Sr. Hadoop Developer

POSITION PURPOSE -

The Customer Solutions team is seeking a Sr. Developer looking to build a career with the nation’s
top home improvement retailer. The team works on home grown as well as third party vendor
applications to create and maintain customer data as well
as CRM analysis applications. This position requires knowledge of Hadoop, Java and preferably
Cassandra with knowledge of Unica a plus. 
Primary job will entail support of existing applications as well as research and defect resolution.

The Senior Developer must have and be able to promote an appropriate sense of urgency in regard
to defect resolution, and be able to effectively partner with the team and the business to
develop and deliver IT solutions.   In addition, the candidate
will be responsible for guiding the work produced by more junior developers and
contract developers including code reviews.


MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES -
Define, plan and implement solutions on assigned moderately complex projects.

Take business requirements and develop the total technical design on moderately complex
projects and ensure proper usage as part of the design efforts in building a system
to be put into production.

Conduct appropriate test reviews for assigned projects and present to
architecture review boards as necessary.

Promote and follow the established processes, policies, standards and procedures
to assure compliance with corporate and regulatory policies and standards.

Provide technical direction to associate developers, developers and contractors.

NATURE AND SCOPE -
Typically reports to Manager, Information Technology

Responsible for helping others and providing on-the-job training or guidance

ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS -
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent
and not objectionable.

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS -
Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must pass the Drug Test.
Must successfully complete any required training or orientation courses.


EDUCATION REQUIRED -
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion
of a high school diplomas
and/or GED.

YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE - 3


PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS -
Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is
frequent opportunity to move about.
On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS -
5-7 years related experience.

Retail/business experience a plus.

Project leadership ability.

BS Computer Science or related field.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES -
Ability to work independently with minimal direction.

Ability to communicate issues and recommend solutions in a timely
manner to Management.

Strong decision making abilities.

Experience developing new application systems for production.

Required skills: Hadoop, Hive, Cassandra, Java • A Bachelor's degree in
Computer Science or related
field is preferred
plus 3-5 years of experience in related field.
• Experience with Hadoop, Cassandra, Java and Mercator necessary with
experience with Hive, MapR,
Scoop, Talend and
Unica a plus. 
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Confident communicator with strong presentation skills.
• Customer Service Oriented.
• CRM acumen a plus