Big Data ArchitectLocation: Chicago, IL / Nashville, TN / New York, NY / Phoenix, AZDuration: Full TimeSkills Required:Minimum 12-15 years of experience in IT space and minimum 4 years of Big Data platform experienceShould be well versed with overall IT landscape, technologies and should be able to analyze how different technologies integrates with each otherWell versed with presales and creating proposal / responding to RFIs/RFPsShould be able to provide scalable and robust solution architecture depending on the needsShould be able to compare tools and technologies and recommend a tool or technologyMust have good understanding of Data Structures, Distributed processing framework.Must have experience of executing couple of big data projects (end to end)Strong technical expertise and hands on experience on Hive, Flume, Hbase & other Hadoop componentsCandidate must have strong background & hands on experience of SPARK or JAVA or Data warehouse / ETL/BI or DWH appliancesMust have strong customer service skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills.Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment stay motivated and flexible.Ability to work cross functionally to deliver appropriate resolution of technical, procedural, and operational issues.Deep Knowledge of either Cloudera/Horton Works/MapR/PivotalGood knowledge of NoSQL Databases/Hbase/ MongoDBVery good understanding of in-memory databases and distributed databasesThoroughly understanding of how to handle real time data integrationGood understanding of security aspects including Kerberos, Sentry etcGood experience with databases and SQLGood experience with at least one programming language like Scala, Java, Python, Pig etcProven expertise of delivering end to end projects working with virtual teams