Data Engineering Lead

Title: Data Engineering Lead
Location: Dubai (United Arab Emirates) / Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
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Accenture Technology
We provide innovative services that span Cloud; systems integration and
application management; security; intelligent platform services;
infrastructure services; software engineering services; data and artificial
intelligence. We also deliver it at speed and at scale through our Advanced
Technology Centers.
We continuously innovate our services, capabilities and platforms through
early adoption of new technologies such as blockchain, robotics, 5G, quantum
computing and edge computing.
Key Activities:
* Lead Data Engineering efforts / teams working jointly with our nearshore / offshore delivery centers.
* Work across workstreams to support data requirements including pipelines, reports, and dashboards.
* Analyze and perform data profiling to understand data patterns and discrepancies following Data Quality and Data Management processes.
* Understand and follow best practices to design and develop the E2E Data Pipeline: data transformation, ingestion, processing, and surfacing of data for large-scale applications.
* Develop data pipeline automation using one of key technologies - Informatica, Databricks, Data Factory
* Understand business requirements to translate them into technical requirements that the system analysts and other technical team members can drive into the project design and delivery.
* Analyze source data and perform data ingestion in both batch and real-time patterns via various methods; for example, file transfer, API, Data Streaming using Kafka and Spark Streaming
* Analyze and understand data processing and standardization requirements, develop ETL processing to transform data.
* Understand data/reports and dashboards requirements, develop data export, data API, or data visualization using Power BI, Tableau, or other visualization tools.

Qualifications:
* Bachelor 's degree in computer science, Computer Engineer, IT, or related fields
* ‎4+ years of overall experience with at least ‎2 years of leading teams delivering data lakes, data warehouses, data lake houses.
* Data Engineering skills: Python, SQL, Spark, Cloud Architect, Data & Solution Architect, API, Databricks, Azure
* Data Visualization skills: Power BI (or other visualization tools), DAX programming, API, Data Model
* Business Analyst skills: business knowledge, data profiling, basic data model design, data analysis, requirement analysis, SQL programming
* Basic knowledge in Data Lake/Data Warehousing/ Big data tools, Apache Spark, RDBMS and NoSQL, Knowledge Graph
* Experience working in a client-facing/consulting environment is a plus.
* Self-motivation, proactiveness and openness to changes.
* Ability to make things happen and to keep deadlines.
* Ability to work under pressure and manage unexpected situations.
* Effective communication and presentation skills.
* Related certifications would be a plus.
* Arabic is a plus.
Why join us?
* We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues.
* You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools.
* Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards.
* You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends.
* You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live.
Next Steps
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