Azure Data Engineer - Banking - Dubai UAE Location: UAE Location: Dubai Industry: Staffing and Recruiting Function: IT-Software Development Salary: 22000-32000 monthly (Market estimated) Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Candidate Preferred Location: Any Job Type: Full-time Position Overview The Azure Data Engineer will build enterprise-grade data platforms for banking clients in Dubai, designing medallion architecture, robust ETL pipelines, and analytics-ready datasets using Azure services and Databricks. Key Responsibilities * Design and implement medallion architecture with bronze, silver, and gold layers * Develop secure, scalable ETL and ELT pipelines using Python and SQL * Engineer data ingestion from core banking and third-party sources with quality checks * Build Delta Lake tables, optimize performance, and manage cost on Azure * Define data models, star schemas, and marts for BI and AI workloads * Perform data mapping, profiling, lineage, and reconciliation across systems * Implement CI-CD for notebooks and jobs; automate testing and deployments * Enforce data governance, cataloging, and privacy controls aligned to standards * Monitor pipelines, troubleshoot failures, and tune jobs for reliability and SLAs * Deliver documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer to operations Candidate Requirements * 10 plus years in data engineering with hands-on ETL pipeline delivery * 10 plus years working with banking data and domain processes * Strong data mapping and data profiling expertise * Advanced Python and SQL for data processing and validation * Proven delivery of end-to-end data warehouse or data platform projects * Certification in Azure data lake or data warehouse technologies * Proficiency in one or more of Java or Scala is a plus * Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure services for storage, compute, security * Hands-on with Databricks for big data processing, ML, and advanced analytics * Deep knowledge of data modeling, database design, and warehousing concepts * Familiarity with data integration tools and streaming or batch ingestion * Knowledge of data governance and data quality best practices What We Offer * Enterprise-scale Azure and Databricks projects in the banking sector * Competitive package, certification support, and clear growth path * Collaborative, delivery-focused culture with regional client exposure About the Company Dicetek LLC is a GCC-based technology consulting and staffing partner delivering project-based and managed services for leading enterprises, with strong capability in data engineering, cloud, and digital transformation.
