Senior Data Engineer with Ab Initio

Qualifications/Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (such as Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Econometrics) and a minimum of 10 years of experience • Minimum 5 years’ experience working with and developing big data solutions • Experts in the following Ab Initio tools: GDE – Graphical Development Environment; Co Operating System ; Control Center; Metadata Hub; Enterprise Meta Environment; Enterprise Meta Environment Portal; Acquire It; Express It; Conduct It; Data Quality Environment; Query It. • Hands-on experience on writing shell scripts, complex sql queries, Hadoop commands, and Git • Ability to write abstracted, reusable code components • Programming experience in at least two of the following languages: Scala, Java or Python Desired Characteristics: • Strong business acumen • Critical Thinking and Creativity • Performance tuning experience • Experience in developing Hive, Sqoop, Spark, Kafka, HBase on Hadoop • Familiar with Ab Initio, Hortonworks, Zookeeper, and Oozie is a plus • Willingness to learn new technologies quickly • Superior oral, and written communication skills, as well as the willingness to collaborate across teams of internal and external technical staff, business analysts, software support and operations staff. • Strong business acumen including a broad understanding of Synchrony Financial business processes and practices