Data Engineer in Detroit, Michigan at DataDeletionTarget

FutureSoftIT has a foundation in the core belief that a career change can stimulate and energize an individual; both professionally and in their personal lives. We are shifting the staffing industry norm of being "job-focused", to a much healthier "people-focused" initiative.

Should you find yourself wondering if CHANGE is what you need, then please consider this new and challenging position listed below. Our Technical Resource Specialist will connect with you after you apply. They'll want to listen first to truly understand what you're looking for in a new opportunity. Hopefully this will check most, if not all, of the boxes in your criteria for taking the first step in the hiring process.

Here's what we know for this contract-to-hire position:

WHAT WE DO:

We are a full-service, multidisciplinary marketing and communications company with more than 400 professionals on staff. We are creative minds and problem solvers, left- and right-brained thinkers, strategists and doers. We are disciplined and interdisciplinary. We are here and around the world. Most importantly, we are one.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

The Data Engineer will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture. The ideal candidate is experienced at data wrangling, enjoys data systems, and enjoys building things from the ground up. The data engineer will support the analytics teams at our client’s site by creating processes and programs to ingest the many unstructured files we receive, transform the data into a standard form and load it into the ecosystem. The right candidate will be excited with the prospect of optimizing and redesigning the client’s data architecture for the next set of data initiatives.

KEY SKILLS:

Python

SCALA

Spark

Hadoop – specifically ability/experience with HQL (Hive Query Language)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:

Use tools to build processes to extract, transform and load data from multiple sources

Assemble complex data sets that meet business requirements

Identify, design and implement processes to automate manual processes

Create structured datasets from unstructured data from multiple sources

Experience working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION:

3-5 years of experience with SQL query language plus experience creating complex queries

3-5 years of experience with Hadoop; specifically, Hive, HiveQL and HDFS

3-5 years of experience building processes supporting ETL work

1-3 years of experience building and optimizing big data pipelines and data sets

1-3 years of experience with programming languages: Python, Scala, PySpark

Strong Analytical skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Information Systems or some other related field

FutureSoftIT is stronger with YOU contributing to our continued success!

Equal Employment Opportunity

FutureSoftIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.