Position: Senior Data Architect/Engineer (Dubai)
Company: Picstar
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

We are working with customer and AWS for Global Cloid Transformation including Application Rationalization, MRA/MRP, Well-architected review, Cloud transformation framework, Security Framework, 20% of Key Applications and Database migration in 2020; build a Datalake 2.0 and Big Data platform on AWS cloud.

Engagement Type: Contract
Work Location: Dubaï (UAE)
On-site/Remote: 100% onsite
Work Authorization: N/A, Picstar can sponsor
Engagement Duration: 6 months +
Start Date: Immediate

Job Description
Picstar is looking for a Data Engineer, who will join a AWS big data & data warehouse project in Dubai. AWS technologies. 
Main task: develop and maintain the ingestion module.

Must have skills
Languages
   - Python
   - SQL (ideally Spark SQL)
   - Bash / Batch
Libraries
   - Spark, especially via the PySpark API
   - Various Standard Library modules
   - Various AWS Service modules, including AWS Glue
AWS Services
   - Essential - AWS Glue, Redshift S3, Code Commit,
   - Useful - CloudFormation
General Skills
   - ETL / Data Pipelines
   - Big data processing
   - Cloud Architecture and Services
   - Data Modelling
   - Source Control / Git

Overall skills:
• Expertise with Glue, Python and Spark – and demonstrated experience developing the ingestion module of large big data projects
• Experience with Redshift
• Experience in Insurance/financial services is a plus but not mandatory

Soft skills:
- Product Development oriented with a focus on delivery
- Ability to understand complex requirements
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability of communicate clearly with business stakeholders and development for both technical and product related issues
- Ability to work in a fast paced dynamic team
- Fast starter

Terms of relocation
- work visa, official employment;
- full medical insurance;
- 15 days of paid vacation per year;
- 3 days of paid sick leave;
- flight to Dubai at the expense of the company;
- for the first 30 days in Dubai, the company will provide you the hotel room and real estate agent that will help to find the apartment.