Senior Spark Data Engineer - 2058492

Job#: 2058492Job Description:Position: Senior Spark Data EngineerDirect Hire100% RemoteApex Systems is seeking a Senior Spark Data Engineer for a Direct-Hire position that is 100% remote. You will be joining an innovating Data team to help drive our recent Databricks adoption. The ideal candidate will have a deep background in Data Engineering and can help lead our Data Unification & Optimization approach.Must Have Qualifications:· 10+ years of enterprise-level Data Engineering and/or Software Development· 4-5 years' experience Spark· Advanced in Python or PySpark· Databricks background OR Databricks Spark· Managing and tuning of Data Lake and Lakehouse storage objects with accompanying data engineering pipelines.Job Duties/Responsibilities:· Serve as the subject matter expert in technologies used for our data strategy in the cloud.· Help drive Adoption of Spark DataBricks across the organization· Facilitate and drive our Data Unification & Optimization approach· Design, develop, optimize, and maintain data architecture and pipelines that adhere to ETL principles and business goals· Solve complex data problems to deliver insights that helps the organizations business to achieve their goals· Create data products for analytics and data scientist team members to improve their productivity· Foster a culture of sharing, re-use, design for scale stability, and operational efficiency of data and analytical solutions· Lead the evaluation, implementation and deployment of emerging tools and process for analytic data engineering to improve the organizations productivity as a team· Partner with business analysts and solutions architects to develop technical architectures for strategic enterprise projects and initiatives.Nice to Have:· Kafka or JAVA background (Observability)· Apache Iceberg or other similar tools such as Monte Carlo· SQL , Azure Data Factory· Experience in designing and/or developing Analytics applications using tools such as Power BI, QlikView, SAS, RapidMiner or other comparable products.· Experience in creating, analyzing and documenting ER and Dimensional models.Education:· Bachelors degree in computer science, MIS or a related field + 10 years of relative experience.Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.