Hadoop Consultant

Established in 2003, KAYGEN is an emerging leader in providing top talent for technology based staffing services. We specialize in providing high-volume contingent staffing, direct hire staffing and project based solutions to companies worldwide ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and Managed Service Providers (MSP) across a wide variety of industries.

• Should possess strong design and architecture skills.
• Ability to architect Client end to end solutions.
• Should have clear and strong hands on experience.
• Deliver solutions for using an Agile Development model
• Understanding and working to come up with solutions to problems, design and architect, Building and collaborating with business and technical teams to deliver software
• Will involve constant interaction with client hence strong communication skills.
• Should be able to work on onsite/offshore model and should be able to drive things by self and work around issues and highlight and mitigate risks.
• Should be self-driven and innovative and provide technical guidance
• Strong documentation skills.

Desired Skills/Qualification/Experience:

• At least 5+ years of solid experience in the software industry with strong experience in Big Data Technologies.
• Strong Expetise working in / Understanding of Big data a technologies with strong focus on Hortonworks.
• Strong knowledge of Kafka, Flume, Sqoop, Hive, Pig, Map Reduce, Spark, Storm with hands on experience – all or most of these.
• Solid technology expertise in J2EE and related technologies
• Strong Unix Scripting skills
• Be very comfortable with Agile methodologies
• Good knowledge of Data warehouse and BI technologies – Exposure to ETL and Reporting tools and appliances like Teradata.
• Excellent Communication Skills.
• Expertise in SQL databases (e.g. MySQL or Oracle) and strong ability to write SQL queries.
• Proven ability to lead a team of engineers.
• Ability to work in onsite/offshore model

Other Skills:

• Passion for technology and willingness to learn is required
• Has played pivotal roles as an engineer and architect across domains.
• Have ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic work environment and be able to produce efficient and robust solution
• High energy, confidence, and agility to drive a team.
• Candid, direct, and non-political.
• A creative thinker who can bring in new ideas and innovations to the company.