Seeking a Senior Big Data Developer with Scala, Spark and Kafka skills for 100% Remote position working with Healthcare Big Data.

Responsibilities

• Write code for moderately complex system designs. Write programs that span platforms. Code and/or create Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
• Write code for enhancing existing programs or developing new programs.
• Review code developed by other IT Developers.
• Provide input to and drive programming standards.
• Write detailed technical specifications for subsystems. Identify integration points.
• Report missing elements found in system and functional requirements and explain impacts on subsystem to team members.
• Consult with other IT Developers, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Project Managers and vendors.
• “Scope” time, resources, etc., required to complete programming projects. Seek review from other IT Developers, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts or Project Managers on estimates.
• Perform unit testing and debugging. Set test conditions based upon code specifications. May need assistance from other IT Developers and team members to debug more complex errors.
• Supports transition of application throughout the Product Development life cycle. Document what has to be migrated. May require more coordination points for subsystems.
• Researches vendor products / alternatives. Conducts vendor product gap analysis / comparison.
• Accountable for including IT Controls and following standard corporate practices to protect the confidentiality, integrity, as well as availability of the application and data processed or output by the application.
• The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned.

Tech stack

• Hadoop Edge Nodes, HDFS, Hive, HBase, etc.
• Spark / Sqoop
• Scala
• Kafka / Spark Streaming
• DB2, Hive, SQL Server

Education

• Bachelor's degree within IT field or equivalent related work experience

Requirements

• 5-8 years related work experience or equivalent combination of transferable experience and education
• IT development/programming/coding professional within a Hadoop environment