Big Data Engineer

Grow your career as a Big Data Engineer with an innovative global bank in Mississauga, Ontario. Contract role with strong possibility of extension or conversion. Will require working a hybrid schedule 3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 11+ Months
Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of Big Data development experience.
• Strong solid understanding of the Big Data architecture and the ability to trouble shoot performance and/or development issues on Hadoop (Cloudera preferably)
• Hands-on experience working with Hive, Impala, Kafka, HBase, Spark for data curation/conformance related work.
• Strong proficiency in Spark for development work related to curation/conformance.
• Strong Scala development (with previous Java background) preferred.
• Experience with Spark/Kafka or equivalent streaming/batch processing and event-based messaging.
• Experience working in a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery environment and familiarity with tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, SonarQube, OpenShift, ECS, or Kubernetes.
• Proficient in industry-standard best practices such as Design Patterns, Coding Standards, Coding modularity, and Prototyping.
• Experience with data visualization tools and techniques for presenting data insights effectively.
• Agile development experience working in agile and scaled agile teams.
• Strong data analysis skills and the ability to slice and dice the data as needed for business reporting.
• Relational SQL (Oracle, SQL Server), NoSQL (MongoDB) and Cache (Couchbase) database integration and data distribution principles experience
• Leadership & Mentorship: Ability to guide and mentor junior developers, fostering a collaborative team environment and promoting professional growth.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

What You Will Be Doing

• Utilize in-depth knowledge and hands-on skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
• Will work very closely with and manage the work of a team of data engineers working on a Big Data Platform.
• Manage one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals
• Review/analyze/develop proposed technical solutions for projects
• Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
• Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when necessary