Sr. Data Engineer - Columbia, MD, United States - Apex Systems

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Job Description:
Apex Systems is looking for a FULL TIME Senior Data Engineer who is a technical powerhouse who can scale a data platform to meet ever growing business needs of a data driven organization
The Data Engineering team builds data solutions that powers strategic and tactical business decisions and supports the Analytics and Artificial Intelligence operations
By implementing the data platform, data pipelines and data governance policies this team provides the basis for decision-making.

• Work closely with various business, IT, Analyst and Data Science groups to collect business requirements.
• Design, develop, deploy and support high performance data pipelines both inbound and outbound.
• Optimize data pipelines for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Ensure quality of critical data element, prepare data quality remediation plans and collaborate with business and system owners to fix the quality issues at its root.
• Document the design and support strategy of the data pipelines.
• Capture, store and socialize data lineage and operational metadata.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data engineering issues as they arise.
• Mentor and guide junior data engineers.

Qualifications

• 6+ plus years of experience in building data lakes and cloud data platforms
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform technologies like BigQuery, Composer, GCS, DataStream, Dataflows
• Expert knowledge on SQL and Python programming
• Experience working with Apache Airflow as workflow management tools and build operators to connect, extract and ingest data as needed.
• Experience in tuning queries for performance and scalability
• Experience in Real Time Data Ingestion using Google Cloud Platform PubSub, Kafka, Spark or similar.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization and analytical abilities
• Have proven experience working in incremental execution through successful launches.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to recognize and comprehend complex data issues affecting the business environment.

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Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer
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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe
When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package
Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico
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