Principal Engineer II - Big Data Architect
Chicago, IL

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Big Data Architect is an accomplished leader in Analytics, Data Engineering, Architecture, governance and Framework Design and someone who guides teams to success. The Big Data Architect approaches business problems with a creative thinking. Focused on using the best forefront of next generation technology to address complex, value added real-world problems.

Primary Function: Support presales for Big data opportunities. Scope and execute big data projects for customers. Support IP development for the practice.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Delivery:

* Define client needs and oversee project milestones to ensure expectations, timelines, and budgets are met
* Define data platform architecture and design, have hands on capability to review code and make required changes
* Responsible for the overall quality of project deliverables and the successful implementation of defined solution for the customer
* Identify and qualify follow-on opportunities and engage senior leadership
* Establish procedures and recommend changes to policies that have a positive impact on the organization(s) and/or implementation team.

Client Development:

* Occasionally interact with senior level management at client site or within the company, which involves negotiating or influencing others on matters of significance
* Build long-term, superior client relationships and proactively manage client expectations, and ensure that change control is used when scope boundaries are exceeded

Professional Development:

* Maintain a strong network and promote the organization at various meetings, forums, panels, publications, and conferences. Begin to establish thought leadership in the industry
* Maintain technical certifications and attend training sessions to refine technical skills
* Responsible for oversight and apprentice training of junior resources as assigned in the field.

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
* At least twelve (12) years of experience, to include all of the following:
* Ability to deliver end to end Advanced analytics strategy, ranging from architecting Open source based Big data-analytic tools and building integrated solutions that meet emerging enterprise needs
* Hands-on experience with various forms of data design, such as OLTP, OLAP, ODS, EDW (3rd normal), BI data marts (Star and Snow Flake schemas), DSS, with knowledge of various BI tools and data management tools
* At least ten (10) years of experience in Structured, Semi-Structured and Un-structured data with progressive responsibilities in Data Warehousing and Business intelligence, data architecting, and analytical modeling techniques
* At least five (5) years of experience in Big Data technologies in Hadoop ecosystem - such as Hive, HDFS, MapReduce, Yarn, Kafka, Pig, Oozie, HBase, Sqoop, Nifi, and/or Ranger.

Other Position Requirements:

* Experienced in customization and optimization of anyone of the big data distributions: MapR, Cloudera or Hortonworks (HDP and HDF)
* Expertise in distributed, Columnar, MPP, NoSQL & Document Storage DBs in depth and scale. Expertise in architecting, designing and developing big data frameworks for real time and batch analytics and ability to do capacity planning for large enterprise with petabyte scale.
* Proven coding experience in anyone of the following programming language Scala, Python or R and Advanced knowledge in Scala/Python frameworks.
* Proven knowledge in Spark 2.2 framework.
* Demonstrated ability to configure and optimize and fine-tuning clusters for various Big data moving parts like Kafka, Nifi, Spark and HDFS.
* Knowledge in Big Data multi data center distribution (active/active or active/passive) configuration and DiscCP
* Interpersonal skills to be able to work with Data Scientists and covert legacy machine learning models to Spark ML batch jobs using PySpark

Preferred Qualifications:

* Knowledge in HDFS, Cassandra or MongoDB
* Knowledge of any one of the following cloud big data offerings: Azure, HDInsight, or AWS EMR
* Master's degree in Computer Science or Data Analytics
* Integration of Big data eco system with advanced ML products like Ayasdi or Linquamatics or data visualization products
* Knowledge of integrating PySpark with native anaconda libraries and/or deep learning libraries like keras or tensor flow

Data Privacy & Security:

* Security is every employee's responsibility; if you are aware of a security related vulnerability or non-compliance with the Information Security Policy or Employee Handbook you must report it to the Corporate Security Team, Human Resources, or a member of Senior Management.
* Participate at hire and annually in the Information Security Awareness training as well as other required training identified by the Human Resources department. Other data privacy and data security related regulatory training may be required based on your role or assignment.

Essential Functions

The position exists to provide technical consulting solutions to customers and as such requires the ability to travel to and from customer sites and interact with customers on an ongoing and regular basis.

The above primary duties, responsibilities, and position requirements are not all inclusive.

Sirius is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. As a government contractor, Sirius takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans; maintains a drug-free workplace; and participates in E-Verify.

Individuals who receive job offers will be required to complete pre-employment screening that includes a background check verifying name, residences, education, work experience, and criminal convictions consistent with the Fair Credit Reporting Act; and a drug test for controlled substances consistent with the Drug-Free Workplace Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.