Largeton Group

Lead- Big Data Engineer (Hadoop, AWS)

Reston, VA, US

$70/hour
14 days ago
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Summary

Position: Lead Big Data Engineer

Location: Reston, VA – Hybrid (1-2x/month onsite)

Duration: 6+ months; $70/hr C2C.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, design, configure, implement, monitor, and manage Data Integration Frameworks for optimal performance and reliability (20%).
  • Develop and maintain big data infrastructure systems (data warehouses, data lakes, APIs), using Hadoop or MapReduce platforms (20%).
  • Provide guidance and hands-on work in modeling Data Warehouse solutions (cloud/on-premise), including dimensional modeling and data warehousing concepts (15%).
  • Oversee and support engineering data initiatives, both long term and ad-hoc, including data collection frameworks and ETL/ELT activities (15%).
  • Enforce best practices for data auditing, scalability, reliability, and application performance; develop ETL/ELT solutions (15%).
  • Analyze and interpret data using statistical techniques, provide actionable insights, and ensure data quality control (10%).
  • Continually improve job knowledge through professional development and networking (5%).

Required Skills & Experience

  • 10+ years of experience in database design, ETL development, and leading cross-functional data engineering teams.
  • 7+ years as a Big Data Engineer in Hadoop and AWS ecosystem; healthcare industry experience required, BCBS preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with Ab Initio ETL development, Hadoop, AWS technologies, relational database design, and data modeling.
  • Experience developing both batch and streaming data applications using Cloudera/Hadoop and/or AWS.
  • Strong knowledge of data integration, modeling, and warehousing (dimensional modeling, OLAP, de-normalized structures).
  • Proficiency in implementing scalable and fine-tuned ETL/ELT solutions.
  • Certifications (Must Have):
  • AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty
  • Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop (CCDH)
  • (Good to have) OCP Java SE 6 Programmer Certification
  • Health insurance customer experience required.

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