Senior Data Engineering Consultant

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Create and optimize end-to end data pipelines and perform and enhance real-time data processing. 
• Identify client needs and provide customized solutions across many major data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, and more) atop all major cloud platforms. 
• Research and prototype new technologies using EMR, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, Flink, etc. 
• Perform coding using various programming and scripting languages to automate data ingestion and improve data management processes. 
• Support and develop data flows by developing processes that verify, standardize, and scale data input, transformation and storage. 
• Design and implement Data Architectures, customize storage and extraction, metadata, and information repositories. 
• Utilize programming languages like Kafka, Java, Scala, Python and Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases and Cloud based data warehousing services such as Snowflake and Redshift. 
• Work on a variety of projects involving data architecture, data models, data migration, data integration, data analysis, and visualization. 
• Work with clients from Latin America and communicate with them in Spanish regarding complex technological concepts. 
• Serve as subject matter expert on data engineering and management best practices. 
• Stay on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community. 
• Work with Data Scientists and Data Owners to understand use cases and hypotheses to test with data. 
• Establish data governance models and contribute to strategies for enterprise data management. 
• Perform extensive data profiling and analysis based on the client's data and needs. 
• Work with software development teams and stakeholders to define reporting requirements.
• Support project delivery on Data Warehouse/BI projects for external clients, including partnering with subject matter experts on project execution. 
• Support clients in developing and implementing data engineering process improvement plans.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field


Experience:  4 years, including 4 years of working in the position of Data Engineer, Software Developer or related experience
• experience using traditional RDMS systems (MSSQL, Oracle, Postgres, MySQL)
• experience building Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment + infrastructure as code
• Data Architecture experience
• experience using Kafka, Java, Scala, Python
• experience using NoSQL databases and Cloud based data warehousing services such as Redshift or Databricks
• experience working within a team in an Agile development environment, managing stakeholders, defining requirements and participating in Agile ceremonies
• experience translating technical solutions into business outcomes
• experience developing pipelines in Apache Airflow
• experience using Snowflake designing data pipelines and building analytics solutions for cloud data projects
Special Skills or Other Requirements:
• Fluent in Spanish (to communicate with clients from Latin America)

What we offer:

• Competitive salary –   Great starting salaries for well qualified candidates
• Generous Paid Time Off policy - Ippon offers flexible time off to help you be your best
• Health, dental, and vision insurance – We are dedicated to helping our employees live healthier lives through comprehensive health programs
• 401k with company match - Ippon offers an industry leading 401(k) matching plan 
• Family Leave - We support the importance of family and offer maternity, paternity and family medical leave plans
• A fun, smart, and healthy work environment, focused on our values and teamwork