Big Data Cloud Engineer

Company: Equifax
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: March 26, 2020

Job Description:

Who is Equifax?

Equifax is a global information solutions company that uses trusted unique data, creative analytics, technology and industry expertise to power organizations and individuals around the world by transforming knowledge into insights that help make more informed business and personal decisions.

Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our people makes a difference in our business.

We are looking for individuals who can help us disrupt the marketplace. You will do this by delivering leading-edge technology to build and deliver unparalleled customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.

We will give you the opportunity to drive innovation and automation across the enterprise. This will include tool and process integrations across all business units within Equifax globally.Job Description SummaryThe Bigdata engineer will be part of global Analytics team implementing and supporting leading edge analytical solutions on Hadoop Clusters in AWS, GCP and/or On-Prem. You should be passionate about system administration, implementation challenges and learning new technologies, and willing to improve and support Hadoop clusters on-prem and in cloud. Considering that we are working in distributed teams between United States, India and Chile to perform research and development on how to improve our analytical assets in USA, Australia, Europe, Canada and Latin America, you should be a great teammate and have flexibility to work in moving time spans, given the time zone differences between countries.Responsibilities

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• The individual in this position will be responsible for guiding global teams on the technical design and implementation of Analytical platforms in AWS and GCP using cloud native big data technology stack.
• Implement BigData solutions in AWS, GCP and/or on-prem.
• Be able to install and update various analytical tools required (ex. RStudio, Anaconda Notebooks, Tableau, SAS, and Spotfire).
• Be able to solve issues with analytical tools and clearly explain the same to other admins and tool vendors.
• Document of installations, user on-boarding, and standard methodologies. Ensure that procedures and infrastructure details are properly documented and shared among the team.
• Interact with users continuously to address their issues and search for the optimum usage pattern to propagate.
• Solving issues, performance tuning, security remediation/patch management, Upkeep of the platforms
• Deploy/implement new instances of our financial product (Customer facing Analytical platform) in the cloud through cloud formation templates and/or on-prem setup.
• Ensure that every cluster and services, are always available without performance issues, using monitoring and alerting tools
• Learn about all the technologies involved in the project. We expect our engineers to be well-rounded and be able to support end-to-end solutions.
• Work in a privileged account security architecture, caring about all the security policies involved
• Propose new and better ways to tackle problems from technology view or process view. Be part of the technical and procedural solutions being worked by the team.
  
  
  What makes you a great fit for this role?
  
  
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  • You have attained your Bachelor's degree (Computer Science or a related field) and have minimum 3 years of experience working in Technology in building, designing and maintaining enterprise class applications.
  • AWS or GCP certification is preferred.
  • Should have experience with integrating bigdata tools with Hadoop and solving issues related to tools like R, Python, Hive, Hue, Anaconda Notebooks, Tableau, and Spotfire.
    
  • You have experience with core Java development
    
  • Should have experience solving queries, jobs, and performance issues on the platform.
  • Hands on experience Configuring and Administering SCM(GIT, SVN), Build (CMake, Make files, Maven), Nexus, CI(Jenkins), CD Automation Tools
  • Experience designing and enabling services in AWS or GCP using Terraform or Cloud Formation scripts.
  • Integrating Public Cloud Services with enterprise LDAP and security frameworks.
    
    The Perks of being an Equifax Employee?
    
    We offer an excellent compensation packages with high-reaching market salaries and 401k matching, along with the works: comprehensive healthcare packages, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.
    
    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
    
    To speak to us about this role in more detail apply online.
    
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    Primary Location:USA-Atlanta JV WhiteFunction:Function - Tech Dev and Client ServicesSchedule:Full time

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