Company:
Harnham
Location: Houston
Closing Date: 09/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
As a Lead Data Engineer you will:
- Design and implement scalable and reliable data pipelines to ingest, process, and store diverse data at scale, using technologies such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, and Kafka.
- Work within cloud environments like AWS or Azure to leverage services including but not limited to EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and Azure Data Lake for efficient data handling and processing.
- Develop and optimize data models and storage solutions (SQL, NoSQL, Data Lakes) to support operational and analytical applications, ensuring data quality and accessibility.
- Utilize ETL tools and frameworks (e.g., Apache Airflow, Talend) to automate data workflows, ensuring efficient data integration and timely availability of data for analytics.
- Collaborate closely with data scientists, providing the data infrastructure and tools needed for complex analytical models, leveraging Python or R for data processing scripts.
- Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies, implementing best practices in data encryption, masking, and access controls within a cloud environment.
- Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines and databases for performance issues, applying tuning techniques to optimize data access and throughput.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and methodologies in data engineering, advocating for and implementing improvements to the data ecosystem.
What We Need From You
- Bachelor's Degree computer science, MIS, or other business discipline and 10+ years of experience in data engineering, with a proven track record in designing and operating large-scale data pipelines and architectures Req or
- Master's Degree computer science, MIS, or other business discipline and 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a proven track record in designing and operating large-scale data pipelines and architectures Req
- Expertise in developing ETL/ELT workflows
- Comprehensive knowledge of platforms and services like Databricks, Dataiku, and AWS native data offerings
- Solid experience with big data technologies (Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka) and cloud services (AWS, Azure) related to data processing and storage
- Strong experience in AWS and Azure cloud services, with hands-on experience in integrating cloud storage and compute services with Databricks
- Proficient in SQL and programming languages relevant to data engineering (Python, Java, Scala)
- Hands on RDBMS experience (data modeling, analysis, programming, stored procedures)
- Familiarity with machine learning model deployment and management practices is a plus
- Strong communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Preferred
- Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark Preferred
- Azure Data Engineer Associate Preferred
- or other relevant certifications. Preferred
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