📍 Locations: Bentonville, AR & Sunnyvale, CA
🗓 Duration: Long-Term Contract
🛡️ Visa: Only H1B
🏢 Client: UST/Walmart
📌 Passport Number Required
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer with expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and big data technologies. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and maintain scalable data solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.
Responsibilities:
✔️ Big Data Development – Build and optimize big data applications using open-source technologies.
✔️ Data Modeling – Design logical and physical data models for big data platforms.
✔️ Workflow Automation – Implement automation using Apache Airflow.
✔️ Data Pipeline Creation – Develop pipelines with Apache Hive, Apache Spark, and Apache Kafka.
✔️ System Maintenance & Enhancements – Ensure system performance improvements and participate in on-call support.
✔️ Collaboration & Mentorship – Lead stand-ups, mentor junior engineers, and facilitate knowledge sharing.
✔️ Agile & Jira Management – Prioritize backlog using JIRA and serve as a key point of contact for business domains.
Required Qualifications:
✨ GCP Experience (4+ years) – Hands-on expertise in GCP Dataproc, GCS, and BigQuery.
✨ Total Experience (10 to 12 years) – Proven track record in data engineering, data warehousing, and data product development.
✨ Big Data Technologies (6+ years) – Strong experience with Hadoop, Hive, Spark, and Airflow.
✨ Schema & Data Modeling (5+ years) – Proficiency in designing schemas for data lakes and RDBMS platforms.
✨ Programming Skills – Expertise in Python, Java, and Scala.
✨ Scripting Skills – Familiarity with Perl and Shell scripting.
✨ Large-Scale Data Handling – Experience managing multi-TB/PB datasets.
✨ Agile & TDD – Exposure to test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks.
✨ Communication & Leadership – Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to lead independently.
✨ Education – Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
✅ Gitflow & Version Control
✅ Atlassian Suite – BitBucket, JIRA, Confluence
✅ CI/CD Tools – Bamboo, Jenkins, or TFS