Zebra data engineer recruitment 2026: Power BI role in Bengaluru

The Zebra data engineer recruitment 2026 listing carries two names for one job. The requisition on the careers portal is titled Data Engineer.I. The description printed under it is written for a Power BI developer and administrator.

Both sit on the same page. Zebra does not explain the gap, so both are reported here and neither is resolved. Read the description first, because the description is the work.

The job is in Bengaluru. Zebra put the page up on 25 August 2026 and shows 31 August 2026 as the closing date. The listing records the hiring entity as Symbol Technologies India Private Limited. The portal and the job page are Zebra's own.

Zebra says it builds connected frontline, asset visibility and automation solutions. It says firms in retail, manufacturing and transportation use them. So do firms in logistics, healthcare and other industries.

What the work involves

The Zebra data engineer recruitment 2026 page splits the job in two. One half is building reports. The other half is running the Power BI service that hosts them.

Five duties sit on the build side.

• Turn business requirements into technical specifications and analytical workflows.
• Connect to backend enterprise systems. The page names SQL databases, cloud warehouses and APIs. The point, it says, is to move past flat Excel files.
• Design data schemas, with Star and Snowflake named, and set up clean table relationships.
• Write DAX queries, calculations and measures, and do the transformation and cleansing work in Power Query.
• Build dashboards that are easy to read. The page uses the phrase data storytelling.

Four more sit on the admin side.

• Set up and run workspaces, app publishing pipelines and deployment environments.
• Configure Row-Level Security, and manage who can see and share each report.
• Configure and troubleshoot on-premises and cloud data gateways, plus the automated refresh schedules.
• Watch report performance, find bottlenecks and clear dataset refresh errors.

One line at the top of the page ties the halves together. You talk to business stakeholders about what they need to see. Then you build that view, publish it, and keep it running.

The experience bar, stated plainly

This is the part of the Zebra data engineer recruitment 2026 page to check first. It asks for 1 to 2 years of hands-on experience building and administering Power BI environments. The word actual sits in that sentence on the page.

So this is not a fresher opening. A 2026 pass out with no work experience does not clear the first required line. The title says Data Engineer.I, but the requirement under it does not read as a starter role.

Four more required items follow it.

• SQL you can write and tune. The page names joins, aggregations and subqueries.
• Experience connecting to and querying modern cloud database platforms.
• Core Power BI: Desktop, Service, data gateways and complex DAX measures.
• Analytical reasoning. The page describes it as asking clarifying questions and unpacking a requirement.

On the cloud platforms, the page lists Snowflake, Databricks, Azure SQL, BigQuery and Redshift. It introduces that list with the words such as. So it is an open list of examples, not five boxes you have to tick.

What the page leaves out matters too. It names no degree, so no branch and no percentage bar are printed on it. No batch year appears. No salary figure is published. No number of openings is given.

What Zebra counts as a plus

The Zebra data engineer recruitment 2026 listing then turns to preferred skills. Preferred is not required, and the page keeps the two apart.

• Exposure to Microsoft Fabric, with OneLake and Lakehouses named.
• Experience querying data in Google Cloud Platform, where BigQuery is named a second time.
• The Microsoft PL-300 certification, or basic familiarity with Power Platform tools such as Power Apps and Power Automate.

Zebra also lists what it offers on flexibility. Hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and one companywide well being day a year. That sentence starts with the word including, so the page does not present the list as complete.

How Zebra says it handles your application

Two statements on this page are worth reading before you apply. Both are Zebra's own.

The first is about AI. Zebra says it uses AI technology to assess applications against objective, job relevant criteria. It also says its own team makes every interview and hiring decision.

The second is a fraud notice. Zebra says its recruiters always contact candidates from @zebra.com email accounts. Applications are accepted only through its applicant tracking system. Personal identifying information goes through that same system and nowhere else. Zebra says its talent acquisition team will not ask for those details by email or outside the system.

That is a clearer test than any warning we could write. A message from a free email address, or a request for money or documents outside the portal, is not Zebra. Applying is free on the Zebra portal and free on Classic Jobs.

Apply on the Zebra careers portal, against requisition JR102916, Data Engineer.I in Bengaluru. The page shows 31 August 2026 as the last date.

Quick answers on the Zebra data engineer recruitment 2026 listing

Can a fresher apply?

The first required line asks for 1 to 2 years of hands-on Power BI work. A candidate with no experience does not meet it.

Which degree does Zebra ask for?

None is named on the listing. There is no branch, no percentage cut off and no batch year on the page.

Do I need all five cloud platforms?

No. Snowflake, Databricks, Azure SQL, BigQuery and Redshift are given as examples after the words such as.

Is the PL-300 certificate compulsory?

No. It sits in the preferred block. Next to it is basic familiarity with Power Platform tools such as Power Apps and Power Automate.

Where is the job based?

Bengaluru. The listing names no second city, and it offers no remote option.

What is the salary?

Zebra has not published one. Any figure quoted for the Zebra data engineer recruitment 2026 role did not come from this page.

When does it close?

31 August 2026, as shown on the listing. It went up on 25 August 2026.

If the experience line rules you out today, these three are worth a look.

• The Barclays data analyst opening in Pune
• A Citi analyst role in Chennai
• The Deloitte services associate role in Hyderabad and Bengaluru

More sit on our engineering openings page and our BCA and B.Sc listings.

Source: Zebra careers portal, Data Engineer.I, Bengaluru.