Job Title: Senior Data Engineer (Data Modeling & Multi-Source Integration) Experience: 5 – 8 Years Position Overview Zealogics Technologies is seeking an experienced and analytical Senior Data Engineer (5–8 years) to architect, model, and optimize the foundational data infrastructure for a brand-new strategic project. This role requires deep expertise in establishing relationships across heterogeneous data sources (SAP Core, PostgreSQL, MySQL), building comprehensive data catalogs/lineage, and fine-tuning high-performance data pipelines. Key Responsibilities

• Data Modeling & Relationship Mapping: Architect conceptual, logical, and physical data models for a new enterprise solution. Identify, map, and resolve complex entity relationships across SAP Core, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and legacy systems.

• Data Lineage & Cataloging: Implement enterprise data cataloging, metadata tracking, and end-to-end data lineage to ensure visibility, governance, and auditability across all data layers.

• Performance Optimization & Tuning: Analyze execution plans, optimize complex SQL queries, fine-tune database configurations, indexing, and partitioning to ensure high throughput and minimal latency.

• Document & Unstructured Metadata Management (Advantageous): Design and maintain robust metadata indexing mechanisms for large-scale document management systems (e.g., In-house DMS, Azure Blob Storage).

• Pipeline Engineering: Build reliable ETL/ELT data pipelines integrating structured, semi-structured, and enterprise data repositories into a unified system.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with enterprise architects, product owners, and global client technical teams to translate business requirements into scalable data architectures.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 5–8 years of dedicated hands-on experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, and Enterprise Data Modeling.

• Data Modeling Mastery: Proven expertise in dimensional modeling, Data Vault, ER diagrams, and multi-source relationship mapping.

• Heterogeneous Databases: Solid expertise in working with SAP Core, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

• Governance & Lineage: Experience with modern data cataloging and lineage tools (e.g., OpenMetadata, Apache Atlas, Microsoft Purview, Collibra, or dbt docs).

• Performance Tuning: Expert knowledge in SQL optimization, indexing strategies, memory tuning, and query troubleshooting.

• Cloud & Modern Data Stack: Hands-on experience with cloud ecosystems (Azure/AWS) and pipeline orchestration tools (Spark, Databricks, dbt, Airflow, etc.).

• Strong verbal and professional communication skills to deal with architects & data engineers across globe.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Proven ability to extract, index, and manage metadata for large enterprise document repositories (In-house DMS, Azure Blob Storage, S3).

• Exposure to OCR/document metadata workflows and semi-structured cataloging.

• Prior experience delivering high-impact solutions for global clients and internal products.