Application Platform Engineer

Zentek Infosoft Inc.; Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A national recruiting company seeks an Application Platform Engineer to manage the Enterprise Analytics server platform in Windsor, CT. Candidates should have extensive experience in Linux/UNIX support and knowledge of data integration. The role entails ensuring data quality, integrating data sources, and collaborating with IT DBA and infrastructure vendors. Ideal for those with a background in analytics and server applications.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Unix/Linux platform support.
• Working knowledge of Linux-based server applications.
• SPSS experience and/or Hadoop – Big Data knowledge are pluses.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Enterprise Analytics server platform.
• Support data loading and management for analytics.
• Integrate new data sources into analytics data store.

Skills

Extensive Linux/UNIX server experience

Data integration/data warehousing experience

Job description

Zentek Infosoft Inc. is a national recruiting company partnering with leading employers in Life Sciences, IT, and Financial Services. Visit us at www.zentekinfosoft.com

Job Description

We have an urgent need for an Application Platform Engineer for one of our premier clients.

Job Title: Application Platform Engineer
Location: Windsor/CT
Employment Type: Corp to Corp
Duration: 6 Months

Description:

The successful candidate will manage the Enterprise Analytics server platform, including:

• Supporting all processes to load and manage the analytics data store
• Integrating new data sources into the analytics data store
• Ensuring the quality and currency of data in the analytics data store, monitoring for issues and engaging data stewards to resolve
• Engaging IT DBA and Unix/Linux infrastructure resources to ensure capacity, backups, failover, and disaster recovery processes are in place
• Engaging with infrastructure resources and 3rd party vendors for platform maintenance and troubleshooting
• Supporting operational reporting and audit requests

The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in Unix/Linux platform support, with working knowledge of Linux-based server applications. SPSS experience and/or Hadoop – Big Data knowledge are pluses.

Top Skills Required:

• Extensive Linux/UNIX server experience (from a production support perspective)
• Data integration/data warehousing experience knowledge

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.