Data Engineer Graduate Program - (Jun 2024)

Our Graduate Program

Cognizant's culture is highly collaborative, with associates working together on cross-functional or cross-business projects across the world. Cognizant's graduate program prepares aspiring, capable and qualified individuals to work and thrive in a rapidly changing, technology-driven world. There are also numerous events, activities and projects which will introduce you to more of your Cognizant colleagues for opportunities to share, learn and grow with each other and give back to the community together. Ultimately, look forward to being part of client engagement projects, where you will have the support of senior leaders and experienced associates to be a partner to our clients through the digital transformation.

Graduate Analyst - Data Engineer

As in our Artificial Intelligence & Analytics (AI&A) practice, you will to be mentored by industry experts within Cognizant and draw from them to gain a solid understanding of business and market challenges. Practical experience and applications of information research will enhance the graduate’s individual learning and expert feedback will help further skills development.

Key competencies you will gain:

• Data warehousing fundamentals such as ANSI-SQL, DW basics, programming fundamentals and ETL concepts, cloud solutions.
• Tools such as Teradata, Informatica, Tableau, Oracle 12c PL/SQL, Qlikview, R Programming, Python.

What does success look like?

We are looking for motivated graduates who:

• Have a passion for technology and emerging technologies.
• Possess a strong attitude to learning and are willing to push past their personal and professional limits.
• Have excellent communication skills and flexibility are a must, as we operate in a highly diverse and dynamic work environment.
• Strong customer focus and customer-centric approach to work outcomes.
• Capability to undertake a consulting position, evidenced by well-developed oral and written communication skills, analytical and conceptual skills.
• Ability to effectively report and manage or escalate risk(s) and issue(s).
• Be a team player

To be eligible, you will need to:

• Have graduated with a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics or similar.
• Have exposure to at least one programming language such as Java, JavaScript, React, C++, C#, SQL, Python etc.
• Have less than 2 years of related work experience. 
• Be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

Next Steps:

If you are interested to kick start your career with us, please apply now along with the latest version of your CV.