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What We'll Bring:
Data Pipeline Engineer at Orion project are embedded within our engineering teams and support the development and operation.What You'll Bring:
Lead Data Engineer
What We Offer
We are looking for an individual to be part of an autonomous, cross-functional agile/scrum team where everyone shares responsibility for all aspects of the work.
The ideal candidate will have a strong interest to join our growing Data Engineering and Analytics track of GFS Core services who will drive building next generation suite of products and platform by designing, coding, building and deploying highly scalable and robust solutions. We are looking for enthusiastic professionals who are excited to learn, love a good challenge, and are always looking for opportunities to contribute. Finally yet importantly, we look for dedicated team players who enjoy collaboration and can work effectively with others to achieve common goals.
TransUnion is currently seeking a Lead Data Engineer with 7+ years’ experience to work in our Chennai office, India. You will be working with some of the latest tools and a great team of cross-functional engineers. We work with multiple technologies. This will be an opportunity to work on core services of an industrial strength Identity and Risk solution by streamlining design and collaborating with the team to build orchestration platform in cloud.
Who We Are
At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make decisions that are more informed and achieve great things. Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways.
What you’ll bring:
Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field, plus 7+ years of work experience or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in Big Data technologies
Experience designing and implementing data pipelines
Experience with SQL, PostgreSQL and/or Redshift, or other data management, reporting and query tools.
Big Data Technologies – Hadoop HDFS, Hive, Spark, Kafka, Sqoop
Designing Logical Data Model and Physical Data Models including data warehouse and data mart designs.
Expertise in writing complex, highly optimized queries across large data sets to write data pipelines and data processing layers.
Cloud System experience on AWS, Azure, GCP –Preferably GCP
Coach / Mentor / Lead a team of Data Engineers
Design, build, test and deploy cutting edge Big Data solutions at scale
Extract, Clean, transform, and analyze vast amounts of raw data from various Data Sources
Build data pipelines and API integrations with various internal systems
Proactively monitor, identify, and escalate issues or root causes of systemic issues
Evaluate and communicate technical risks effectively and ensure assignments delivery in scheduled time with desired quality
Work across Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Visualization functions
What we’ll bring:
At TransUnion, we have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation we’re – consistently exploring new technologies and tools to be agile. This environment gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities, while discovering their genius.
Come be a part of our team – you will work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
This role is for a Lead Data Engineer that will operate as a lead for Data Pipeline track and responsible for development of the global fraud solutions of TransUnion.
We pride ourselves in working in a collaborative cross-functional manner where all engineers are expected to contribute to design, build, deployment and operation of our cloud platform.
Technical Leadership:
Design/build scalable data pipelines using Java, Spark, PySpark, BigQuery, and AWS (S3, , EMR).
Implement real-time data solutions with Kafka and Nifi.
Optimize distributed systems (Spark/Kubernetes) for performance and cost.
Team Management:
Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and unblock technical challenges.
Drive agile processes (sprint planning, task grooming).
Data Solutions:
Architect relational and NoSQL databases for transactional/analytical workloads.
Develop reporting tools for big data (e.g., Tableau, Metabase).
Troubleshoot data quality/performance issues end-to-end.
Innovation:
Research new technologies (e.g., Delta Lake, Flink) for feature development.
Location: Chennai
Job Type: Full-time day job
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
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What We Do
TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace.
We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person.
This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world.
Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve.
We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.
Why Work With Us
Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.
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