Senior Developer

Join our team in Columbia, SC, a vibrant city known for its rich history, diverse culture, and welcoming community. We are seeking an experienced professional to focus on Big Data, Cloud Technologies (AWS), Data Engineering, and Advanced Analytics within an enterprise-level development and system integration environment.

• Strong experience in Big Data technologies
• Hands‑on experience with cloud‑based technologies, specifically AWS Services, including:
• AWS Step Functions (State Machines)
• AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit)
• AWS Glue
• Type Script
• Cloud Watch
• AWS Lambda
• Cloud Formation
• S3 and Glacier Archival Storage
• Data Sync
• Lake Formation
• App Flow
• RDS PostgreSQL
• Aurora
• Athena
• Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka)
• Apache Iceberg
• Spark
• Python

• Data Warehousing / Analytics: AWS Redshift, Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog)
• Data Engineering and Processing:
  Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Hive, Hue, Oozie, Sqoop
• AI and Machine Learning:
• Amazon Bedrock
• AWS Sage Maker and Sage Maker Unified Studio
• R Studio / Posit Workbench
• R Shiny / Posit Connect
• Posit Package Manager
• Streaming and Integration: AWS Data Firehose
• Version Control / Dev Ops:
  Git, Git Actions
• Development Tools /
  
  Languages:
  
  Intelli
  
  J, Scala

• Systems Analysis & Process Optimization:
  Review and analyze systems to streamline processes and ensure efficient use of resources
• Adjust system designs to maximize reusability and minimize costs across subsystems
• Develop technology solutions and prototypes to serve as templates for complex requirements
• Research, diagnose, and resolve defects and maintenance issues in existing code
• Consultation & Technical Leadership:
  Serve as an internal consultant, mentor, and technical expert on complex projects
• Collaborate with business analysts, customers, and team members to define and implement requirements
• Ensure technical solutions align with business and IT strategies and organizational architecture standards
• Design & Development:
  Provide design recommendations aligned with long‑term IT strategies
• Contribute to decisions on new code development versus reuse of existing components
• Participate in component and data architecture design, performance monitoring, and product evaluations
• Perform full lifecycle development — analysis, design, programming, testing, implementation, and support
• Standards & Best Practices:
  Develop programming and development standards
• Identify new data sources and develop innovative techniques and approaches
• Ensure solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Leadership & Mentorship:
  Guide and mentor junior developers and analysts
• Lead, plan, organize, and coordinate complex projects or large project phases
• Collaborate with other analysts, programmers, and system users to identify and resolve issues
• Research & Continuous Improvement:
  Stay updated on application development and quality control trends across the industry
• Recommend process improvements and emerging best practices