AWS Data Engineer

Company: VLink Inc.
Location: Reston
Posted on: March 12, 2023

Job Description:

Job Title: AWS Data Engineer
Location: Reston, VA
Employment Type: (Full-time or contract)
Duration: 12+ Months

About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.

Job Description:
Vlink has an immediate need for an AWS Data Engineer to join our financial services team in one of our selected CGI locations. Due to the current COVID-19 status, candidates will not be required to work within the physical work location at this time. When COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, they will be required to be located within the proximity of the assigned CGI location.

Your future duties and responsibilities
" Design the architecture for migrating on-premise data warehouse and data marts to the data lake and subsequent vending on AWS Cloud.
" Architect solutions for the design and implementation of Big & Fast Data Infrastructure on AWS cloud using Kafka, Kinesis, Glue, Athena, Redshift, DynamoDB & Quick Sight
" Define information models supporting data assets for complex data structures represented through various data management systems such as a graph, relational and hierarchical databases.
" Guide other teams to design, develop, and deploy data sets and tools that support product use cases.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
" 8+ years of relevant experience.
" Must have AWS data AND application experience
" PySpark/Spark
" PQL skills
" Big Data
" Strong Python or Java skills
" AWS experience
" Database systems (SQL and NoSQL)
" Data warehousing solutions
" ETL tools
" Data APIs.
" Understanding the basics of distributed systems.
" Knowledge of algorithms and data structures.

Desired skillset
" Knowledge of Machine Learning concepts such as KNN, Random Forest, Nai ve Bayes, Neural Networks, and deploying them on Sagemaker is a plus.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field




Employment Practices:
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer. At VLink, we are committed to embracing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. VLink does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, or discharge, will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.

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