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Job Title: Application Programmer III - Data-Ops Engineer
Location: Jersey City, NJ (NJ2-101-06-01)
Duration: 12 months, Onsite 3 days per week, Travel as needed
Pay Range: $68.26 (W2)
Job ID: 371718
About BCforward
BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.
Job Description
We are seeking a Data-Ops Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in HDFS, Spark, Hive/Impala, Python, and workflow orchestration and a proven ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data ingestion and transformation pipelines across hybrid environments.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows across hybrid platforms.
- Manage job schedules and resolve ingestion and transformation failures.
- Optimize pipeline performance and address bottlenecks to meet SLAs.
- Contribute to CI/CD build and release pipelines and environment promotions.
- Automate repetitive operational tasks and implement health checks.
- Document operational run-books and drive incident triage, RCA, and remediation.
- Collaborate with release management and offshore teams to ensure platform stability.
- Provide concise status updates and communicate risks and mitigations.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Hands-on expertise with HDFS, Spark, Hive/Impala, and Python data processing.
- Proficiency in debugging job failures, ingestion issues, and performance bottlenecks.
- Experience with schedulers/orchestrators such as Airflow, Oozie, or ADF, and version control using Git.
- Familiarity with build/release pipelines in Azure DevOps or Jenkins and environment promotion practices.
- Incident management experience including triage, RCA, remediation, and on-call participation.
- Monitoring and alerting using Cloudera Manager, logs, and metrics with a focus on SLA and MTTR.
- Shell scripting and automation of operational tasks and health checks.
- Clear communication and collaboration skills for cross-team coordination.
- Basic knowledge of Azure/Databricks jobs, clusters, and storage integrations.
- Strong analytical thinking and documentation discipline.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with data quality frameworks and validation rules.
- Knowledge of Delta Lake, checkpoints, and resilient patterns on Databricks.
- Exposure to security and compliance controls including RBAC, secrets, and audit.
- Familiarity with SRE practices such as error budgets and run-book automation.
Why BCforward?
At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Opportunities for growth with global clients.
- A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.
Additional Details
Start: ASAP
Onsite Requirement: 3 days per week in Jersey City, NJ.
Submission Note: Include current location and intended on-location availability in the resume.
Hours per Day: 8
Labor Type: Technical
Respond by Date: 05/18/2026
About Our Commitment
BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
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