Senior Hadoop Developer at Cognizant in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job Description:

Senior Hadoop Developer

Location and Travel: Minneapolis, MN (Remote Available, Flexible After COVID)

*This role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Job Requirements:

• Designing and coding Hadoop applications to analyze data collections. 


• Creating data processing frameworks. 


• Implement and support various components of the Hadoop ecosystem 


• Monitor Hadoop cluster connectivity and performance 


• Ability to work with Senior Enterprise Architects to develop a Big Data platform 


• Work closely with infrastructure, network, database, business intelligence and application teams to ensure business applications are readily available and performing within agreed upon service levels 


• Capacity planning and estimating the requirements for lowering or increasing the capacity of the hadoop cluster 


• Manage and review Hadoop log files 

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science. 


• 5+ years designing, developing and implementing solutions in Hadoop environments 


• Previous experience as a Hadoop Developer or Big Data Engineer. 


• Advanced knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem and its components. 


• In-depth knowledge of Hive, HBase, and Pig. 


• In depth knowledge of MapReduce and Pig Latin Scripts. 


• Knowledge of back-end programming languages including JavaScript, Node.js, and OOAD. 


• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or relevant field 


• 5-8 years of overall IT experience and 6+ years of experience in Hadoop Administration,  Cassandra Admin/Dev,  Oracle Golden gate , Kafka admin activities 


• Experience working on KSQL and Kafka Streams for data processing within Kafka. 


• Develop the Microservice Key space with Microservice based tables for consumption 


• Experience in AWS Cloud technologies 


• Experience in different file systems like XML, JASON. 


• Understanding of security and identify concepts and familiar with authentication, single-sign-on, directory services etc. 


• Knowledge to operate with defect management tools such as JIRA QC, Rally, etc. 


• Ability to work in sprints (agile project) 


• Should have a thorough understanding of Agile framework 


• Must have good communication skills in order to liaise with the customer stakeholders 


• Functional knowledge on insurance domain is preferred 


• Ability to work on onsite / offshore model 

Cognizant is committed to veteran and military communities. Cognizant has been often recognized as a military friendly employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our business resource group Veterans Network assists our military associates in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence.

process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.). Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and we are among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft significant solutions through true teamwork.

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends