As a Lead Data Engineer, you will play a leading role in designing, building, and optimizing our data infrastructure, ensuring that it supports the advanced analytics need of the bank. You will oversee a team of data engineers, working closely with data analysts, DevOps team, infrastructure engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality data solution.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Design, develop, and implement Spark Scala applications and data processing pipelines to process large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
- Integrate Elasticsearch with Spark to enable efficient indexing, querying, and retrieval of data.
- Optimize and tune Spark jobs for performance and scalability, ensuring efficient data processing and indexing in Elasticsearch.
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications and solutions.
- Design and deploy data engineering solutions on OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) using containerization and orchestration techniques.
- Optimize data engineering workflows for containerized deployment and efficient resource utilization.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to streamline deployment processes, implement CI/CD pipelines, and ensure platform stability.
- Monitor and optimize data pipeline performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement necessary enhancements.
- Implement monitoring and logging mechanisms to ensure the health, availability, and performance of the data infrastructure.
- Document data engineering processes, workflows, and infrastructure configurations for knowledge sharing and reference.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in data engineering and DevOps.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior team members to foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation to the continuous improvement of the analytics capabilities within the bank.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of experience as a Data Engineer, working with Hadoop, Spark, and data processing technologies in large-scale environments.
- Strong expertise in designing and developing data infrastructure using Hadoop, Spark, and related tools (HDFS, Hive, Ranger, etc)
- Experience with containerization platforms such as OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in data engineering, such as Spark, Python, Scala, or Java.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, BitBucket)
- Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk will be an added benefit
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a proactive approach to resolving technical challenges.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their data services is a plus.
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What We Do
Unison Consulting was launched in Singapore on September 2012, the hub of the financial industry, with innovative visions in the technocratic arena. We are a boutique next-generation Technology Company with strong business-interests in Liquidity risk, Market Risk, Credit Risk and Regulatory Compliance.
Unison provides technology consulting and services to implement Risk Management and Risk Analytics System for Financial Institutions. Our services suite comprises of Techno-Functional consulting, systems integration, Business Intelligence, information management, and custom development of IT solutions, plus project management expertise for financial institutions.
We have expertise in latest cutting edge technology to achieve better total cost of ownership. Through our qualified professionals, we assist you drive your unique risk management strategies, whether that means efficient monitoring, improving risk appetite of the financial institutions, complying with regulations, or capturing growth opportunities through innovation, this is what maximizes your decision taking potential. At Unison Consulting, we view clients as partners, and our success is only measured by the success of our partners. So we put it all on the table in order to exceed expectations.
Our staff consists of young, energetic and innovative consultants who are never afraid to challenge the conventions and push the boundaries in an effort to help our clients. For every project, no matter how large or how small, we strive to not only meet your needs, but deliver a showcase in your field
