Role Purpose
The Software Integrations Developer will be the architect of connectivity within our digital ecosystem. You will design, develop, and maintain robust integration solutions that bridge the gap between disparate systems, ensuring seamless data flow and high-performance processing. By leveraging the Microsoft Azure stack, you will transform complex business requirements into scalable, automated integration workflows that drive organizational efficiency.

Key Accountabilities

Data Engineering & Pipeline Development: Design and implement end-to-end data pipelines (batch and streaming) using Azure Data Factory / Synapse Pipelines and Databricks.
ETL/ELT Development: Develop scalable ETL/ELT workflows using PySpark, SQL, and Databricks notebooks to process large-scale datasets efficiently.
Data Ingestion: Build and optimize data ingestion frameworks for structured and unstructured data from multiple enterprise and external sources.
Databricks & Lakehouse Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of Databricks-based lakehouse architecture, including Delta Lake and medallion (bronze, silver, gold) data layers.
Spark Optimization: Optimize Spark jobs for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency, including partitioning, caching, and cluster tuning.
Data Governance & Processing: Implement data versioning, incremental processing, and ensure high data quality, consistency, and governance standards.
Azure Data Platform: Utilize Azure services such as Data Factory, Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, and Key Vault to build secure, scalable data solutions.
Application & Systems Integration: Design, build, and maintain integration solutions using Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Service Bus / Event Grid to connect line-of-business applications, SaaS platforms, and external services with the data platform.
API Development & Management: Develop and expose secure, well-documented REST APIs and event-driven endpoints, handling publishing, versioning, throttling, and authentication through Azure API Management.
Event-Driven & Real-Time Messaging: Implement reliable, decoupled event-driven and near-real-time integration patterns using Event Hub, Event Grid, and Service Bus for resilient message and data exchange across systems.
Performance & Optimization: Monitor and continuously optimize data workflows for reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
- DevOps & Governance: Manage code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and deployments using Azure DevOps, ensuring high-quality documentation and best practices.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions and provide technical leadership.

What Success Looks Like
Reliable and scalable Azure integration architectures with 99.9% uptime, optimized data throughput, and minimal technical debt; clear technical and API documentation; strict adherence to security governance; and seamless data flow that earns positive feedback from business stakeholders.

Candidate Profile

Experience & Capability

5+ years of experience in Data Engineering / Data Platform development.
3+ years of hands-on experience with Azure Databricks.
Strong experience with Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen2, and Synapse Analytics.
Proven experience in building enterprise-scale data pipelines.
Hands-on experience building application and API integrations using Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Azure API Management.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and full SDLC lifecycle.

Technical Strength

Development: Strong proficiency in Python (PySpark), SQL, and experience working with Databricks notebooks for scalable data processing and transformation logic.
Data Design: Deep knowledge of ETL/ELT design patterns, including Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD), medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold), and data modelling for analytics.
Platforms & Tools: Expert-level experience with Azure Data Factory / Synapse Pipelines, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure Databricks including Delta Lake.
Integration & APIs: Hands-on experience designing integration and API solutions with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus / Event Grid, and Azure API Management, including REST API design and secure authentication (OAuth 2.0 / managed identities).
- Databricks Expertise: Advanced hands-on experience with Spark optimization, cluster management, job orchestration, and performance tuning in Databricks.
Bonus Strengths: Experience with streaming technologies, Microsoft Fabric, CI/CD for data platforms, or Power BI will be considered a significant advantage.

Mindset & Behaviours
•    Design-first and quality-focused mindset.
•    Comfortable working in ambiguity and evolving requirements.
•    Strong communicator able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
•    Proactive, collaborative, and continuous improvement oriented.
•    Demonstrates strong sense of urgency and ownership.

Why Join

This role offers an opportunity to lead and shape the organization's modern data platform strategy, especially around Azure and Databricks adoption. You will work on high-impact data initiatives, enabling analytics, AI, and digital transformation programs across the business.

You’ll be part of an IT function that is evolving from delivery-focused to value-driven, with strong executive visibility and the opportunity to define best practices under the OneGP model. The role offers meaningful ownership, technical stretch, and the chance to work with modern Microsoft technologies, including Power Platform, Azure integrations, and emerging AI and Copilot capabilities. If you’re motivated by building things the right way, influencing how others build, and seeing your work adopted at scale, this role offers both challenge and long-term growth.

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GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.

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