Senior Data Engineer with Deep Ab Initio and Hadoop exp - Atlanta, GA (Onsite)

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Big data
JAVA
Python
data engineer
Hadoop
Data Quality
Data Lake
Metadata
Ab Initio

Job Details

Role Name: Senior Data Engineer with Deep Ab Initio and Hadoop experience
Location: Atlanta, GA (Onsite)
Duration: 12 Months
 

JOB DESCRIPTION:
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to be part of our scrum teams and perform functional and system development for Hadoop applications for our Enterprise Data Lake initiative.

This is a high-visibility, fast-paced, key initiative that will integrate data across internal and external sources, provide analytical insights, and integrate with our critical systems.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Participate in the agile development process
• Develop functional and technical specifications from business requirements for the commercial platform
• Ensure application quality and adherence to performance requirements
• Help create project estimates and plans, and represent the engineering team in project meetings and solution discussions
• Participate in the code review process
• Work with team members to achieve business results in a fast-paced and quickly changing environment
• Pair up with data engineers to develop cutting-edge analytic applications, leveraging Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, and in-memory data grids
• Mentor and influence up and down the chain of command
• Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned

Qualifications / Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field, such as Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, or Econometrics, and a minimum of 10 years of experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with and developing big data solutions
• Expertise in the following Ab Initio tools: GDE (Graphical Development Environment), Co-Operating System, Control Center, Metadata Hub, Enterprise Meta-Environment, Enterprise Meta-Environment Portal, Acquire-It, Express-It, Conduct-It, Data Quality Environment, and Query-It
• Hands-on experience writing shell scripts, complex SQL queries, Hadoop commands, and Git
• Ability to write abstracted, reusable code components
• Programming experience in at least two of the following languages: Scala, Java, or Python

Desired Characteristics:
• Strong business acumen
• Critical thinking and creativity
• Performance tuning experience
• Experience developing Hive, Sqoop, Spark, Kafka, and HBase on Hadoop
• Familiarity with Ab Initio, Hortonworks, Zookeeper, and Oozie is a plus
• Willingness to learn new technologies quickly
• Superior oral and written communication skills, as well as the willingness to collaborate across teams of internal and external technical staff, business analysts, software support, and operations staff
• Strong business acumen, including a broad understanding of Synchrony Financial business processes and practices

Skill: Ab Initio

 

Best Regards,

Chetna

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