Careers

The Big Data Lead Developer is responsible for design and development of core platform that enables the delivery and construction processes for the Data Management, Data Discovery and Analytics group, leveraging emerging big data technologies.

• The individual is a subject matter expert technologist with strong Java experience and very knowledgeable with utilization and integration of Open Source software.
• The individual has deep understanding and application of enterprise software design for implementation of data services and middleware
• The individual should also function as a Solution Architect, must be a visionary, and execution driven.
• The individual must have successful experience in Big Data implementations for large data integration initiatives.
• Day-to-day activities will vary widely based on the state of the organization's priorities and needs at that point in time.
• As such, this individual must be comfortable with flexibility in their role.
• They must be able to operate in a relaxed, yet confident manner, without explicit hierarchy and structure governing work.
• An affinity towards, and appreciation of, an influence-based and entrepreneurial culture is critical for success.

• Component Software Design & Development.
• Ensuring excellent practices are utilized in delivering Big Data Management and Integration Solutions.
• Ensuring design decisions can be actioned by the development team.
• Participating in agile development projects.
• Acting as a role model for all best practices, ensuring consistency across entire team.
• Mentoring technical development team on optimal utilization of Big Data solutions and Apache Open Source Software. Helping build a great team.
• Leveraging new and emerging practices for Enterprise Data Architecture.
• Engage in enterprise-level systems component design and implementation.
• Systems integration, including design and development of APIs, Adapters, and Connectors.
• Integration with Hadoop/HDFS, Real-Time Systems, Data Warehouses, and Analytics solutions.
• Write and maintain reference architectures and systems design best practices guidelines.

• Excellent analytical, communication, organizational and problem-solving skills coupled with a strong work ethic
• Ability to translate business requirements into functional requirements documentation.
• 9+ years’ experience with full development lifecycle from inception through implementation leveraging Java and various Java frameworks
• 4+ years architecting and implementing applications leveraging common patterns such as SEDA, Lambda, Kappa and similar data processing architectures.
• 4+ years implementing Big Data technologies including Spark, HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Sqoop, and similar technologies.
• 4+ years leveraging big data consumption tools such as Impala, Hive, Drill, or similar query engines.
• 4+ years’ experience with Scala and similar Big Data oriented languages
• Experience with development, deployment, and support of large-scale distributed applications in a mission-critical production environment.
• Test-infected attitude (strong desire to perform thorough and exhaustive unit, integration and system testing).
• Preparing test plans and performing system testing
• Experience with TDD utilizing test data, jUnit and Mockito
• Experience with JSON, XML, XSD and JAXB
• Experience with Change Management and Incident Management process
• Strong experience in using Eclipse, Maven, Jenkins, SVN, JIRA, Control M or equivalent tools
• Ability to work independent as well as in a team environment
• Able to take the challenges of new technology and provide a production worthy output
• Experience with common frameworks like Spring, Apache, Hibernate (or similar ORM tools), REST such as Jersey, JSON, etc.
• Be a self-starter and be able to reach out to various groups to get the requirements to completion

Desired Skills:

• 3+ years working with Open Source Java frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, Mule ESB, Jersey or similar).
• Experience with Javascript (JQuery, modern MV* such as Ember or Angular).
• Strong working knowledge of Oracle RDBMS.
• Experience with Linux shell scripts is nice to have
• Experience with Data Management is an added advantage

• Experience in design and implementation of a digital strategy to modernize an existing large-scale application on distributed technology. Client embraces AGILE methodology and Open Source technologies.
• They are looking for a talented Software Engineer who has a passion for their craft and seeking to get the job done right for the best outcome for our clients. You will self-motivated and have a passion for technology and creative problem solving.

• Requirements Analysis
• Application design and implementation
• Automated testing
• Application deployment
• Second/Third level support of applications

• Hands on experience of 8+ years on Java8, J2EE, RESTful Services and front-end technologies is required
• Expert with agile development process and project management tools like Jira
• Experience building apps, Microservices from the ground up and scaling at an enterprise level
• Experience with Open Source tools and frameworks such as Spring, Junit, is required
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, MQ and JMS) is a plus
• Experience with build and CI tools such as Git, Maven, and Jenkins
• Experience using web servers, application containers, caching technologies and cloud-based technologies like Docker, Containers, AWS is a plus
• Solid knowledge of relational database (Oracle, SQL Server) design and development (SQL, stored procedures, data modeling) and understanding of NoSQL databases (Vertica, MongoDB)
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Proven ability to write automated unit and integration tests for front-end and back-end code
• Experience using advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, ReactJS is a plus
• Financial Services experience, especially in Alternative Investment is a plus

• Cloud and AWS Developer / Architect

• Creating a centralized AWS Systems Manager (Systems Manager) account
• Identifying all instances without an existing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance profile, and associate a basic Systems Manager role across all accounts via scripted automation
• Identify all Amazon EC2 instances that have existing roles within Systems Manager
• Creating reporting capabilities for all communicating instances
• Identifying script shell and power shell for Linux and Windows instances (third party software) for agent installation
• Performing multi-account setup which is integrated with Customer’s existing framework which possesses the capability of viewing all accounts centrally via a single pane of glass
• Creating process automation as applicable in order to identify Amazon EC2 instances that are missing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles, or apply Systems Manager-specific roles to existing roles
• Performing Systems Manager configuration, as required
• Setting up inventory management reporting capabilities to include Customer’s software inventory and all software running on amazon EC2 instances
• Setting up report for missing patches
• Defining process for software deployment using Systems Manager, based on industry best practices for AWS environments
• Setting up centralized and account specific reporting capabilities
• Creating ability for Customer account holders to run patches without requiring master account access
• Configuring resource data sync in every Customer account in order to sync specified Customer accounts with a centralized Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket
• Setting up Amazon Athena for querying centralized data in a Customer-specified Amazon S3 bucket
• Setting up Customer’s Amazon QuickSight account for visualization of up to three custom queries
• Creating process automation as applicable to apply patch baseline locally with-in an account, or enforce patch baseline centrally, if local accounts exceed grace period for patch installation locally
• Knowledge transfer for Customer’s software development team for Amazon EC2 and CI/CD configuration
• Training Customer staff and providing handover notes, as required

• Cloud and AWS Developer / Architect