Palantir Senior Data Engineer- Remote ID-5651

January 3, 2025

Practice - AIA - Artificial Intelligence and Analytics

About AI & Analytics: Artificial intelligence (AI) and the data it collects and analyzes will soon sit at the core of all intelligent, human-centric businesses. By decoding customer needs, preferences, and behaviors, our clients can understand exactly what services, products, and experiences their consumers need. Within AI & Analytics, we work to design the future—a future in which trial-and-error business decisions have been replaced by informed choices and data-supported strategies!

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By applying AI and data science, we help leading companies to prototype, refine, validate, and scale their AI and analytics products and delivery models! Cognizant’s AIA practice takes insights that are buried in data and provides businesses with a clear way to transform how they source, interpret, and consume their information. Our clients need flexible data structures and a streamlined data architecture that quickly turns data resources into informative, meaningful intelligence.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Use Pyspark to build data pipes in AWS environments
Write design documents and independently build the Data Pipes based on the defined source to target mappings
Convert complex stored procedures, SQL triggers, etc. logic using PySpark in the Cloud platform
Be open to learning new technologies and implementing solutions quickly in the cloud platform
Communicate with program key stakeholders to keep the project aligned with their goals
Effectively interact with QA and UAT team for code testing and migrate to different regions
Spearheads data engineering initiatives targeting moderately to complex data and analytics challenges, delivering impactful outcomes through comprehensive analysis and problem-solving
Pioneers the identification, conceptualization, and execution of internal process enhancements, encompassing scalable infrastructure redesign, optimized data distribution, and the automation of manual workflows
Addresses extensive application programming and analysis quandaries within defined procedural guidelines, offering resolutions that span wide-ranging scopes
Actively engages in agile/scrum methodologies, actively participating in ceremonies such as stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives.
Orchestrates the development and execution of automated and user acceptance tests, integral to the iterative development lifecycle.
Fosters the maturation of broader data systems and architecture, assessing individual data pipelines and suggesting/implementing enhancements to align with project and enterprise maturity objective
Envisions and constructs infrastructure that facilitates access and analysis of vast datasets while ensuring data quality and metadata accuracy through systematic cataloging

Position Qualifications:

Total 10+ years of experience with 3 plus years of experience in data engineering/ETL ecosystems with Palantir Foundry, Python, PySpark and Java.
Required skills: Palantir
Nice to have skills: Pyspark and Python
Expert in writing shell scripts to execute various job scheduler
Hands-on experience in Palantir & PySpark to build data pipes in AWS environments
Good knowledge of Palantir components
Good exposure to RDMS
Basic understanding of Data Mappings and Workflows
Any knowledge of the Palantir Foundry Platform will be a big plus
Implemented a few projects in Energy and Utility space is a plus

Palantir Senior Data Engineer- Remote ID-5651

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1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

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Palantir Senior Data Engineer- Remote ID-5651

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

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