Job Description

Data Lead Engineer


Exp: 6 - 9 years


1. Design, develop, and maintain efficient and reliable data pipelines using Java, Scala, Apache Spark and Confluent Cloud (Kafka, KStreams, kSQLDB, Schema Registry)

2. Leverage Apache Spark (Java/Scala) for large-scale data processing and transformation.

3. Experience with building, maintaining and debugging applications and data pipelines using Confluent Cloud (Kafka, KStreams, kSQLDB, Schema Registry).

4. Build and optimize data storage solutions using NoSQL databases such as ScyllaDB and/or Cassandra.

5. Experienced with AWS services required for Data Engineering such as EMR, ServerlessEMR, AWS Glue, CodeCommit, EC2, S3 etc.

6. Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow

7. Experience with building and deploying applications using Docker or AWS ECS or AWS EKS

8. Well versed with code management using tools like GitHub and CI/CD pipelines and deployment of data pipelines on AWS cloud.

9. Implement and manage search and analytics capabilities using AWS OpenSearch and/or Elasticsearch.

10. Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other engineers to understand data requirements and deliver effective solutions.

11. Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure data quality and performance.

12. Implement data governance and data quality best practices.

13. Automate data ingestion, processing, and deployment processes.

14. Stay up-to-date with the latest data engineering trends and technologies.

15. Contribute to the design and architecture of our data platform on AWS.

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.