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# Big Data Engineer

- **Company:** Cyma Systems Inc
- **Location:** Rockville, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon S3, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Continuous Integration, Perl (Programming Language), Github, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, Prompt Engineering, Apache Spark, AWS Data Analytics, GPT
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/f03439d5-b4a7-4032-9695-e0fd00cedb98

## About the Role

5+ Years of Big Data Engineering Experience
Strong expertise in Spark, Hadoop, Hive & Scala
Hands-on AWS Data Services (S3, EMR, Glue, Athena)
Advanced SQL optimization & performance tuning

## Description

Apache Spark
Hadoop Ecosystem
Scala & Hive
Python or Perl Scripting
Expert-level Complex SQL (Window Functions, Multi-Table Joins)
AWS - S3, EMR, Glue, Athena
GitHub & CI/CD Pipelines
Agile Methodologies & Test Automation
AI Tools - GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Amazon Q (Prompt Engineering)
Preferred:
Financial Services / Banking Domain Experience
Key Responsibilities:
Build and optimize enterprise-scale Big Data pipelines
Performance tuning for Spark, Hadoop & SQL workloads
Develop scalable AWS data solutions
Implement CI/CD, automated testing & data quality validation
Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity


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