Job Description Job Description: Big Data Engineer (PySpark / Spark / Kafka) Work Mode: Hybrid – 3 Days a Week in Office Job Overview We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with robust expertise in Big Data technologies to design, develop, and support enterprise-scale data platforms.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in PySpark, Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop ecosystem components, and Apache NiFi, along with a strong understanding of data ingestion, transformation, and real-time processing frameworks.

Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines using PySpark, Spark, Hadoop, and Apache NiFi.

Build and maintain batch and real-time data processing solutions.

Develop and support Kafka-based streaming applications and event-driven architectures.

Create and optimize ETL/ELT workflows for large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.

Develop complex SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, validation, and troubleshooting.





Implement data ingestion solutions from databases, APIs, files, and streaming sources.

Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance the performance of Spark jobs and data pipelines.

Collaborate with architects, business analysts, and development teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.

Support platform upgrades, deployments, testing, certification, and production releases.

Ensure data quality, governance, security, and operational excellence across data platforms.

Mandatory Skills PySpark Apache Spark (Spark SQL, Data

Frames) Apache Kafka Hadoop Ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, YARN) Apache NiFi SQL Python Preferred Skills Spark Streaming Airflow / Oozie Hive Scala Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git JIRA, Confluence Cloud Platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure) Data Warehousing Concepts and Dimensional Modeling Requirements Salesforce

📌 Big Data Engineer (PySpark / Spark / Kafka) (Toronto)
🏢 Astra North Infoteck
📍 Toronto