Real-Time Data Engineer — Kafka, NoSQL & Cloud

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual incentive

Comprehensive medical coverage

Family support: parental leaves

Insurance options: auto & home

Commuter benefits

Certification & training reimbursement

Vacation & holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Pennington, NJ, seeks a senior Big Data professional to lead real-time data processing initiatives using Kafka, Flink/Storm, and NoSQL databases. The role requires 5+ years in industry with 3+ hands-on in real-time systems, and strong distributed design skills.

You will work with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), Python/Scala/Java, and Tableau for data visualization, delivering robust, scalable solutions and security-conscious data integration.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science or Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years industry experience, with 3+ years hands-on in Big Data/real-time processing.
• Proficient with Kafka streaming technologies.
• Experience with NoSQL databases (Redis, MongoDB, HBase).
• Proficient in Python, Scala, Java, Bash/Shell scripting.
• Strong problem-solving and business-critical solution delivery.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, data partitioning and fault tolerance.
• Experience with Flink or Storm.
• Familiar with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Knowledge of ML algorithms for data analysis and predictive modeling (Python/R).
• Knowledge of Data Integration and Data Security (Kerberos).
• Experience with Tableau for data visualization.

Skills

Big Data

Real-time processing

Programming languages

Problem-solving

Distributed systems

ML knowledge

Data security concepts

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Science or Engineering

Tools

Kafka (KStreams, KTable)

NoSQL databases (Redis, MongoDB, HBase)

Flink/Storm

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Tableau

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Pennington, NJ, seeks a senior Big Data professional to lead real-time data processing initiatives using Kafka, Flink/Storm, and NoSQL databases. The role requires 5+ years in industry with 3+ hands-on in real-time systems, and strong distributed design skills.

You will work with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), Python/Scala/Java, and Tableau for data visualization, delivering robust, scalable solutions and security-conscious data integration.