Big Data Engineer

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Big Data Engineer | Rockville, MD (20850) | Contract Opportunity We are actively looking for a Big Data Engineer for a 12+ months contract role with a leading financial client. If you have strong experience in large-scale data systems and are local to Rockville for F2F interviews , this could be a great fit! 🔹 Role Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Big Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and platforms. You ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust data solutions and support data-driven decision-making. 🔹 Key Responsibilities ✔️ Design & develop large-scale data pipelines using Hadoop, Spark, Python, Scala ✔️ Build scalable data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions ✔️ Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability & reliability ✔️ Collaborate with business & technical teams for data solutions ✔️ Implement automated testing & ensure data quality ✔️ Troubleshoot production data pipelines ✔️ Support data scientists & analytics teams 🔹 Must-Have Skills 🔸

Big Data:

Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Trino 🔸

Strong SQL:

Joins, Window Functions, Complex Queries 🔸

Programming:

Python / Scala / Java 🔸

Cloud:

AWS (S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, Athena) 🔸 Spark Internals & Performance Tuning 🔸 Agile (Scrum/Kanban) 🔸

AI Tools:

ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude (Prompt Engineering & AI workflows) 🔹 Nice to Have ➕ Experience with ETL pipelines & CI/CD ➕ AWS Certifications ➕ Financial Services domain experience 🎯

Ideal Candidate:

✔️ 5+ years of experience (Bachelor s) or higher ✔️ Strong problem-solving & debugging skills ✔️ Experience handling large-scale (PB-level) data ✔️ Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment