Data Engineer Advisor

India T&M Special Bonus:     **Candidate required only from Bengaluru or Gurgaon location Key responsibilities   Design and build scalable Azure data pipelines using ADF, Synapse and Microsoft Fabric  Develop modern Lakehouse architectures and AI-ready data platforms  Engineer solutions for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data  Work with Azure Data Lake, Cosmos DB and Azure SQL/Synapse  Support AI use cases including RAG, vector search and Azure AI Search  Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into data solutions  Deliver production-ready, high-performance data engineering solutions  Key experience required   10 years total & 6+ years relevant experience Strong experience as an Azure Data Engineer  Hands-on expertise with ADF, Synapse, Microsoft Fabric and ADLS Gen2  Experience with Azure Cosmos DB and NoSQL data modelling  Exposure to AI/GenAI data pipelines, including RAG, embeddings or vector search  Strong Python and SQL development skills  Experience with data discovery, profiling and data quality frameworks  Knowledge of CI/CD and Azure DevOps practices