The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is dedicated to high-quality research and innovation in engineering. They are seeking a Junior Data Engineer to join their Data Platform team, where the individual will design, develop, and support various data platforms while working on complex data problems in the GIS domain.
Responsibilities
- Define, document, and test a wide variety of transportation data analytics and operations applications
- Design, develop, and support over 40 relational database instances and distributed Cassandra and Hadoop instances
- Create stable, secure, and reliable data platforms supporting custom data analytics applications
- Learn new skills and stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies
Skills
- B.S. Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Relevant academic or internship experience with design, development, and administration of data platform solutions
- Experience writing ETL scripts and standalone applications in Python and/or Java
- Expertise writing and tuning SQL queries
- Experience deploying, configuring, maintaining, and upgrading production-level database servers and services
- This position requires the employee to maintain a work presence within the United States for the duration of employment, including while performing remote work
- Experience administering PostgreSQL servers, performance tuning, streaming replication, and PgBouncer failover configuration
- Experience with non-relational data storage and processing solutions like Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark, Iceberg, Sedona etc
- Experience working with geospatial datasets, using geospatial extensions (such as PostGIS) and querying features
- Experience with Linux (RHEL), including writing robust Bash scripts
- Experience architecting and implementing backup and recovery strategies
- Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket
- Experience with cloud platforms including AWS and GCP
Benefits
- For more information on Regular Faculty benefits, select this [link](https://umd.app.box.com/s/ox92cc1ffddbmae5f2fdquioadurmie0)
Company Overview
UMCES are Maryland's premier research institution aimed at advancing scientific knowledge of the environment. It was founded in 1925, and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.umces.edu.