Apex Systems is working with a large Pharmaceutical client who is going to be building out a data engineering team. They are building a new platform and will be moving data from location to another (ETL). They have various data files and data sets so they need someone who has some understanding of some of the data; but also a willingness to learn the new data transformation techniques.

We are looking to add a Data Engineer who has strong SQL querying experience, exposure to AWS Services and scripting experience (Pyspark, Scala or Python preferred) as minimum requirements.

Title: Data Engineer

Career Level: Mid-Career

Location: 100% Remote (EST Hours)

Industry: Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical

Start Date: 1/3/2022

Looking for someone who has some exposure to some or most of the following:

SQL - able to write simple to complex SQL queries (good understanding of database concepts, data model) – (Strong SQL is required)
AWS - S3, Glue, Athena, EMR etc – (must have some AWS experience)
ETL Tools - Informatica / Alteryx / Talend/ Trifacta etc (any ETL would be a bonus – not a hard requirement)
Scripting - Unix shell scripting, PySpark, Scala, R, Python, Java, Airflow (experience with 1-2 scripting languages is necessary)
Databases - Oracle, SQL Server, Postgresql, Redshift

Required Skills : Python - PySpark Scala AWS Glue SQL

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills : Long Term SOW Consulting project - will be renewed yearly.

Background Check :Yes

Drug Screen :Yes

Notes

Selling points for candidate :Long Term SOW Consulting project - will be renewed yearly.

Project Verification Info :NA

Exclusive to Apex :Yes

Face to face interview required :No

Candidate must be local :No

Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship :Yes

Interview times set :Yes

Type of project :Development/Engineering

Master Job Title :Big Data: Dev

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