What Jobs are available for Azure Data in Malaysia?

Task Description:

• Experienced Data Professional with strong SQL skills, focusing on data integration, quality, and performance.
• Proven ability to write complex SQL logic and optimize performance for large data volumes.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF), with a preference for Fabric Data Factory over PaaS ADF.
• Familiarity with orchestration and ETL tools, such as Matillion, is a plus.
• Proficient in designing and implementing data flows using ADF, with experience in Python for enhancing ETL processes.
• Understanding of monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting principles, including restartability, idempotency, and debugging of ETL pipelines.
• Familiar with version control ( Github) and CI/CD practices related to SQL and ETL tools.
• Exposure to public cloud platforms, particularly Azure, including components like Azure Blob Storage.
• Collaborate closely with business unit partners to transform requirements into effective data solutions, documenting processes and sharing knowledge with junior team members.
• Excellent communication and technical writing skills are essential for effective stakeholder engagement.

Good to Have:

• Advanced Azure certifications.
• Strong analytical skills and experience in performance tuning.

Skill Areas:

• Data Integration, Strong SQL Skills, Performance Tuning, Data Quality

Azure Data Engineer (Hybrid - Kuala Lumpur, Sentul)

Experience: 5+ years

Employment Type: 12-Month Contract (Extendable)

Location: Sentul, Kuala Lumpur

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Azure Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable data solutions on the Azure platform. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and SQL, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement ETL / ELT pipelines for data ingestion and transformation.
• Develop and maintain Data Lake / Lakehouse solutions.
• Perform data processing and querying using PySpark and T-SQL.
• Optimize and tune system performance for scalability and efficiency.
• Document product specifications and technical workflows.
• Ensure data security and GDPR compliance across systems.

Technical Skills Required

• Strong proficiency in SQL across RDBMS.
• Experience with Python for Spark-based data manipulation.
• Azure Synapse Analytics – must-have .
• Azure Data Factory (ADF) – building and maintaining pipelines.
• SQL Server and SSIS experience.
• Familiarity with C# for Azure Functions.
• Proficiency with Visual Studio and Azure DevOps.
• Bonus: Experience with Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering.

Soft Skills

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Strong collaboration and teamwork across technical functions.

Why Join Us

• Hybrid work environment in Kuala Lumpur.
• Exposure to cutting-edge Azure data technologies.
• Opportunity for contract extension based on performance.

Job Types: Permanent, Contract

Contract length: 12 months

Pay: RM8, RM20,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and implement
  ETL/ELT data pipelines
  using Azure Data Factory and related technologies.
• Develop and maintain
  Data Lake / Lakehouse
  architectures.
• Write and optimize complex queries using
  PySpark
  and
  T-SQL
  .
• Perform
  data performance tuning
  and process optimization for scalability and reliability.
• Prepare
  technical product specifications
  , documentation, and process flow diagrams.
• Ensure
  data governance, integrity, and security compliance
  in line with
  GDPR
  and company policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end data solutions supporting business intelligence and analytics.

Technical Requirements :

• 3+ years
  of experience in a similar Data Engineering role.
• Strong proficiency in
  SQL
  and knowledge of variations across different RDBMS platforms.
• Proficient in
  Python
  , especially for
  Spark
  data manipulation.
• Hands-on experience with
  Azure Synapse Data Engineering
  is
  essential
  .
• Experience with
  Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering
  is
  preferred
  .
• Skilled in
  Azure Data Factory
  pipeline design (ETL/ELT processes).
• Experience with
  on-premises SQL Server (2016 and above)
  , including
  SSIS
  .
• Basic understanding of
  C#
  (for Azure Function Apps).
• Familiar with
  Microsoft development stack
  : Visual Studio, Azure DevOps.

Our talented Data & AI Practice is made up of globally recognized experts - and there's room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you're passionate about helping clients make better data-driven decisions to tackle their most complex business issues, let's talk. Take your skills to a new level and launch a career where you can truly do what matters.

Come join us
As an Analytics Architect within our Data & AI Practice, you'll leverage a client-centric approach to translate our client's business strategy into solutions and services that lead to successful, impactful outcomes. You'll engage in solutioning and support on the most strategic opportunities, intervene in high-risk complex deliveries, and contribute to shape the strategic direction around data architecture.

Together We Do What Matters.
Skills and experiences

• Experience working with stakeholders to create technical visions, high-level architectures, and delivery roadmaps for large programs of work that involve platforming/re-platforming Data Solutions within Azure cloud, utilizing tools such as Databricks and Synapse
• Capability in creating design artifacts and presenting them for approval at architectural forums attended by multi-disciplined stakeholders from engineering to senior ("C level") client executives
• Experience in designing and delivering large-scale Data Platform solutions using relevant approaches (Lakehouse, Data Mesh, Cloud Scale Analytics, etc.)
• Proven experience in migrating on-premise Data Warehouses and ETL pipelines to cloud-based DW solutions, particularly Azure and Databricks
• Exposure to Power BI reporting, including data modeling and dashboard/report design to enable business insights and self-service analytics
• Identifying and designing for key architectural characteristics such as performance, security, and reliability
• Domain knowledge in Banking or Telecommunications, with a strong understanding of industry-specific data practices, regulatory considerations, and business use cases

About You
Characteristics that can spell success for this role

• Consultative, collaborative, curious
• Resilient, adaptable, flexible
• Humble leader, strong negotiator, relationship builder
• Passionate about tech and engaging with and advising clients

What You'll Do

• As an architect assigned to a client project, you will typically work closely with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical leadership, drive architectural decisions, create plans and roadmaps, and produce design artifacts
• Assist clients in their journey to Microsoft Azure or leverage their existing investment in it - you can expect a significant focus on applying cloud architectural patterns and migration strategies
• As a senior member of the Avanade technical community, you will provide coaching and mentoring to motivate and inspire more junior colleagues from within your team and across the organization
• Contribute to presales activities, including solutioning, effort estimation, and proposal development, ensuring alignment with client business needs
• Manage capability planning for the team, identifying skill gaps and aligning training or hiring needs to meet future demand
• Develop reusable solutions, frameworks, and assets to accelerate delivery, enhance quality, and enable knowledge sharing across teams
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and bring best practices into solution design

Learn more
To learn more about the types of projects our Data & AI team works on check out these case studies:

• thyssenkrupp Materials Services uses data to help strike a delicate operational balance
• What matters to SSE Renewables is innovating for a sustainable future
• Hachette UK enables employees with machine learning-driven contract searches
• Marston Holdings identifies significant cloud savings

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• Avanade Insights – exchange ideas that drive tomorrow's innovation
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Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

Find out more about some of our benefits Employee Benefits at Avanade | Avanade

A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously
• Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by

• Empowering every voice
• Encouraging boldness
• Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by

• Amazing the client
• Prioritizing what matters
• Acting as one

Utilise modern data engineering techniques with Advanced Analytics to support Avanade clients' business decisions. Design and build data pipelines, data streams, and reporting tools for insightful decision-making.

Come join us
As a Junior Data Engineer, where you will translate business requirements into technical solutions, analyse current practices, and identify future opportunities. You will design and build modern data pipelines, data streams, and data service APIs, while developing and maintaining data warehouse schematics and architectures. Expose data to end users using modern visualisation platforms and implement effective metrics and monitoring processes. Travel as needed.
Together we do what matters.
Skills And Experiences

• Minimum 1-year hands on experience in Data Engineering
• Demonstrated experience of turning business use cases and requirements to technical solutions
• Ability to conduct data profiling, cataloging, and mapping for technical design
• Knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL DW, and Azure SQL
• Experience preparing data for Data Science and Machine Learning
• Strong team collaboration and experience working with remote teams

About You
Characteristics that demonstrate success for this role:

• Analytical, curious, agile
• Team player and good communicator
• Problem-solver, patient and quality-driven
• Self-motivating
• Innovative mindset

What You'll Do

• Collect, aggregate, and analyse structured/unstructured data from multiple sources
• Design and build data pipelines, data streams, and reporting tools
• Develop and maintain data warehouse schematics and architectures
• Expose data to end users using modern visualisation platforms
• Implement effective metrics and monitoring processes

Learn more
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Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

Find out more about some of our benefits Employee Benefits at Avanade | Avanade

A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously
• Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by

• Empowering every voice
• Encouraging boldness
• Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by

• Amazing the client
• Prioritizing what matters
• Acting as one

We're Hiring – Azure Data Engineer

Location:
Malaysia |
Experience:
4–5 Years

Skills Required:

Azure Data Services (ADF, ADLS, Synapse, Databricks)

Data Pipelines with
ADF

Medallion Architecture
(Bronze/Silver/Gold)

Databricks (
Python & SQL
)

Azure DevOps (ADO)
for CI/CD

Good to Have:
Power BI, Kafka/Event Hub, Data Governance

Apply:

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Job Description – Azure Databricks Data Engineer

• Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines using
  Azure Databricks, Spark, and Delta Lake
  .
• Integrate data from multiple sources into
  Azure Data Lake / Azure Synapse
  .
• Implement
  ETL/ELT workflows
  , data transformations, and performance tuning.
• Ensure
  data quality, security, and governance
  across all solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for
  analytics and reporting enablement
  .

Company Description

At NEXTDC we are building the heart of Australia & Asia's high-tech future. We design, build and operate world class, next generation data centres, using cutting edge, environmentally efficient infrastructure to service the specific requirements of local, international hyperscale customers.

We are expanding our presence globally, including a new data centre in PJ, meeting the current and future digital needs of Malaysia by accelerating job skills, direct investment and economic prosperity.

At NEXTDC, we know that our success depends on the talents of our people, and we foster a culture of continued learning and development. Our culture is built on collaboration and innovation, we are passionate about what we do, and we are committed to our mission to be the leading customer-centric data centre services company.

Where Cloud lives and AI thrives

Job Description

As our experienced Azure Cloud Engineer, you'll be responsible for ensuring the optimal performance, reliability, and security of our Azure cloud infrastructure. Here you'll be deploying, managing, and maintaining Azure services to support the organisation's operational needs.

The Cloud Operations Engineer will work closely with cross-functional teams to implement automation, troubleshoot issues, and optimise cloud resources, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of our IT operations. This position plays a critical role in enabling the organisation to leverage cloud technologies for innovation and growth.

Within this position, your scope will cover:

• Deployment and Configuration: Deploy and configure Azure services to meet the organization's requirements, ensuring scalability and reliability
• Monitoring and Maintenance: Continuously monitor the performance and health of Azure resources, addressing any issues that arise promptly
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve technical problems related to Azure services, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption
• Automation: Implement automation scripts and tools to streamline operations, reduce manual intervention, and improve efficiency
• Security and Compliance: Ensure that Azure environments adhere to security policies and compliance standards, implementing best practices for data protection and access control
• Cost Management: Monitor and optimize cloud costs, identifying opportunities for cost savings without compromising performance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Cloud Operations, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure
• Relevant Azure certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate) are highly desirable
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Fluency in English – excellent verbal and written communication
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate concepts and ideas clearly to stakeholders at all levels
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet deadlines and work in a growing team

Your technical capability

• Proficiency in Azure services, including Virtual Machines. Azure Kubernetes Service, Fabric, Storage and Azure Networking, and Security
• Experience with automation tools such as PowerShell, Azure CLI, and ARM templates
• Experience with version control systems and CI/CD processes

Additional Information

• Opportunity to be a vital part of NEXTDC and the expanding Data Centre world
• Inclusive, diverse and values-driven working culture
• Great opportunities to progress within our company (grow as we grow)

Our mission is to continue building a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents the communities in which we operate.

Make NEXTDC your next move.