Database/Data Engineer

Role: Database/Data Engineer
Location: Charlotte, NC (Fully onsite)
Rate: Market
Duration: Long term
The primary role of the Developer - Database/Data Engineer is to function as a critical member of a data team by designing data integration solutions that deliver business value in line with the company's objectives. They are responsible for the design and development of data/batch processing, data manipulation, data mining, and data extraction/transformation/loading into large data domains using Python/Pyspark and AWS tools.
Responsibilities:

• Provide scoping, estimating, planning, design, development, and support services to a project.
• Identify and develop the technical detail design document.
• Work with developers and business areas to design, configure, deploy, and maintain custom ETL Infrastructure to support project initiatives.
• Design and develop data/batch processing, data manipulation, data mining, and data extraction/transformation/loading (ETL Pipelines) into large data domains.
• Document and present solution alternatives to clients, which support business processes and business objectives.
• Work with business analysts to understand and prioritize user requirements.
• Design, development, test, and implement application code.
• Follow proper software development lifecycle processes and standards.
• Quality Analysis of the products, responsible for the Defect tracking and Classification.
• Track progress and intervene as needed to eliminate barriers and ensure delivery.
• Resolve or escalate problems and manage risk for both development and production support.
• Coordinate vendors and contractors for specific projects or systems.
• Maintain deep knowledge and awareness of technical & industry best practices and trends, especially in technology & methodologies.

• Developer experience specifically focusing on Data Engineering.
• Hands-on experience in Development using Python and Pyspark as an ETL tool.
• Experience in AWS services like Glue, Lambda, MSK (Kafka), S3, Step functions, RDS, EKS etc.
• Experience in Databases like Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase etc.
• Experience with SQL database programming, SQL performance tuning, relational model analysis, queries, stored procedures, views, functions, and triggers.
• Strong technical experience in Design (Mapping specifications, HLD, LLD), Development (Coding, Unit testing).
• Knowledge in developing UNIX scripts, Oracle SQL/PL-SQL.
• Experience with data models, data mining, data analysis and data profiling.
• Experience in working with REST API's.
• Experience in workload automation tools like Control-M, Autosys etc.
• Good knowledge in CI/CD DevOps process and tools like Bitbucket, GitHub, Jenkins.
• Strong experience with Agile/SCRUM methodology.
• Experience with other ETL tools (DataStage, Informatica, Pentaho, etc.).
• Knowledge in MDM, Data warehouse and Data Analytics.