Ab Initio Data Engineer - Collaborative Environment

About us:
Lumen Solutions Group Inc., a dynamic small and minority-owned, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise headquartered in Florida, USA. As a leading consulting services and solutions provider, we focus on IT Staffing, Business/IT Strategy, Business Process Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Transformation for our clients. Our client base includes Fortune 500, Government, non-profit and emerging growth companies.

Location: Reston VA - Hybrid (Once a week to office)
Job Description: PURPOSE:
The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for orchestrating, deploying, maintaining and scaling cloud OR on-premise infrastructure targeting big data and platform data management (Relational and NoSQL, distributed and converged) with emphasis on reliability, automation and performance. This role will focus on developing solutions and helping transform the company's platforms deliver data-driven, meaningful insights and value to company.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1) Work with Business Analysts and Product team to gather data requirements
2) Design and Build AbInitio data graphs and data pipelines to extract the data various databases/flat files/message queues
3) Transform the data to create a consumable data layer for various application uses
4) Support Data pipeline with bug fixes, and additional enhancements
5) Document Technical design , Operational Runbook etc

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Education Details: Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering or related field

Experience:

" Total of 7+ Years of IT Experience predominantly in Data Integration/ Data Warehouse area
" Must have at least 3 years of ETL Design and Development experience using Ab Initio
" 1-2 years of Data Integration project experience on Hadoop Platform, preferably Cloudera
" At least one project implementation of AbInitio CDC ( Change Data Capture ) in a Data Integration/ETL project
" Working knowledge of HDFS, Hive, Impala and other related Hadoop technologies
" Sound understanding of SQL and ability to write well performing SQL queries
" Good knowledge of OLTP and OLAP data models and other data warehouse fundamentals
" Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices, ability to write reusable code components
" Ability to unit test the code thoroughly and to troubleshoot issues in production environments
" Must have some working experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting
" Must be able to work independently and support other junior developers as needed
" Some Java development experience is nice to have
" Knowledge of Agile Development practices is required

The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs. Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.

***Lumen and / or its clients will not provide equipment (Laptop, monitor, etc.) to the selected contractor. The contractor must have their own equipment. Access to a virtual desktop set up (software) will be provided by Lumen s client, allowing the user access to the required systems and technology. ***

Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.