Job Description
CORTEX is a premier staffing & managed services company providing an array of services to clients ranging from Start-ups to global Fortune 500 companies in North America for over a decade.
We have an exciting Contract opportunity for a DATA ENGINEER with one of our major clients based out in SFO, CA
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking a Data Engineer on the Data & Analytics Team. The successful candidate will be a member of a product team, following best-practice Agile and DevOps techniques to deliver impactful data products. You will participate in design and specifications, program logic and flow-charting, development, testing, debugging, documentation, and support. Additionally, you will provide analysis of problems and recommend solutions. You will actively participate and practice in an open, highly collaborative Agile environment.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Build high-performance data pipelines (extracting, transforming, and loading).
Understands business requirements and applies them to complex programming and analysis.
Communicates (oral and written) recommendations and mentors/provides guidance to less experienced colleagues.
Partners with various departments to understand and incorporate standards information and requirements into work procedures.
Identifies, analyzes and provides feedback to departmental standards, norms, and new goals/objectives.
Analyzes existing applications and systems and formulates logic for new systems, devises logic procedures, logical database design, performs coding and tests/debugs programs with an operational mindset.
Works on complex data & analytics-centric problems having broad impact that require in depth analysis and judgment to obtain results or solutions.
Designs and deploys new complex Enterprise systems and enhancements to existing systems ensuring compatibility and inter-operability.
RESOLVES APPLICATION PROGRAMMING ANALYSIS PROBLEMS OF BROAD SCOPE WITHIN PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES. MAY SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM THE SUPERVISOR OR MORE SKILLED PROGRAMMERS/ANALYSTS ON UNUSUAL OR ESPECIALLY COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT CROSS MULTIPLE FUNCTIONAL/TECHNOLOGY AREAS.
Delivers best-in-class software as part of a software delivery team.
Conceptualizing and generating infrastructure that allows big data to be accessed and analyzed
Plans work to meet assigned general objectives; progress is reviewed upon completion and solutions may provide an opportunity for creative/non-standard approaches.
MINIMUM EDUCATION/SKILLS:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
DESIRED SKILLS:
Experience in data acquisition, data set process, improving data reliability, quality and efficiency
GOOD EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING IN PYTHON USING SPARK AND OTHER DATA TOOLS
STRONG WITH AWS TECHNOLOGIES LIKE GLUE, S3 AND REDSHIFT
EXPERIENCE WITH LARGE DATA SETS TO ADDRESS BUSINESS ISSUES
Experience with modern software delivery practices, including source control, testing, continuous delivery
Experience delivering product with Agile methodologies
CONTACT For more details please contact TEENA at 585-299-2321
If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume by responding to this Job.
Cortex is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a positive, supportive and inclusive environment