An Azure Data Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining data solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform. They create and manage data storage, ensure data security and compliance, and develop pipelines for data processing and analytics. These professionals work with tools like Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure Synapse Analytics to streamline data workflows, enabling organizations to extract valuable insights and make data-driven decisions efficiently within the Azure cloud ecosystem. If you are aspiring to get into this field, then check out this video about Upendra Joshi and how he became an Azure Data Engineer with a 300% salary hike just after completing Intellipaat's devops and cloud computing.