One of South Africa’s leading companies in the Media and Entertainment space is on the lookout for A Big Data Developer / Analyst.

Our client has a focus on technology. To deliver on their focus they have built a team of passionate and intelligent technologists that work in an environment that fosters creativity and where innovation is core to their success.

They have numerous public facing, as well as internal products, generating enormous volumes of data. They are currently standardizing and refining their procedures to ingest, collate and analyse this data. Their driving requirement is to better understand their data in order to provide better services to their customers within the context of:

* Digital and mobile environment

* E-commerce environment

* Digital media and entertainment environment

* Leading edge technological environment

* Dynamic, ever changing business environment

If you are looking for a real challenge in a dynamic and constantly changing environment, if you are a data junkie with a flare for technology and development, bored of the usual mundane repetition that is synonymous with BI and data analytics then you may have just found the perfect role.

OUTPUTS:

Design, develop, maintain and support projects using a variety of Big Data technologies. Typical duties include:

* Ascertain requirements by interfacing with internal clients

* Design architectures/applications/data-flows

* Develop various components (apps/scripts/sites)

* Conduct code reviews on completion of these components

* Design tests for your code

* Support the production environment

Skills/Qualities

* Quick learner

* Ability to hit the ground running

* Ability to work independently if necessary

* Deliverables driven

* Strong core Java skills

* Strong Linux skills

* Knowledge and experience working with high volumes of data (beneficial)

* Knowledge of SCRUM and Agile methodologies (beneficial)

Languages:

* Required: Java, C#, HTML, Javascript, Linux shell scripting

* Beneficial: Pig, UDFs, Hive, NodeJS

DB:

* Required: MSSQL, MySQL

* Beneficial: Elastic Search, HDFS, Hadoop, HBase, MongoDB

Other:

* Required: RESTful service development

* Beneficial: Graylog, Kibana

Qualification:

* University Degree or equivalent in relevant field

* 4 – 5 years experience in a comparable environment

* Experience in reporting and presentation to senior and executive management

* Very strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills

* Ability to work under pressure.