Sr. Cloud Data Engineer

Sr. Azure Cloud Data EngineerRole: Sr. Azure Cloud Data EngineerLocation: Remote/Onsite every Thursday- Houston, TXDuration: 10+ Months (with the possibility of extension)ResponsibilitiesDevelopment of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsivenessBuilds prototypes, products, and systems that meet the project quality standards and requirementsProvides technical leadership and documentation to developers and stakeholdersContributes to and supports re-use through common components that are well documented and tested.Provide timely corrective actions on all assigned defects and issues.Contributes to development plan by providing task estimates.BackgroundBachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related with a minimum of 10 years of working experience Skills and knowledge:MandatoryIn-depth expertise with Azure Cloud Platform and Databricks Spark (or equivalent)Experience with streaming/processing engines for big data (Spark, Kafka, Hive, Hadoop, etc.)Expertise with one or more backend programming languages – Java/C#, Python. Experience working with typical industry-standard libraries for respective languages.Database expertise – relational and NoSQL (Oracle, SQLServer, MySQL, Cassandra, etc.)Knowledge of application networking and troubleshootingKnowledge of security principles (Oauth2, JWT, OpenAPI)Experienced in application profiling, bottleneck analysis, and performance tuning • Knowledge and experience with version control tools (Git preferred but not mandatory)Understand continuous integration and continuous delivery technologies such as Jenkins, Azure DevOpsExperience with test-driven software development, ability to implement and maintain Unit tests, etc.Familiar with code quality tools and best practicesExperience with working in an agile environmentNice to haveExtensive experience development of web/cloud microservicesExperience with big data processing on other cloud platforms - AWS, GCP, OpenShift, etc.Monitoring/operational readiness expertiseExperience with BI/visualization tools: Talend, Tableau, PowerBI, Kibana, etc.