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Rahul V.

Data Engineer | Databricks | Azure/AWS/GCP | ETL/ELT | Agentic AI

Surat, India
$25 per hour
2 jobs
$2K+ total earnings

Data Engineer and Analytics Engineer building ETL and ELT pipelines, cloud data warehouses, governed BI and production AI, handed over as code your team owns. Most data work fails at the seams. The pipeline lands data nobody trusts. The dashboard shows a number finance disputes. The AI pilot stalls because the data model underneath it was never built. I cover data engineering, business intelligence and machine learning end to end, so those seams stay closed. 15 delivered projects across retail, e-commerce, finance, oil & gas and manufacturing. Founded 2021. Team of 10. ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—” ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: ๐—˜๐—ง๐—Ÿ, ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง, ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ, ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐— ๐—œ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก Cloud data pipelines, lakehouses and data warehouses on Azure, AWS and GCP: Azure Databricks, Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Apache Airflow, dbt, Kafka, Flink, Spark and PySpark. New builds, plus data migration off SSIS, Informatica, Oracle and end-of-life on-premise estates, with parallel-run reconciliation so you can prove the new warehouse matches the old before cutover. Real-time streaming pipelines, change data capture and dimensional data modelling that stays queryable as volumes grow. ๐—•๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜: ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—œ, ๐—ง๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—จ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฅ Power BI dashboards, Tableau reporting and Looker semantic models on one governed metrics layer, so teams stop reporting three different revenue figures. Data governance with named metric owners, dbt test coverage, data quality checks and data contracts in CI, plus observability that catches incidents before your users do. Embedded, multi-tenant analytics for SaaS products. ๐—”๐—œ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐— ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—š, ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐— ๐—Ÿ GenAI and LLM agents that cite their sources and escalate instead of guessing. RAG pipelines, vector databases and agent orchestration with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Qdrant, Milvus, Whisper and FastAPI. Plus production machine learning: demand forecasting, feature platforms and MLflow-managed retraining, with guardrails, labelled evaluation and a regression gate before release. ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ โ€ข Retail data warehouse migration: 480+ SSIS packages on SQL Server rebuilt as an Azure Databricks lakehouse. Nightly batch 7h40m to 1h05m, SLA breaches 11 nights a month to under 1. โ€ข Oracle Exadata and Informatica retired onto Azure Synapse for an insurance carrier. Nightly ETL load 9h20m to 1h50m, recovery from a full 9-hour rerun to restarting at the failure point. โ€ข Regulatory reporting data mart for a bank: reporting cycle 11 working days to 2.5. โ€ข Real-time inventory and store operations platform: stock latency from overnight batch to under 5 seconds. โ€ข Embedded customer analytics for a B2B SaaS product: in-app dashboards 20s+ at P95 to under 3 seconds, tenant isolation structural and CI-tested. โ€ข Enterprise Power BI rollout across a manufacturer's plants: month-end prep from 3 days per plant controller to same-day. โ€ข Production and HSE analytics for an oil & gas operator: daily operations pack from manually assembled at 10:00 to automated by 06:30. โ€ข AI support agent for a B2B SaaS platform: 58% of qualified tier-1 intents resolved autonomously, with citations and escalation. โ€ข Analytics assistant and demand forecasting for a retailer: ad-hoc data team requests from ~340 a month to ~95. ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—œ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž You own the code: version-controlled, tested and documented, in your repositories and cloud accounts. No proprietary framework to keep paying for. I lead with the business problem, not the tool. If three teams report three different revenue numbers, the fix is a governed definition and an owner, not another dashboard. Quality gates block bad data rather than publishing it quietly: data contracts in CI, freshness checks, tests that fail the pipeline not the month-end close. Handover is part of delivery: runbooks, architecture docs and enablement, so your team ships without me. ๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ž Azure Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Flink, Spark, PySpark, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Dataflow, Debezium, Fivetran, Airbyte, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, LookML, QuickSight, Purview, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Qdrant, Milvus, Whisper, MLflow, FastAPI, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Grafana, Python, SQL, Scala. ๐—” ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐—™๐—œ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™ A data pipeline or warehouse that has outgrown how it was built. Disputed reporting needing one governed set of numbers. AI in your product needing a data foundation that survives it. Or an inherited estate nobody understands. ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—” ๐—™๐—œ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™ A one-off dashboard with no underlying model, or a proof of concept nobody intends to run. Send me your setup and I will tell you straight whether it is worth the engineering.

Mudassir A.

AI Engineer | Data Engineering, RAG, AI Agents, Automation

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
$60 per hour
67 jobs
$100K+ total earnings

I am a Principal Engineer, usually involved in identifying feasibility, laying out cloud infrastructure and application architecture, shaping the User Experience, applying Behaviour/Test-Driven Development, and finally delivering a well-monitored and well-documented product. My process: 1. Build from the top โ†’ define the expected behaviour and outcome โ†’ break it into granular test cases โ†’ build and evaluate against those tests. 2. Reduce unnecessary AI decisions wherever deterministic software can do the job, while properly evaluating the parts that need an LLM. 3. Separate retrieval, reasoning, tools, and application logic so individual components can evolve or scale without rebuilding the entire system. 4. Track model and infrastructure costs as part of the architecture, including token usage, model routing, fallback spend, context window utilization, and cheaper alternatives where quality is unaffected. 5. Prioritizing Data Security and Compliance at each increment. (controlling unexpected token spend, which is very common, preventing PII exposure, and maintaining proper credential management) Please see my portfolio to understand the type of AI applications I can/have built. I work particularly well on problems involving external data compilation sets and large or complex internal datasets: documents, databases, APIs, SharePoint/Drive content, regulations, operational records, and other internal/acquired business knowledge that needs to become searchable, understandable, or actionable through AI. ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค: โ€ข ๐€๐ง ๐€๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐Œ๐๐ฌ: specialist agents for planning, fundraising, and go-to-market, plus a graph and vector investor matching engine, exposed via WhatsApp. โ€ข ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐”๐’ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ: docket timelines, typed extraction contracts, graph database to connect different elements of unstructured documents to map against a user-friendly taxonomical hierarchy and validation gates before anything reaches a count or a report. โ€ข ๐€๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž-๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ: 10,000+ employees, hybrid retrieval over policies and procedures, department-level access control, inside the client's own tenancy under GDPR and CCPA. โ€ข ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐š: text-to-SQL for the records, retrieval for the documentation, and an agent orchestrator deciding which one a question actually needs. โ€ข ๐ˆ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: typed extraction per section, comparison against the national baseline, and answers driven by structured queries. Depending on the problem, my work usually involves: โ†’ Data Extraction and Transformation [via scraping, crawling, browser/computer tools] โ†’ Hybrid, bottom-up and multi-stage retrieval โ†’ Metadata filtering and self-querying โ†’ Structured data and text-to-SQL โ†’ Reranking and contextual retrieval โ†’ Knowledge extraction and document intelligence โ†’ GraphRAG and knowledge graphs โ†’ Evaluation datasets and retrieval testing โ†’ Citations, provenance and grounding controls โ†’ LLM evaluation and monitoring โ†’ Model routing and fallback strategies โ†’ Token and infrastructure cost controls โ†’ Security and PII protection โ†’ Scalable APIs and background processing โ†’ Observability and production monitoring โ†’ Deployment, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure Day-to-day: Python/FastAPI, LangChain/LangGraph, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Claude, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Azure AI Search, Pinecone, Milvus, Qdrant, Weaviate, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and Azure. 6+ years in software and cloud engineering, AWS- and Microsoft Azure-certified, with contributions to the open-source LLM and retrieval ecosystem, including LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, and n8n. If you already have an AI product, I can help identify where retrieval, evaluation, reliability, architecture, security, or cost is holding it back. If you are starting from an idea, I can help determine the simplest architecture worth building first, validate it quickly, and develop it into something that can hold up in production.

Parveen K.

Certified ZOHO One Expert | CRM | Creator | Campaign and MarketingHub

Panchkula, India
$30 per hour
207 jobs
$700K+ total earnings
  • Zoho Books
  • Zoho Platform
  • API Development
  • API Integration
  • Zoho Analytics
  • Zoho Creator
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Desk
  • Zoho Projects
  • Zoho Recruit
  • Zoho Sprints
  • CRM Development
  • CRM Software
  • Zoho PageSense
  • Zoho Survey
  • CRM Automation
  • Zapier
  • Make.com
  • n8n
  • Chatbot

๐™๐Ž๐‡๐Ž ๐€๐”๐“๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐™๐„๐ƒ ๐๐€๐‘๐“๐๐„๐‘ | ๐‚๐‘๐Œ ๐€๐‘๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐“๐„๐‚๐“ | ๐€๐ˆ ๐€๐”๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ & ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‘๐“ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ โฐ Terrific Upwork History with 34000+ Hours & Counting ๐Ÿ… Top-Rated Plus Badge ๐Ÿ’ฏ 98% Job Success ๐Ÿ‘Œ High Client Recommendations ๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi, I'm Parveen, a Certified Zoho Expert with over 10 years of experience and a proven track record of delivering 500+ successful projects across diverse industries. I specialize in building custom Zoho solutions, automating workflows, and integrating third-party platforms to simplify and supercharge your business operations. From CRM customization to API development and Zoho Creator apps, I bring deep technical expertise to every project. ๐Ÿ’ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž Letโ€™s work together to build smart, scalable, and fully automated systems that align perfectly with your business goals. Whether you're just getting started with Zoho or need to optimize a complex setup, Iโ€™m here to help make it seamless and stress-free. ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž โœ… Tailored Zoho Widgets & Extensions โ€“ Custom screens and interfaces designed to your exact needs โœ… End-to-End Zoho Solutions โ€“ CRM, Finance Suite, E-commerce, and more โœ… Effortless Integrations โ€“ n8n, Twilio, Salesforce, HubSpot, Airtable, RingCentral, Zapier, Make, Zia LLM, ChatGPT & beyond โœ… Smart Workflow Automation โ€“ Streamlined, data-driven business processes โœ… Custom API Development โ€“ Secure, scalable, and fully tailored to your business โœ… E-commerce & Finance Expertise โ€“ Shopify, Amazon, Zoho Books & Inventory setups ๐Ÿ’ผ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ŸŒŸ Zoho Suite Mastery Expert-level experience with the entire Zoho ecosystem, including: Zoho CRM, Creator, Campaigns, Desk, Projects, Invoice, Books, People, Subscriptions, Recruit, Reports (Analytics), Inventory, Docs, Meeting, Sites, Commerce, and Zoho Flow โ€“ to automate and optimize your business operations. ๐ŸŒŸ Full-Stack Development Skilled in both front-end and back-end technologies: Front-end โ€“ HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Angular Back-end โ€“ Node.js, Python, Django, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Java ๐ŸŒŸ Database Management Proficient in handling both relational and NoSQL databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra ๐ŸŒŸ Cloud Platform Proficiency Hands-on experience with cloud services to build scalable, secure apps: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud ๐ŸŒŸ WordPress & CMS Expertise Custom theme development, plugin integration, and performance optimization using WordPress. ๐ŸŒŸ Programming Languages & Frameworks โœ… Languages โ€“ Python, PHP, Java, JavaScript โœ… Frameworks โ€“ Hibernate, Spring, JSF, Django, Flask, Laravel, CakePHP ๐Ÿ” ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ I am passionate about helping businesses leverage technology to improve operational efficiency, automate processes, increase revenue, and create scalable systems. Whether you need CRM implementation, workflow automation, custom development, system integrations, data migration, or strategic consulting, I'm here to help you succeed. I provide reliable post-implementation support, ongoing optimization, and quick turnaround for bug fixes and enhancements to ensure your systems continue running smoothly. โฐOpen to work in EST, CST, PST, and global time zones. ๐Ÿ“ฉ Reach out today to start a conversation about how I can contribute to your projectโ€™s success! Parveen Kumar Zoho Certified Consultant

chintan P.

QuickBooks|Xero|NetSuite|API Accounting Integration &Automation Expert

Ahmedabad, India
$30 per hour
87 jobs
$60K+ total earnings

120+ accounting and ERP integrations delivered. My biggest? A unified 6-platform accounting sync (QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Dynamics 365 Business Central) for Fraxion, an eProcurement SaaS used by 200,000+ users across 1,000+ companies. If your system needs to talk to an accounting or ERP platform, I have done it before. What I build: - Custom API integrations between your app/platform and accounting systems (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Sage, Dynamics 365, Zoho Books) - eCommerce-to-accounting sync (Shopify, WooCommerce, Linnworks to QuickBooks/Xero) - Invoice, payment, and financial data automation - SaaS product integrations for companies that want to offer accounting connectivity to their users - CRM-to-accounting workflows (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive to QuickBooks/Xero/NetSuite) Recent projects: - Cut manual data entry by 75% for a UK skincare brand by integrating Shopify, WooCommerce, HubSpot, Linnworks, Xero, and Stripe into one centralized platform - Built NetSuite integration for Calxa, an Australian budgeting software used by 1,300+ businesses - Automated multi-level tax reporting for a $5M IT company using QuickBooks Desktop - Turned an Excel-based nonprofit finance workflow into a cloud SaaS app with QuickBooks Online integration in 9 months - 80+ detailed case studies available in my portfolio below How I work: - Free 1-hour consultation on your integration challenge - Detailed project estimate within 24 hours - Fixed-scope or hourly, your choice - Full documentation and source code handover included - Post-launch support available Tech stack: Node.js, MERN, Python, .NET Core, PHP | AWS, Azure, GCP | n8n, Zapier, Make, Power Automate Platforms I integrate: Accounting: QuickBooks (Online and Desktop), Xero, Zoho Books, MYOB, Sage (50/100/200/300/Intacct/X3), Wave, FreshBooks ERP: NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Business Central, Acumatica, Odoo eCommerce: Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Linnworks, Amazon, eBay CRM: Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive I am the founder of Satva Solutions, a 15+ year integration-focused development firm. I personally lead every project from scoping through delivery. Send me a message or invite me to your job.

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What does a Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate do?

A Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate builds and secures data storage and processing systems on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. This specialist designs architectures that move raw information into usable formats for analytics and business intelligence teams. They construct pipelines that ingest batch files and live data streams, then transform that content using tools like Azure Databricks or Azure Synapse Analytics. The role requires deep knowledge of security protocols to protect sensitive data through encryption and access controls while maintaining high performance for complex queries.

  • Designs and implements Azure data storage structures such as data lakes and warehouses to support analytics workloads. This includes defining partitioning strategies and organizing serving layers so downstream applications can retrieve information quickly. The engineer selects appropriate storage tiers in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 to balance cost against retrieval speed requirements.
  • Develops data processing solutions that ingest, transform, and integrate both batch and stream workloads. They build pipelines in Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Pipelines to schedule jobs, handle incremental loads, and manage exceptions when failures occur. For real-time needs, the engineer configures Azure Stream Analytics or Apache Spark jobs to process events from Azure Event Hubs with windowed aggregates.
  • Secures data platforms by applying encryption, role-based access controls, and data masking techniques across all storage and compute resources. They configure auditing logs and retention policies to meet compliance standards and track who accesses specific datasets. The engineer also monitors system performance using Azure Monitor to troubleshoot failed jobs and optimize query speeds by tuning file handling and cluster configurations.

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  • Specify experience with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and partitioning strategies for analytics workloads.
  • List required tools such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Pipelines, and Azure Databricks for batch and stream processing.
  • Request proof of DP-203 certification and examples of secure pipeline configurations using encryption and access controls.

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  • Verify hands-on work with Azure Stream Analytics and Event Hubs for real-time data ingestion and windowed aggregates.
  • Check for implemented security measures like role-based access control, data masking, and audit logging in past projects.
  • Review case studies showing performance optimization through query tuning, file compaction, and pipeline failure handling.

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Discuss technical approaches to data modeling and pipeline orchestration. Schedule and conduct interviews within Upwork Messages, which generates an immediate transcript and summary after each session.

  • Ask how they handle incremental loads and exception handling in complex Azure Data Factory pipelines.
  • Explore their method for securing data platforms against unauthorized access while maintaining performance.
  • Discuss their experience troubleshooting failed jobs and optimizing Spark clusters in Azure Databricks environments.

Step 4: Agree on scope and begin work

Set clear milestones for designing storage structures and building processing pipelines. Use Upwork Messages and the contract workroom for communication and project management, supported by identity verification, payment protection, hourly tracking, and project funds for security.

  • Define deliverables for batch and stream processing solutions, including validation rules and error handling logic.
  • Establish metrics for monitoring pipeline health using Azure Monitor and logging frameworks.
  • Agree on a schedule for deploying secure data platform configurations and conducting performance tests.

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How much does hiring a Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate cost?

$500-$1,500 per project is a typical range for focused Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate work. Final pricing depends on scope, technical complexity, required integrations, source-material quality, revision needs, and the freelancer's experience level.

Storage architecture design

$500-$1,200/project

Entry-level to mid-level
  • Defined partitioning strategy for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
  • Configured role-based access controls and encryption policies
  • Written storage structure guidelines for analytics workloads

Batch pipeline development

$1,200-$2,500/project

Mid-level
  • Built Azure Data Factory workflows for incremental data loads
  • Coded Apache Spark jobs in Azure Databricks for data cleaning
  • Implemented exception handling and data quality checks

Stream processing setup

$2,500-$4,500/project

Mid-level to senior-level
  • Configured Azure Event Hubs for real-time data capture
  • Developed windowed aggregates using Azure Stream Analytics
  • Established state management and failure recovery mechanisms

Security and compliance hardening

$4,500-$7,000/project

Senior-level
  • Applied dynamic data masking and column-level security
  • Enabled retention policies and audit logging for sensitive data
  • Verified end-to-end encryption for data at rest and in transit

Performance optimization and monitoring

$7,000-$12,000/project

Expert-level
  • Optimized Synapse SQL queries and Spark job configurations
  • Instrumented Azure Monitor dashboards for pipeline health
  • Automated file compaction to reduce small-file overhead

Frequently asked questions

Is hiring a Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate worth it?

For most businesses, yes: hiring a Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate is worthwhile. This certification validates the ability to design secure storage structures and build reliable batch or stream processing pipelines on Microsoft Azure. You gain a freelancer who understands how to configure encryption, manage access controls, and optimize query performance without requiring extensive training on platform basics.

How do I evaluate Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate candidates?

Look for specific experience with Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Pipelines to confirm they can orchestrate complex workflows. Ask them to describe how they handled a failed pipeline run or optimized a slow Spark job in Azure Databricks, as this reveals their practical troubleshooting skills.

What tools does a Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate use?

These engineers primarily work with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 for storage and Azure Data Factory for pipeline orchestration. They also use Azure Databricks or Apache Spark for heavy transformations and Azure Stream Analytics for real-time data processing.

Can a Certified Microsoft Azure data engineer Associate handle real-time data?

Yes, they build stream processing solutions using Azure Event Hubs and Azure Stream Analytics. This allows them to ingest live data feeds, apply windowed aggregates, and manage checkpoints for continuous analytics.