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# Big Data Engineer

- **Company:** Apptad Inc.
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Data Analysis, CA Workload Automation Ae, Big Data, Databases, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Linux, Apache Hadoop, Hadoop Distributed File System, MapReduce, Apache Hive, Apache Oozie, Ansible, Standard Sql, Shell Script, SQL Databases, Sqoop, Apache Spark, Data Pipelines, Jenkins, Artifactory
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us5c2d59e07d8ad491fd3ad940496fc837

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on Hadoop/Big Data experience.
 * Experience with HDFS, Hive, Spark, Pig, Oozie, Sqoop, and MapReduce.
 * Strong SQL and database skills.
 * Strong Linux/Unix and shell scripting experience.
 * Experience with Autosys.
 * Familiarity with Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, and CI/CD.
 * Strong troubleshooting, communication, and production support skills.

Preferred Skills:

 * Experience in large enterprise Big Data environments.
 * Experience with Agile teams and POCs.

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Big Data Engineer to design, develop, and support scalable solutions using the Hadoop ecosystem., * Design and develop solutions using Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Spark, Pig, and MapReduce.

 * Develop ETL and data processing workflows using Oozie and Sqoop.
 * Write and optimize SQL/Hive queries for large datasets.
 * Develop Linux/Unix shell scripts and manage batch jobs using Autosys.
 * Troubleshoot production issues and perform data analysis and root-cause investigation.
 * Support CI/CD, testing, and deployments using Jenkins, Ansible, and Artifactory.
 * Participate in Agile development, POCs, and process improvements.