Data Platform Engineer (Contract)

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Big Data systems (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch).
• Design, build, test, and maintain scalable data platforms.
• Implement data ingestion and preprocessing (Hive, Pig, Impala).
• Manage relational & non-relational databases.
• Build cloud-based data platforms for analytics and applications.
• Enhance data standards, guidelines, and operational processes.
• Coordinate with internal teams and vendors for data requirements.
• Collaborate with development and analytics teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, IT, or related fields.
• 1–4 years of experience in Data Engineering/Big Data.
• Familiar with ODBC, SQL, Hive, Hue.
• Experience with Spark, Hadoop ecosystem, SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work with large datasets.
• Ability to design solutions from high-level architecture.