Technical Architect

cognizant technologies; Minnetonka (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Minnetonka is seeking an experienced IT professional with Talend administration expertise and strong Hadoop/ETL skills. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in IT, proficiency in UNIX and SQL, and a Bachelor’s degree. Responsibilities include installing and supporting Talend for Big Data, resolving performance issues, and participating in support rotation. This position offers opportunities to work on exciting projects and contribute to organizational growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of IT experience in Architecture and Administration work.
• Minimum 2 years Talend admin experience.
• 1 to 2+ years of development experience including full life cycle activities.
• 5+ years working in LINUX or UNIX platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide consistent services to clients for various projects.
• Install and support Talend for Big Data.
• Resolve performance issues and troubleshoot critical problems.

Skills

Hadoop/ETL Experience

Big Data technologies

Talend Administration

UNIX

SQL

HIVE

HBASE

PIG

Spark

Agile methodology

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Talend

Datastage

Informatica

DB2

Oracle

Teradata

Job description

Cognizant Technologies delivers value added turn-key solutions to our clients which accelerate their organization’s growth. Whether it’s entering new markets, introducing innovative new products, or initiating transformation process changes, Cognizant Technologies will provide consistent services to their clients.

Job Description

Duration: 3-6 Months CTH

Qualifications

Experience that is a Must

• 2+ years Hadoop/ETL Experience (data processing and scripting experience).
• Expertise in Big data technologies.
• Strong background in Talend Administration, Capacity Planning in a Big Data environment.
• Ability to Install and support Talend for Big Data.
• Deep pocket experience with dealing performance issues in the entire critical path, Performance Management and is able to provide/resolve issues.
• Strong background in UNIX, SQL.
• Strong hands on with HIVE, HBASE, PIG, Spark.
• Very good understanding of Hadoop/MAPR.
• Willing to be on on-call support rotation (requires working on weekends).
• Willing to participate/drive war-rooms to address/resolve critical issues as they come.

Nice to Have

• SQOOP
• 2+ years Spark Streaming Technologies – KAFKA (strongly preferred)

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of IT experience in Architecture and Administration work.
• Minimum 2 years Talend admin experience.
• Strong technical and platform knowledge, including some or all of: Talend, Talend Administration, ETL tool (Datastage/Abinitio/Informatica), Databases (DB2/Oracle/Teradata), UNIX platform (Shell/Perl scripting), Scheduling tools (TWS/Autosys/ControlM). Knowledge BigData platform tools such as Hive, Hbase, Pig.
• 1 to 2+ years of development experience including full life cycle activities.
• Experience with Agile methodology.
• 5+ years working in LINUX or UNIX platforms.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access).
• Excellent communication, presentation skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.

Preferred Requirements

• Splunk, and Talend

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