Big Data Software Consultant

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Big Data Software Consultant, you will be designing, writing and implementing great software, using the best development practices. Passion for all aspects of software development as well as customer facing is a must.

This role offers a seasoned engineer, with a blend of distributed data platforms and data analytics skills, the opportunity to be part of a talented team and significantly impact implementing data-centric enterprise software.

OPPORTUNITIES

Help define the solutions, have and develop business acumen and bring technical perspective in furthering the product and business

Involved very closely with various analytical groups to provide consultation on high-level concepts and prototype coding, including Data Scientists, Risk Detection and Marketing platforms

Deliver clear, well-communicated and complete design documents

Develop exemplary and thoroughly tested code for the most challenging aspects of the product or product sub-systems

Perform quality assurance on all new code from inception through integration, staging and production environments

Collaborate effectively with customers as well as other technology teams and architects to solve complex problems spanning their respective areas

Exhibit creativity and resourcefulness at problem solving while collaborating and working effectively with customers, designers, engineers of different technical backgrounds, architects and product managers

PERSONAL SKILLS

Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills- Dutch AND English speaking

Strong interpersonal and customer facing skills, customer service orientation

Open minded and solution oriented

Persistent, accurate, imaginative

A logical approach to the solution of problems and good conceptual ability and skills in analysis;

Ability to integrate research and best practices into problem avoidance and

continuous improvement Self reliant and capable of both independent work and as member of a team;

Discipline to document and record results

Enjoying constantly expanding your knowledge base

Willing to work at customer location and travel regularly

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

The successful candidate should have 5+ years experience building and designing large-scale software development and consultancy. He/she has a strong crossfunctional technical background and a willingness and capacity to expand leadership and technical skills.

Expert knowledge developing and debugging in Java/J2EE

Sound knowledge of Relational Databases (RDBMS), SQL databases

Maven, git, IntelliJ/eclipse, unit testing

Proficient linux user with basic linux administration skills

Experience with agile/scrum methodologies to iterate quickly on product changes, develop user stories and work through backlogs

Ability to work in a fast paced, test-driven collaborative and iterative programming environment

Strong customer focus

Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results

Be knowledgeable of industry standards and trends

ARE CONSIDERED A PLUS:

Experience in working with Hadoop/MapReduce, Hbase, Hive, Flume, SOLR

Familiarity with No-SQL and ETL tools

Knowledgeable of the RESTful concept

Experience with Python

Knowledge of Datamodelling and programming

Experience with performance tuning and profiling