What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Engineer with Ab Initio position at GAC Solutions?
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (such as Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Econometrics) and a minimum of 10 years of experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working with and developing big data solutions
• Experts in the following Ab Initio tools: GDE – Graphical Development Environment; Co Operating System ; Control Center; Metadata Hub; Enterprise Meta Environment; Enterprise Meta Environment Portal; Acquire It; Express It; Conduct It; Data Quality Environment; Query It.
• Hands-on experience on writing shell scripts, complex sql queries, Hadoop commands, and Git
• Ability to write abstracted, reusable code components
• Programming experience in at least two of the following languages: Scala, Java or Python
Desired Characteristics:
• Strong business acumen
• Critical Thinking and Creativity
• Performance tuning experience
• Experience in developing Hive, Sqoop, Spark, Kafka, HBase on Hadoop
• Familiar with Ab Initio, Hortonworks, Zookeeper, and Oozie is a plus
• Willingness to learn new technologies quickly
• Superior oral, and written communication skills, as well as the willingness to collaborate across teams of internal and external technical staff, business analysts, software support and operations staff.
• Strong business acumen including a broad understanding of Synchrony Financial business processes and practices