Job Title : Senior Data Engineer / Architect
Location : St Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration : Long Term
About VLink : Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.
Job Description :
Your future duties and responsibilities
- Design various enterprise information and data and analytics strategies, including defining visions, conducting assessments of people, processes, and technology; and developing dynamic business value roadmaps.
- Design and implement modern industry best practices in governance, management, and quality of information / data.
- Design and implementation of data quality scorecards and metrics.
- Evaluation, selection and implementation of tools and technology for data catalogs, data governance, data quality and data management.
- Collaborate with business and technical teams to provide direction for and contribute to development, implementation and rollout of solutions and consulting services.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Author high-quality Golang code to deliver new features, evolve existing services, and resolve defectsFamiliarity with API design principles (REST, gRPC) and API gateway technologiesDemonstrated experience with programming languages such as Python or GoDeep knowledge and demonstrated experience with Google Kubernetes Engine and Google Cloud PlatformKnowledge of key architectural patterns, such as microservices and event-driven architecture, with a deep understanding of their related trade-offsKnowledge of best practices for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI / CD)Familiarity with data architecture and modeling concepts and paradigmsFamiliarity with Observability concepts, such as Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and related tooling (e.g., Datadog, OpenTelemetry, etc.)Demonstrated experience as a productive reviewer of code, with an ability to coach others on the differentiation of style and correctnessDemonstrated experience with relational databases and declarative query languages such as SQL (e.g., Oracle, Postgres, etc.)Experience with the git version control system and related tools such as GitHub or GitLabExperience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling (e.g. Terraform, etc.)Familiarity with the publish / subscribe models and supporting technologies (e.g., Apache Kafka, Google Pubsub, AWS SNS / SQS, etc.)Proven experience in designing, building and running large-scale systemsDesired Qualifications
At least 7 years of demonstrated experience with programming languages such as Python or Go;Demonstrated experience migrating Python codebases to GoStrong understanding of cloud-native security best practicesStrong understanding of DevOps best practicesDirect experience implementing service meshes (e.g., Istio) in Kubernetes environmentsStrong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and concepts with direct experience deploying software using the Kubernetes control planeA demonstrated understanding of Machine Learning and Generative AI conceptsEmployment Practices :
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer. At VLink, we are committed to embracing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. VLink does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, or discharge, will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.