Job Description :
Title: Senior Data Engineer
Location: Partial Remote or Omaha, Nebraska
Duration: Full Time
Job description:
The core focus of this role will be:
Designing, developing, and deploying of assigned data processes, including ETL/ELT data pipelines, file feeds, reports, and dashboards.
While managing and actively participating in the data governance process.
Our ideal candidate has a passion for data and BI, is an analytical thinker, and can act as Data Subject Matter expert.
In addition, someone who has strong communication skills, is a great collaborator and mentor, possesses a high level of experience with Hadoop and one who will complete tasks on-time with high quality results will be successful in this role.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Proactively Communicate Issues.
Build and tune data models.
Develop data visualization, dashboards, reports.
Develop data pipelines and file feeds, ETL, ELT processes.
Create a data driven story with data visualizations and recommendations, package it via tools like PPT, Tableau, etc. and deliver to internal and external audience at various levels.
Manage Data Governance (integrity, quality, lineage, metadata)
Be a thought leader in the data and analytics space.
Be a consultant and a liaison to internal and external teams.
Mentor and encourage newer, less experienced members of the team.
Communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally with internal West Teams, Customers, and Executives.
Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor''s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in computer science, MIS, or a related field is required.
Equivalent work experience in a similar position may be substituted for education requirements.
Experience:
Minimum 5 years of experience with data analysis and migration to include experience in the analysis or design of applications or systems to store and extract data.
Minimum 3 year of experience with telecommunications billing preferred.
Minimum 3 years of experience with one or more of the following areas: software development, database development (Oracle preferred), business analysis, systems integration or system administration.
Minimum 1 year of experience writing detailed test plans for small to medium sized projects preferred.
Technical Skills/Proficiency:
Minimum 4 years of experience with SQL required.
Any of the following scripting languages: Python, Pig, R, SAS, SPSS, Perl, C or any other scripting language
Ability to produce production ready code, deploy code into production.
Any of the following Relational Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Informix, SQL Server, Oracle DB, Greenplum, Vertica, DB2 or any other RDBMS system.
Hadoop environments and the tools associated within the environment such as: YARN, Sqoop, Impala, Flume, Hive, Dril, Hawk or any other similar tools.
Intermediate knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required.
Knowledge of Systems and / or Database Security mechanisms (Encryption, Data Loss Prevention, etc is highly preferred.