Big Data Etl Developer

Location: Remote/Hybrid if local to Maryland

Position Summary:

This position will be supporting and working on one of Sparksoft’s technical projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in developing data ingestion and transformation ETL processes for analytical data loads, from a technical perspective.

Responsibilities:

• Selecting and integrating any Big Data tools and frameworks required to provide requested capabilities.
• Transition of legacy ETLs with Java and Hive queries to Spark ETLs.
• Interface with business stakeholders to understand requirements and offer solutions.
• Performance tuning of end-to-end ETL integration processes.
• Good experience working on AWS Cloud.
• Monitoring performance and advising any necessary infrastructure changes
• Design, develop, test and release ETL solutions including data quality validations and metrics that follow data governance and standardization best practices.
• Analyze and recommend optimal approach for obtaining data from diverse source systems.
• Develop Spark programs on Databricks to perform tasks like data cleansing, validation, standardization, and then applied transformations as per the use cases.
• Work closely with the data architects, who maintain the data models, including data dictionaries/metadata registry.
• Designing and Developing Databricks engineering solutions on AWS cloud.

Required Skills:

• Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles and hands on experience in Big Data Analytics and development
• Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Experience of using Databricks
• Good knowledge of Hadoop and Spark ecosystems including HDFS, Hive, Spark, Yarn.
• Ability to lead designing and implementation of ETL data pipelines.
• Experience developing data quality checks and reporting to verify ETL rules and identify data anomalies.
• Experience in designing and developing applications in Spark using Scala that work with different file formats like Text, Sequence, Xml, parquet and Avro
• Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years
• Experience in building ,maintaining Unix shell script
• Techniques for testing ETL data pipelines either manual or using tools.
• Strong SQL coding; Strong experience in Scala and Java , understanding of SQL and No SQL statement optimization/tuning.

Desired Skills:

• AWS development using big data technologies. (Good to have)
• AWS cloud certified, Databricks and Snowflake experience a plus.
• Experience of using build tools Ant, SBT Maven (Good to have)

Education/Experience Level:

• 5+ years of Bigdata ETL development experience.
• 4+ years of AWS big data experience.
• 4+ years of experience tuning Spark/Java coding, SQL and No SQL.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years’ experience or 10+ years of experience in the software development field.
• 3+ years of experience developing data validation checks and quality reporting.

Sparksoft is a certified Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) SVC and DEV Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Small, Women-owned, Minority-owned (SWaM), and MBE/DBE/SBE consulting firm. With our focused mission “to ignite innovation, inspire transformation, and implement digital solutions for a healthier nation”, we specialize in 6 specific digital health services: Test Automation, Cloud Services, DevOps Delivery, Cyber Security, Data Science, and Human-Centered Design. Since 2004, our exceptionally skilled people, proven leadership, and optimized processes all work together relentlessly to continuously push for more efficient solutions.

Sparksoft is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws.

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