Senior Hadoop Architect

Senior Hadoop ArchitectFirst IT SolutionsJob DescriptionMust have technical competency: Strong hands-on knowledge in Core Java, J2EE, JDBC, Spring, Struts, Hibernate, Hadoop. Distributed File Systems: HDFS. Hadoop Map Reduce, Parallel Processing, Stream Processing, Flume, Splunk. Architectural Patterns. Analytical Tools: SAS, SPSS, R, Mahout. Hands-on experience with BI tools and reporting software (e.g. Microstrategy, Cognos, Pentaho). Hands-on experience with the Hadoop stack (e.g. MapReduce, Sqoop, Pig, Hive, Hbase, Flume). Hands-on experience with related/complementary open source software platforms and languages (e.g. Java, Linux, Apache, Perl/Python/PHP, Chef). Hands-on experience with ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) tools (e.g. Informatica, Talend, Pentaho). Hands-on experience with any 1 of analytical tools, languages, or libraries (e.g. SAS, SPSS, R, Mahout). Hands-on experience with "productionalizing" Hadoop applications (e.g. administration, configuration management, monitoring, debugging, and performance tuning). Ability to critically evaluate multiple architecture options. Strong technical documentation skills. Should know how to translate business requirements into analytical requirements. Required Skill Set: Strong business development focus with an opportunistic attitude. Responsible for talent management and recruiting to grow, at the same time, infusing the right "analytics-driven" culture. Knowledge in any one of the following: Previous experience with high-scale or distributed RDBMS (Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, Aster Data, Vertica). Knowledge of cloud computing infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services EC2, Elastic MapReduce) and considerations for scalable, distributed systems. Knowledge of NoSQL platforms (e.g. key-value stores, graph databases, RDF triple stores). Experience in applying Big Data technology to any of the following use cases will be a definite plus: Unstructured Search, Telematics, Fraud Detection, Call Centre Analytics, Social Media Analytics. Desired Hands-on Experience Range: Minimum 4+ years and ideally 8+ years' experience in industries, preferably insurance, banking, financial services, healthcare, or retail.QualificationsBachelors/Masters/PhDAdditional InformationJob Status: Permanent