.We're hiring! At Cognizant we have an ideal opportunity for you to be part of one of the largest companies in the digital sector worldwide. A Phenomenal Place to Work where we look for people who give new insights and experience a dynamic and growing environment. At Cognizant we promote an inclusive culture, where we value different perspectives providing career growth and development opportunities. #WelcomeToCognizant! We have a great opportunity for an outstanding individual to work supporting one of our clients as a Cloud Data Engineer We seek a highly skilled and motivated Cloud Data Engineer with a strong backend development focus and experience in Cloud platforms (GCP). As a team member, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our data-centric, Cloud-hosted backend infrastructure and services. You will be critical in building and scaling our data processing pipelines and APIs, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Key Responsibilities: Build and optimize data pipelines using ELT frameworks such as Fivetran, dbt, Airflow, and PySpark, ensuring efficient data movement and transformation. Experience with schema design and data modeling is essential. Design, develop, and maintain high-throughput, low-latency backend services for data ingestion, processing, and transformation using Python and Java. Develop and maintain robust, scalable, and secure RESTful APIs using frameworks such as Spring Boot (Java) or Flask/FastAPI (Python). Experience with API gateway services (e.G., Apigee, Kong) is a plus. Advise/design OData APIs. Implement and manage security protocols such as OAuth, SSO, and SSL. Design and implement event-driven architectures using technologies like Kafka or Pub/Sub. Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar, to automate the deployment and scaling of backend services. Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate them using Kubernetes. Experience with managing Kubernetes clusters (e.G., GKE, EKS) is preferred. Write and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IAC) using tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, or CloudFormation. Collaborate with Architects and Security teams to ensure that the Cloud infrastructure and services are secure and compliant with industry standards (e.G., SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR). Troubleshoot and resolve service-related issues, providing timely and efficient solutions. Stay up to date with the latest developments in Cloud technology, backend development best practices, and security vulnerabilities. Mentor and guide other team members as needed. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field. At least 5 years of experience in backend development in a Cloud environment (AWS or GCP preferred). At least 3 years of experience in Data Engineering in a Cloud environment. Strong proficiency in Python and Java; SQL proficiency is required