Azure Synapse Administration

Infosys is seeking an Azure Synapse Administration - In this role, you will enable digital transformation for our clients in a global delivery model, research on technologies independently, recommend appropriate solutions and contribute to technology-specific best practices and standards. You will provide inputs for identifying best-fit architectural solutions for one or more projects; develop design of applications, provide regular support and guidance to project teams on complex coding and issue resolution with the objective of ensuring best-fit and high-quality technical solutions within the area of technology specialization and in compliance with guidelines, policies and norms of Infosys. You will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidate must be located within commuting distance of Plano, TX or be willing to relocate to the area. This position may require travel within the US
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education
• At least 4 years of experience with Information Technology
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time
• Proven years of hands-on experience in Azure, Databricks, Azure Synapse Administration
• Provision, configure, and maintain Azure Synapse workspaces across Dev/Test/Prod.
  Manage access, permissions, and workspace security using Azure RBAC, Synapse roles, and Managed Identities
• Configure and govern linked services, integration settings, workspace firewalls, and network security controls (Private Endpoints when applicable)
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, SOPs, and operational checklists
• Experience on Spark (Synapse Spark Pools / Apache Spark) Operations:
  Administer Synapse Spark pools: sizing, autoscale, auto-pause, libraries, spark configs, and session management.
  Troubleshoot Spark job failures: executor/memory issues, shuffle, skew, timeouts, cluster resource bottlenecks.
  Optimize Spark workloads using partitioning, caching strategy, broadcast joins, and file formats (Parquet/Delta where applicable).
  Manage Spark libraries, dependency conflicts, version control, and environment stability
• Experience on Synapse SQL Pools (Dedicated + Serverless):
  Administer Dedicated SQL pools (formerly SQL DW): workload management, distribution strategies, partitions, materialized views, indexing (where applicable).
  Support Serverless SQL: external tables, views, performance patterns, and query tuning.
  Handle backup/restore strategy and DR readiness for Synapse components as per project needs.
  Monitor DWU usage, concurrency, query performance, and implement cost controls
• Experience designing and implementing complex solutions for distributed systems
• Experience in leading and mentoring teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Relational Modeling, Dimensional Modeling and Modeling of Unstructured Data
• Familiarity with log and monitoring solutions
• Experience in utilizing development containers, unit testing/code quality review/linting - standard best practice
• Good understanding of Agile software development frameworks
• Strong communication and Analytical skills
• Ability to work in teams in a diverse, multi-stakeholder environment comprising of Business and Technology teams
• Experience and desire to work in a global delivery environment
• Experience with Generative AI frameworks: OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain
• Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar AI integration standards.
• Experience and detailed knowledge with Master Data Management, ETL, Data Quality, metadata management, data profiling, micro-batches, streaming data loads

The job entails extensive amount of travel. The job also entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face.

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits: -

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Client-provided location(s): Plano, TX

Job ID: Infosys-144210BR

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-03-02T18:36:50