Big Data Solutions Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Big Data Engineer who will be responsible for enabling senior leadership to drive the overall data strategy. You will be responsible for the planning, implementation, administration of strategic data projects. You will need to be able to confidently communicate with teams, and stakeholders, enjoy the challenge of problem-solving, and knowledge of best practices to guide the data strategy team to build easy to use end data products.

This role requires you to be hands-on and posess a strong RDBMS/NoSQL background, You will be responsible for providing the technical expertise and oversight on design and implementation of mission critical, high-volume, high-availability data environments.

Responsibilities:

You must be able to manage the full data engineering lifecycle, from architecture and design, data analysis, software development, QA, capacity planning and managing the analytics environment as a whole. You will collaborate with other teams in the business to design, develop and deploy data tools that support both operations and product use cases. You will preform offline analysis of large data sets using components from the Hadoop ecosystem.

You will need to be confident to evaluate and advise on technical aspects of open work requests in the product backlog with the project lead. You will manage project plans, timelines, the companies relationship with clients, ensuring that all projects are deliver of the highest quality, on time, and within budget.

Experience Required:

You must be proficient using technologies such as, Python, Scala, Spark, HBase, SQL, MapReduce, ETL, Kafka, Mongo, Postgres, Visualization technologies etc. You must possess a flair for data, schema, data model and use your skillsets to show how we can be more efficient in big data related life cycle. You must be proficient with agile or lean development practices. You will be required to train, develop and teach more junior data engineers to a high standard.

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science or related area
4-8 years software development experience
Minimum 2 Year Experience on Big Data Platform

I am keen to have an initial discussion with anyone who feels this could potentially be of interest.

Please contact Andrew McSparran, Executive Search Consultant at MPA Recruitment on
+44 (0)28 7136 0070 or send an up to date CV via the link provided to speak further about this opportunity.

All conversations will be treated in the strictest of confidence.