Data analytics architect

Samsung SDSA; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsung SDSA in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Software Architect with at least 8 years of experience in designing scalable, distributed systems. The role involves providing architectural guidance to the analytics team building a Big Data Platform and requires expertise in Hadoop and Java.

Successful candidates will collaborate closely with business analysts and data scientists, and will be responsible for making architectural decisions, mentoring developers, and ensuring the high performance of data analytics solutions.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in designing scalable, distributed systems.
• Self-driven, able to identify and fix problems in a fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business analysts and data scientists to articulate solution requirements.
• Design scalable data analytics platforms.
• Make architectural decisions for data analytics solutions.
• Select appropriate data analytics technologies for the big data platform.
• Mentor developers in the analytics team.

Skills

Knowledge of the Hadoop stack

Experience with Business Intelligence frameworks

Proficiency in Java

Proficiency in Unified Modeling Language

Experience with RDBMS and SQL

Experience architecting RESTful systems

Experience with machine learning libraries

Knowledge of the Spark eco-system

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a senior software architect with at least 8 years of experience in designing scalable, distributed systems to join the Data Analytics Team. This role is expected to provide architectural guidance to the analytics team as it builds and evolves a Big Data Platform, and as analytics solutions are instantiated on top of the platform. The architect is expected to be self‑driven, take charge in identifying and fixing problems, and excel in a fast‑changing, growing environment.

Location: San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business analysts and data scientists in eliciting and articulating solution requirements;
• Design scalable data analytics platform and solutions;
• Make architectural decisions for the data analytics platform and solutions;
• Assess, benchmark and select data analytics technologies to be added to the big data platform;
• Support development lead in determining architecturally significant requirements for data analytics solutions;
• Provide guidance and mentor developers in the data analytics team;

Required Skills

• In-depth knowledge on the Hadoop stack (Map reduce, HDFS, Hive, Pig, Zookeeper);
• Experience with Business Intelligence frameworks and ETL tools;
• Proficiency in the Java programming language;
• Proficiency in the Unified Modeling Language;
• Experience with RDBMS and SQL;
• Experience architecting systems following the REST architectural style;
• Experience with machine learning methods and libraries (e.g. Weka, Mahout, Sci-kit);
• High-level knowledge on the Spark eco-system;
• B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field is required

Desirable Skills

• Practical experience with the Scala programming language;
• Practical experience with the Play web framework;