Job Description :
Lead Data Engineer (AWS Big Data Kafka)
6 Months Contract
Santa Clara, CA
$80/hr c2c
Key Skills: AWS & Kafka
Primary Need-
A candidate who has worked on Data Pipelines on AWS.
Used AWS Big Data Stack - Kinesis, MKS, Redshift, Athena etc
Exp in Kafka a mustnbsp;
About the role:
Looking for experienced Lead Data Solution Engineer who has built data pipelines and data systems at scale using the Apache Open Source stack and the Hadoop ecosystem. They should have strong familiarity working in a AWS cloud environmentnbsp;Comfortable working with data engineers, product managers and product delivery teamsnbsp;
Key Responsibilities
Provide technical solution leadership in data engineering team, driving technology decisions, mentoring others, and contributing significantly on an individual level
Build frameworks to handle data at high scale using Apache Spark and data cataloging tools like Apache Hive, AWS Glue on top of a multi-tiered data lake storage
Use exploration and analytic tools like AWS Athena/Presto to probe and validate data
Build robust data processing pipelines using AWS Services and integrate with multiple data sources
Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to plan and define requirements
Experience with the following software/tools is highly desired
AWS Services: RDS, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, Apache Spark, Kafka, Hive, etc
SQL and NoSQL databases like MySQL, Postgres, Elasticsearch
AWS EMR
Familiarity with Spark programming paradigms (batch and stream-processing)
Strong programming skills in at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala. Familiarity with a scripting language like Python as well as Unix/Linux shells
AWS Athena
Strong analytical skills and advanced SQL knowledge, indexing, query optimization techniques.
Good to have ETL skills
Ability to translate data needs into detailed functional and technical designs for development, testing and implementation
Ability to serve as a liaison between technical, quality assurance and non-technical stakeholders throughout the development and deployment process
Qualifications & Experience
Candidates with 8+ years’ experience in data engineering, who have either obtained a Graduate degree in the field of Computer Science or related field, or Bachelor39;s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience in the above fields.