Senior Data Engineer - Scala, Spark & CDP Expert

Client Resources, Inc.; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Client Resources, Inc. seeks a Senior Data Engineer to own and maintain an enterprise data processing framework that ingests and processes Medicaid-related data.

You will be responsible for Scala/Spark applications, Drools rules, and data ingestion workflows on the Cloudera Data Platform, ensuring reliability and performance. The role requires deep expertise in Spark, Hive, CDP, and Linux production environments, plus strong SQL and Git skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience developing enterprise-scale distributed data processing applications.
• Strong hands-on development experience with Scala.
• Experience developing applications using Apache Spark 2.x and/or Spark 3.x.
• Experience developing and maintaining applications running on Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) 7.x or equivalent enterprise Hadoop distributions.
• Experience with Apache Hive 3.x for data processing and Hive table management.
• Experience implementing business rules using the Drools Rules Engine.
• Strong SQL development and query optimization skills.
• Experience supporting Linux-based production environments.
• Experience troubleshooting distributed Spark applications in production.
• Experience using Git and modern version control practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the Scala/Spark application framework supporting Medicaid Encounter Processing.
• Own the Drools business rule implementation and ongoing rule maintenance.
• Own enterprise data ingestion processes for master data and source system files.
• Own Spark and Hive batch processing workflows.
• Own production issue investigation and application defect resolution.
• Own production releases, version management, and deployment coordination.
• Own application performance tuning and optimization.
• Own technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge transfer.
• Provide basic operational administration and monitoring of the Cloudera Data Platform while coordinating with infrastructure and cloud operations teams.

Skills

Scala

Spark

Hive

Drools

SQL

Linux

Git

CDP

Tools

Cloudera Data Platform

Hadoop

DataStage

AWS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Client Resources, Inc. seeks a Senior Data Engineer to own and maintain an enterprise data processing framework that ingests and processes Medicaid-related data.

You will be responsible for Scala/Spark applications, Drools rules, and data ingestion workflows on the Cloudera Data Platform, ensuring reliability and performance. The role requires deep expertise in Spark, Hive, CDP, and Linux production environments, plus strong SQL and Git skills.