KPMG is currently seeking a Big Data Engineer in Technology Enablement for our Consulting practice.
Responsibilities:
* Rapidly architect, design, prototype, and implement architectures to tackle the Big Data needs for a variety of Fortune 1000 corporations and other major organizations
* Work in cross-disciplinary teams with KPMG industry experts to understand client needs and ingest data sources such as documents, financial data, and operational data
* Research, experiment, and utilize leading Big Data methodologies, such as Hadoop, Spark, Redshift, Netezza, SAP HANA, and Microsoft Azure
* Implement and test data processing pipelines, and data mining / data science algorithms on a variety of hosted settings, such as AWS, Azure, client technology stacks, and KPMG's own clusters
* Translate advanced business analytics problems into technical approaches that yield actionable recommendations
* Develop skills in business requirement capture and translation, hypothesis-driven consulting, work stream and project management, and client relationship development
Qualifications:
* A minimum of one year of data analytics experience with a an internal strategy/analytics group, or similar environment
* Bachelor's degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university (master's or MBA degree preferred) with expertise in programming languages and a working knowledge of topics such as Data Exploration, Profiling, Quality, Transformation and Mining
* Proficient in designing efficient and robust ETL/ELT workflows, schedulers, and event-based triggers
* Ability to quickly learn, adapt, and implement Open Source technologies and desire to learn new skills and techniques
* Ability to work independently with limited supervision as well as contribute to team efforts and ability to support multiple projects simultaneously and work in a fast-paced environment
* Excellent verbal/written communication skills, including communicating technical issues to non-technical audiences and strong critical thinking, decision making, troubleshooting, attention to detail and problem solving skills
New York, New York
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