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The position provides technical leadership across projects, drives engineering best practices, and partners with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and high-quality solutions.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, develop, and support complex software applications, data pipelines, and cloud-based solutions.\nWork across the full technology stack, including backend services, APIs, databases, data platforms, and cloud infrastructure.\nLead technical design and implementation efforts for large-scale, business-critical initiatives.\nDevelop and optimize ETL processes and large-scale data processing solutions using modern Big Data technologies.\nImplement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and DevOps best practices.\nDrive software quality through code reviews, testing standards, and engineering best practices.\nEvaluate emerging technologies and industry trends and recommend improvements to products, services, and development processes.\nMentor engineers and provide technical guidance across teams.\nCollaborate with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure solutions.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.\nSubstantial experience in software development, systems analysis, data engineering, or cloud engineering.\nStrong experience designing and developing enterprise-scale applications and data platforms.\nProven experience leading complex technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.\nRequired Technical Skills\nStrong programming skills in Python, Scala, and SQL.\nExperience with Apache Spark, Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), and modern data lake architectures.\nHands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-native application development.\nExperience with Git, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, Maven, and CI/CD best practices.\nStrong knowledge of Apache Airflow for orchestration and scheduling.\nExperience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.\nHands-on experience with Docker and containerized environments.\nStrong understanding of relational databases, particularly MS SQL Server and MySQL.\nExperience working in Agile delivery environments using Scrum and Kanban.\nFamiliarity with JIRA and Confluence for requirements and project management.\nPreferred Skills\nExperience with Kafka, Databricks Workflows, Bash scripting, and ELK Stack technologies (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Filebeat).\nExperience with AWS, GCP, or multi-cloud environments.\nKnowledge of Spark monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana, or Azure Monitor.\nExperience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, Hive, HDFS, or Impala.\nAzure Data Engineer, Azure Developer, Azure DevOps, or related cloud certifications.\nFamiliarity with AI Agent IDE tools (e.g. Cursor) for AI-assisted development workflows\nSuccess Profile\nThe ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who combines strong software engineering foundations with deep expertise in Big Data, Azure Cloud, and DevOps practices. They are passionate about building scalable, reliable, and high-quality solutions while mentoring others and influencing technical strategy across the organization.\nIQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com\nIQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. 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