senior Data Engineer – GCP (Google Cloud Platform) About Us:

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, redefining clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our outstanding industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

Lead the design and implementation of data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines.

Develop and operate scalable distributed data systems using GCP tools such as DataProc, Dataflow, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.

Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, Scala, and proficiency with SQL.

Build solutions to support batch and streaming data workflows, including API interfaces.

Guide and mentor data engineers, establish best practices, and ensure high-quality code and system performance.

Enable data quality, governance, and compliance with industry standards.

Troubleshoot and optimize data pipelines and infrastructure for performance and reliability.

Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business teams to understand and fulfill their data needs.

Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for data jobs and infrastructure.

Familiar with CICD process, GIT.

Solid understanding of data architecture, ETL/ELT processes, data warehousing, and metadata management.

Strong problem‑solving, communication, and team leadership skills.

Application Expire: 11/27/2025

The annual salary for this position is between $81,000 – $150,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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