Senior Big Data Engineer - I

Description and Requirements
Position Summary
MetLife established a Global capability center (MGCC) in India to scale and mature Data & Analytics, technology capabilities in a cost-effective manner and make MetLife future ready. The center is integral to Global Technology and Operations with a with a focus to protect & build MetLife IP, promote reusability and drive experimentation and innovation. The Data & Analytics team in India mirrors the Global D&A team with an objective to drive business value through trusted data, scaled capabilities, and actionable insights
Role Value Proposition
MetLife Global Capability Center (MGCC) is looking for a Senior Cloud data engineer who has the responsibility of building ETL /ELT , data warehousing and reusable components using Azure , Databricks and spark . He/She will collaborate with the business systems analyst, technical leads, project managers and business/operations teams in building data enablement solutions across different LOBs and use cases.
Job Responsibilities :

• Collect, store, process and analyze large datasets to build and implement extract, transfer, load (ETL) processes
• Develop metadata and configuration based reusable frameworks to reduce the development effort
• Develop quality code with integral performance optimizations in place right at the development stage.
• Collaborate with global team in driving the delivery of projects and recommend development and performance improvements.
• Extensive experience of various databases types and knowledge to leverage the right one for the need.
• Strong understanding of data tools and ability to leverage them to understand the data and generate insights
• Hands on experience in building/designing at-scale Data Lake, Data warehouses, data stores for analytics consumption On prem and Cloud (real time as well as batch use cases)
• Ability to interact with business analysts and functional analysts in getting the requirements and implementing the ETL solutions.

Education, Technical Skills & Other Critical Requirement
Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related discipline
Experience
(In Years)
8 to 10 years of working experience on Azure Cloud using Databricks or Synapse
Technical Skills

Experience in transforming data using Python, Spark or Scal a

Technical depth in Cloud Architecture Framework, Lakehouse Architecture and One Lake solutions.

Experience in implementing data ingestion and curation process using Azure with tools such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks Workflows, Azure Synapse, Cosmos DB, Spark (Scala/python), Data bricks .

Experience in cloud optimized code on Azure using Databricks, Synapse dedicated SQL Pool and server less Pools, Cosmos , SQL APIs loading and consumption optimizations.

S cripting experience primarily on shell/bash/PowerShell would be desirable.

Experience in writing SQL and performing data analysis skills for data anomaly detection and data quality assurance.

Other Preferred Skills

Expertise in Python and experience writing Azure functions using Python/Node.js

Experience using Event Hub for data integrations .

Required w orking knowledge of Azure DevOps pipelines

Self-starter and ability to adapt with changing business needs

About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
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