Big Data Engineer – 100% RemoteLocation: Richmond, VA Duration: 06 months plus contract Rate: DOE independent candidates onlyJob descriptionAt least 8 years of experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)At least 5 years of experience working on a big data platformAt least 3 years of experience working with unstructured datasetsAt least 3 years of experience developing microservices: Python, Java, or ScalaAt least 1 year of experience building data pipelines, CICD pipelines, and fit for purpose data storesAt least 1 year of experience in cloud technologies: AWS, Docker, Ansible, or TerraformAt least 1 year of Agile experienceAt least 1 year of experience with a streaming data platform including Apache Kafka and SparkPreferred Qualifications:5+ years of data modeling and data engineering skills3+ years of microservices architecture & RESTful web service frameworks3+ years of experience with JSON, Parquet, or Avro formats2+ years of creating data quality dashboards establishing data standards2+ years experience in RDS, NOSQL or Graph Databases2+ years of experience working with AWS platforms, services, and component technologies, including S3, RDS and Amazon EMR