Java Developer (Spark Experience) at Synechron, Belfast, £410 per day

Synechron is working with a leading financial institution in Belfast on a predominately global greenfield programme of work. The project involves building out a data processing (batch) platform and will include moving from Oracle to big data.

The role involves active development with no support. We are looking for experienced Bigdata Java/Spark Developers to join the project. This is a multi-year project.

Role:

• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Develop high performance & low latency components to run Spark clusters
• Interpreting functional requirements into design approaches those can be served through Big Data platform
• Collaborate and partner with global teams based across different locations
• Be able to propose best practices and standards; handover to the operations
• Perform the testing of software prototypes and transfer to the operational team
• Processing of data using Hive, Impala & HBASE
• Performing analysis of large data sets and derive insight

Requirements:

• 5 to 7 Years of strong Java experience with Java 1.8 or higher version
• Strong Core Java & Multithreading working experience
• Experience in Big data technologies like HDFS, Hive. HBASE, Apache Spark & Kafka
• Experience in building self-service platform agnostic data access apis
• Service oriented architecture, and data standards like JSON, Avro, Parque
• Experience in RDMS and No SQL databases
• Good knowledge of database principles, practices, structures including SQL development
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Basic Unix OS and Scripting knowledge

The role is hybrid working based from Belfast office. Strong market rates, excellent benefits and immediate start available.

SYNECHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company.

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