Big Data Consultant

Description:

The Client seeks an experienced IT Consultant to support the design, development and implementation of an enterprise Big Data solution as part of the Data Modernization Effort.

This role will provide expertise to support the development of a Big Data / Data Lake system architecture that supports enterprise data operations for the client, including the Internet of Things (IoT) / Smart City projects, enterprise data warehouse, the open data portal, and data science applications. This is an exciting opportunity to work as a part of a collaborative senior data team. This role is not to administer systems, but to bring together existing enterprise data systems into an innovative Big Data solution. This architecture includes an API gateway, ORACLE, Hadoop, Elasticsearch, Spark, Tableau, Microstrategy, ArcGIS, Informatica, and others.

Responsibilities:

1. Coordinates IT project management, engineering, maintenance, QA, and risk management.

2. Plans, coordinates, and monitors project activities.

3. Develops technical applications to support users.

4. Develops, implements, maintains and enforces documented standards and procedures for the design, development, installation, modification, and documentation of assigned systems.

5. Provides training for system products and procedures.

6. Performs application upgrades.

7. Performs, monitoring, maintenance, or reporting on real- time databases, real-time network and serial data communications, and real-time graphics and logic applications.

8. Troubleshoots problems.

9. Ensures project life-cycle is in compliance with District standards and procedures.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience

Skill Matrix:

Experience with Big Data components to include: Hadoop, HDFS, Hbase, Hive, Sqoop, Kafka, Storm, MapReduce, elastic search, and others

Knowledge of Big Data and Data Architecture and Implementation best practices

Knowledge of Data-centric systems for the analysis and visualization of data, such as Tableau, Microstrategy, ArcGIS, Kibana, Oracle

Experience querying SQL and NoSQL data sources

Experience modeling and ingesting data into and between various data systems

Experience with API / Web Services (REST/SOAP)

Experience with API Gateway / complex event processing (real-time streaming analytics)

Experience using front-end tools to display data, esp. Angular 2, JQuery, D3 and Bootstrap

16+ yrs planning, coordinating, and monitoring project activities

16+ yrs leading projects, ensuring they are in compliance with established standards/procedures

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.