Open Positions


DevOps Engineer

Posted 8/27/2020

Accountable for daily build, test, and deploy process. Own and drive improvements to build and release scripts, tools, and processes. Build and deliver deployment and monitoring capabilities consistent with DevOps models. Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

  • Proven experience using the following technologies: HTTP, SSL/TLS, REST, SQL, JSON, and Excel.
  • Experience work on Linux, OpenShift
  • Relational database experience – MySQL, Oracle, NoSQL, Postgres, Mongo DB and Hive.
  • Experience in writing jobs using open source cluster computing frameworks like Spark and Python.
  • Experience working within an Agile team environment.
  • Experience with Jenkins / Ansible / Docker / Terraform / Kubernetes
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in programming/systems analysis
  • Databases (Vertica, Impala, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server)
  • Operating Systems (Unix, Linux, CentOS, Windows)

Job Type: Full Time

Location: St. Louis, MO / Daleville, AL / Fairfax, VA or any location nearby these locations.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years’ work experience in IT

Must Have:

  • Minimum Active Secret Clearance
  • Must have Security+/CompTIA+ Certification – if not, should willing to obtain one prior to onboarding

Please send resumes to tt@plateauinc.com

Data Engineer

Posted 8/24/2020

The Data Engineer is responsible for the development, maintenance, test and evaluation big data solutions. Experience with Hadoop based technologies such as MapReduce, Hive MongoDB or Cassandra is required. A big data engineer builds large-scale data processing systems using different open source tools and is an expert in data warehousing solutions and latest database technologies.

  • Designs and builds relational and dimensional databases
  • Develops strategies for data acquisitions, archive recovery, and database implementation
  • Works in a data warehouse environment, which includes data design, database architecture, metadata and repository creation.
  • To be proficient in designing efficient and robust ETL workflows
  • Develops data warehousing blueprints, evaluating hardware and software platforms, and integrating systems.
  • Evaluates reusability of current data for additional analyses.
  • Reviews object and data models and the metadata repository to structure the data for better management and quicker access.
  • Preferred:
  • Has cloud migration experience
  • Has experience with cloud databases, data lakes.

Experience: A minimum of 3 years of experience in data engineering. Experience in the following technologies: Hadoop and Spark, AWS (Aurora, Athena, EMR, Redshift, S3), Python scripting, Bitbucket and Git, Linux, and/or Jenkins and CI/CD, SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL; data architecture; and data security and governance

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or closely related subject.

Clearance: Minimum Active Secret Clearance and Security+ / CompTIA+ Certification. If someone is missing the Certification, as long as the candidate is willing to obtain one prior to on-boarding, may be considered based on how best the candidate is.

Preferred Certifications: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Big Data – Specialty, Cloudera Certified Professional (CCP): Data Engineer or similar certification.

Core Skills Below:

  • IBM Cloud Pak
  • SQL Server – ETL
  • Data Stage – (ETL)
  • Data Migration – On-Prem to Cloud – lift or Shift
  • AWS/Azure
  • Dataware house – Star Schema
  • Database metadata
  • Teradata (BTEQ) experience is plus

High Level view of the requirement:

  • Oracle/SQL Server/MangoDB, Momentum/Netcracker, SAP HANA, SAP HANA Smart Data
  • Integration (SDI), SAP HANA Smart Data Access (SDA), Business Intelligence Solution,
  • Data Base Management, EDW (Enterprise Data Warehouse) , Real time data database replication solution, ETL, Control-M, Data modelling and dimensional modelling, Data Quality, Data Modelling,
  • Data Integration, Data Visualization, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud services,
  • SAP HANA Modelling, Database Architecture, Performance Improvement, Data Modelling,
  • Data Analytics,Big Data,Data Virtulization, SPLUNK, Python, Tableau, Power BI, Sprint/Release Management process, SAP Data Hub, and Project Management.

Please send resumes to tt@plateauinc.com

Microstrategy Architect

Posted 8/18/2020

Location: Fairfax, VA

Duration: Full Time

Job Description: –

  • 7-10 years of experience in the field of Data warehousing
  • 5+ years of experience with Microstrategy Architecture, Schema, and Development
  • 3+ years of experience in leading and mentoring team at Architect level
  • Extensive experience developing reports, dashboards, and cubes in Microstrategy version 9 and Hands-on development maintenance experience in Microstrategy 10.X
  • Advanced SQL coding skills
  • Solid understanding of Data Modeling concepts
  • Technical team management experience including offshore team members
  • Excellent personal communication, leadership, and organizational skills
  • Retail related data warehousing experience a plus
  • Hands on development in BI reporting and Performance tuning 

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for overall Microstrategy architecture design and standards 
  • Lead Microstrategy Architecture Team
  • Guide onshore and offshore MicroStrategy Developers to ensure standards are met
  • Work with the application development teams throughout the development life cycle
  • Evaluate new Business Intelligence technologies, features, and products
  • Lead or participate in Proof-of-Concept projects
  • Stay current with emerging industry trends
  • Ability to take initiative and ownership on tasks
  • Create MSTR Preliminary and Detail design document based on the business requirement
  • Create/Update MicroStrategy schemas as per the requirements
  • Create/Update reports, dynamic dashboards as per the requirements
  • Good written and oral communication
  • Explain complex design items through documents and white-board sessions
  • SQL knowledge and performance tuning experience needed

Desirable Technical / Functional Skills:

Work with different teams – Business, Solutions – BI, Portal and team of Architects to create overall BI user interface, Implement Microstrategy solutions with complete considerations on Infrastructure capability, performance, supportability to achieve end user business results.

Please send resumes to tt@plateauinc.com

SQL Developer/DBA

Posted 8/17/2020

Description: The SQL Developer/DBA is responsible for providing technical support to ensure that databases and instances are both secure and functioning according to best practices. The SQL Developer/DBA maintains Microsoft SQL databases in all environments (Dev, Test, QA/Cert, Prod).  The SQL Developer/DBA position works in a team-oriented environment supporting 24X7 application operations. The SQL Developer/DBA is expected to participate in scheduled and emergency operations and tasks outside of normal operating hours. The SQL Developer/DBA provides leadership during the development and enhancement of production applications including working with applications, providing technical support and improving operations during the design, development and implementation of applications.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Development of high quality database solutions
  • Develop, implement and optimize stored procedures and functions using T-SQL
  • Review and interpret ongoing business report requirements
    Research and verify required data
  • Build appropriate and useful reporting deliverables
  • Analyze existing SQL queries for performance improvements
  • Suggest new queries
  • Develop procedures and scripts for data migration
  • Provide timely scheduled management reporting
  • Assisting with ensuring best security practices are being followed

Requirements and qualifications:

  • Five or more years of experience as a SQL Developer or similar role
  • Excellent understanding of T-SQL programming
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
  • Excellent understanding of Microsoft SQL Server 
  • Three years of experience with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
  • Five years of experience with SQL Server Reporting Services and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
  • Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
  • Good time-management skills
  • Great interpersonal and communication skill

Please send resumes to tt@plateauinc.com

Technical Delivery Manager – Data Engineering

Posted 8/17/2020

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: St. Louis, MO

  • Must have Leadership skills, with experience in Client facing, managing and mentoring a team.
  • 5+ years of experience (Sr-level) Strong Programming experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python with Spark
  • 5+ years of strong DevOps Engineering experience (Sr-level)
  • Experience (Mid-level) with big data tools: Hadoop, Apache Spark, Kafka, etc
  • Strong Technical Experience with AWS cloud services and DevOps engineering: S3, IAM, EC2, EMR, Lambda RDS, Redshift, CloudWatch
  • Experience using modern build and deployment tools such as Jenkins, CICD, Docker, Kubernetes etc.
  • Experience with Terraform, Chef, Ansible or Puppet
  • Experience with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc. (Nice to have)
  • Experience with relational SQL, Snowflake and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra.
  • Experience with Datawarehouse Concepts – ETL / DataStage.
  • Proficient knowledge / experience with IA / Data Security.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture, assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
  • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability etc.
  • Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS ‘Big data’ technologies.
  • Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.
  • Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
  • Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.
  • Troubleshooting problems, involving the appropriate resources and driving resolution of issues with a focus on minimizing impact to our customers.
  • Participate in the Agile DevOps design, development, testing, and release of new capabilities and features with focus on release and post-production support.
  • Represent production support for the suite of apps in the domain in Agile stand-ups, planning sessions and deployment activities.
  • Developing and enabling continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) for search system components.
  • Drive improvements to processes and design enhancements to automation to continuously improve the production environment.

This position requires minimum Active Secret / Active Interim Secret Clearance.  Candidates who had such Clearance in the recent past can also be considered. Also, must have Security + / CompTIA+ Certification, if not must be able to obtain one prior to onboarding. Nice to have PMP Certification.

Please send resumes to tt@plateauinc.com