Data engineer

Title: Data Engineer Location: Alpharetta,GA (2 days per week onsite) Duration: 12+ months Interview mode: zoom, Visa: Any visa is fine EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS: - a bachelor in computer science is preferred LOGISTICS: Candidates will be working 40 hours per week. Typical hours are 9 am to 5 pm ET. Description: We are looking for a Senior Engineer to drive the design and development of the Network Performance Intelligence (NPI) application. Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or another related field. A Master's Degree is preferred. Ability to manage multiple assignments. Superior written and oral communication skills. 10-15+ years of experience. MUST HAVE SKILLS (Most Important): - experience in designing, developing, managing, and tuning big data processing pipelines - expert knowledge of Spark, Spark Streaming - expert knowledge of Scala - experience leading the technical team and mentoring junior engineers DESIRED SKILLS: - hands-on experience with the Google Cloud Platform - experience with Apache Storm - knowledge of Java - knowledge of relational databases, like Oracle GOOD TO HAVE SKILLS: - knowledge of python - database developer experience - experience with Kubernetes and Docker. JOB DUTIES: The candidate will be working on a Networks Systems application called NPI. This application is used for network performance monitoring. The candidate will be responsible for the development of the NPI application. Day-to-day work will involve writing new functionality and bug fixing of the data processing pipelines implemented using spark, spark streaming, or Apache Storm.