Big Data Solution Architect
Los Angeles, CA

Job Description

Ranked as #12 on Forbes' List of 25 Fastest Growing Public Tech Companies for 2017, EPAM is committed to providing our global team of 30,100+ EPAMers with inspiring careers from day one. EPAMers lead with passion and honesty and think creatively. Our people are the source of our success and we value collaboration, try to always understand our customers' business, and strive for the highest standards of excellence. No matter where you are located, you'll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

Description

You are curious, persistent, logical and clever - a true techie at heart. You enjoy living by the code of your craft and developing elegant solutions for complex problems. If this sounds like you, this could be the perfect opportunity to join EPAM as a Big Data Solution Architect.

Our ideal candidate will possess skills that make them a subject matter expert in various big data technologies and data science. These roles will entail architecture analysis, design, client management, and other skills. Scroll down to learn more about the position's responsibilities and requirements.

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What You'll Do

* Development of proposals for implementation and design of scalable big data architecture
* Participation in customer's workshops and presentation of the proposed solution
* Design, implement, and deploy high-performance, custom applications at scale on Hadoop
* Define and develop network infrastructure solutions to enable partners and clients to scale NoSQL and relational database architecture for growing demands and traffic
* Define common business and development processes, platform and tools usage for data acquisition, storage, transformation, and analysis
* Develop roadmaps and implementation strategy around data science initiatives including recommendation engines, predictive modeling, and machine learning
* Review and audit of existing solution, design and system architecture
* Perform profiling, troubleshooting of existing solutions
* Create technical documentation

What You Have

* Strong knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, or Scala
* Participation in designing, development, or maintenance of a distributed application
* Experience with major big data technologies and frameworks including but not limited to Hadoop, MapReduce, Apache Spark, Hive, Kafka, Apache Flink, Flume, ZooKeeper, HBase, MongoDB, and Cassandra
* Experience with big data solutions developed in large cloud computing infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services, Azure Cloud, or Google Cloud
* Experience in client-driven large-scale implementation projects
* Data Science and Analytics experience is a plus (Machine Learning, Recommendation Engines, Search Personalization, Deep Learning)
* Technical team leading and team management experience, deep understanding of Agile (Scrum), RUP programming process
* Strong experience in applications design, development, and maintenance
* Solid knowledge of design patterns, refactoring concepts, unit tests, and CI/CD
* Practical expertise in performance tuning and optimization, bottleneck problems analysis
* Solid technical expertise & troubleshooting skills
* Possess expertise in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
* Bachelor's degree, or equivalent in Software Engineer, Computer Science or closely related field
* Fluent oral and written English
* Ability to travel up to 50%

What We Offer

* Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
* Health Savings Account
* Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
* Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
* Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
* Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
* Employee Assistance Program
* Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
* Paid Time Off
* Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
* Accident Insurance
* Employee Discounts
* Pet Insurance