Big Data Engineer (Remote)

As a (Big Data) Software Engineer you’ll use your data engineering knowledge to provide scalable enterprise data integration processes and technical support for our data management systems. In this role, you will be responsible for understanding data requirements, security requirements, metadata, design, development, and testing activities to successfully implement and support the needs of the business.

You will grow a long-term career while continuously receiving hands-on training and mentorship from senior level architects and developers in our data services organization.

As a Big Data Engineer, you will

• Provide a high quality and reliable solution to solve business problems
• Develop and maintain relationships with key business and technology partners
• Demonstrate ability to set and manage own priorities effectively in a dynamic organization.
• Ensure successful implementation and support of project efforts by working with team on integration activities.
• Work with business areas and IT to ensure integrity and proper integration for all sources of enterprise data.
• Be an effective listener, who can give timely and constructive feedback. Is willing to state opinions assertively and deals constructively with conflict situations. A problem solver as well as willing to comprise for a common effective and efficient solution
• Identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Work closely with business analysis and application owners to review and detail project requirements and design.
• Passionate about distributed processing and very large scale solutions.
• Support enforcement of security and access control measurements to safeguard database authentication and authorization infrastructure
• Assist in the preparation of designs and technical and/or functional specifications.
• Effectively estimate tasks and successfully deliver upon committed dates.
• Review and manage work assignments (includes support cases) for team in an Agile environment.
• Provide technical representation and communicate with customers until issue is resolved.
• Perform code reviews and work with teammates according to company coding standards and best practices.
• Development of Solutions. Duties include construction of basic and/or complex solutions based on functional and technical specifications. Creation of operational specifications and procedures. Definition, documentation, and execution of unit test cases. Support Quality Services and User Acceptance testing. Definition, creation and execution of implementation processes and procedures. Assist in task identification, planning, and tracking.
• Participate in production on-call rotation, where required.
• Work as a team; cross train as well communicate effectively and efficiently in a virtual team environment.

About you

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent years of relevant work experience
• Clear understanding of the Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Strong experience working with Hadoop/Big Data technologies; i.e Hadoop, MapR, No-SQL Database capability
• 3 plus years of ETL programming
• Clear understanding of the differences of the multiple data management systems available; i.e. HDFS, Cassandra, HIVE, HBase
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and distributed computation
• Strong knowledge of Linux scripting, BASH, KSH, Jenkins
• Experience using tools such as Atlassian (Jira), Wiki, Visual Studio, TFS, Power Designer, Tortoise/SVN, is a plus
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Travel industry experience is a plus
• Clear understanding of HDFS file types and when to use which
• Strong analytical capabilities, data processing development background and multiple DBMS experience
• 3 plus years of Java, Scala, Maven, Python, Spark, SparkSQL, SparkML NoSQL development, AWS Cloud services experience; Lambda, Glue, Redshift, etc.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (SQL, NoSQL)

• An inclusive work environment where diversity is celebrated
• A compensation package that feels fair to you, including mental, physical, and financial wellbeing tools
• Travel industry professional perks and discounts
• Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge
• Flexible working hours and work-from-home or remote opportunities
• Opportunities to grow your skillset and career

At BCD Travel we value you, our culture and success is defined by you. We carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors, including your professional background and experience. The salary range for candidates in applicable jurisdictions in the US for the position of Big Data Engineer is between $103 000 and $130 000. The actual pay depends on your skills, qualifications, experience and geographical location.

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