Senior Analytics Engineer

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Analytics Engineer Professional Job for an opportunity at Remote!

Position Title: Senior Analytics Engineer

Location: Remote

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and it is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: Contract of 12 Months and possibility of extension

Job Type: Contract and Remote

Pay Range: $68 - $72/hr. on w2

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Top Skills:

Years of Experience Required: 3-5 overall years of experience in the field. In data analytics, 5-7 in the engineering space. 3-5 in data engineering

Degrees or certifications required: Software engineering degree or equivalent.

Python | 3 - 5 Years of Experience

SQL | 2+ Years of Experience

Data modeling | 3 - 5 Years of Experience

Big data pipelines | 5 Years of Experience

Cloud experience| 3 - 5 Years of Experience

Best vs. Average: The ideal candidate has previous experience with Data Bricks. The ideal candidate has experience with analytics engineering with an emphasis on understanding the businesses information needed and why this data needs to be prepared in a specific way, moving data, checking for quality. Additional preferences include video game domain knowledge, great quality of work as related to the usability by our analysis and user, and previous experience with AI. Candidate is a critical thinker who has a solid track record building Big Data Pipelines. Strong python skills and pythonic mindset to create efficient and effective python code. Highly usable and effective data models. Good collaborator and communicator with project partners and stakeholders.

Job Description:

Join us as a Senior Analytics Engineer and be an architect of our data-driven future. We are seeking a strategic thinker who will combine their technical expertise with a deep understanding of the business to deliver solutions which transform raw gaming data into actionable insights and data products. You will build robust pipelines, well-crafted data models, and innovative data products to drive impactful outcomes. You will prioritize security, data quality, reliability, and usability to ensure stakeholder confidence in our solutions. To be successful, we collaborate with data scientists, analysts, data engineers, game teams and stakeholders at the pace of our business. Our team is passionate about our mission, embracing challenges with a growth mindset, and continuously leveling up.

Responsibilities:

• Build subject matter expertise of our business and data domains to collaborate with data consumers and stakeholders to understand their information needs and assist them with data access.
• Identify and analyze multi-structured data or metadata from a variety of sources to select and document the most effective and accurate data which fulfills the analytics requirements.
• Design data models, architect dataflows, and develop abstractions to deliver scalable solutions for analytics and machine learning ensuring they can evolve with changing needs.
• Leverage modern data engineering practices and frameworks with an object-oriented approach to architect, build, and maintain automated data pipelines which transform data into clean, enriched, and accurate information.
• Advance our infrastructure by developing frameworks, reusable components, and new capabilities to achieve our mission.
• Steward the creation, collection, maintenance, and management of metadata.
• Handle confidential information responsibly and correctly apply security and privacy policies.
• Test programs or databases, correct errors and make necessary modifications

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• 5-7 years applicable experience required
• Critical thinker and problem solver who brings a creative and open mindset to each situation.
• A proven track record building and optimizing analytic solutions and data products which deliver significant business impact.
• Data analysis and exploration skills to identify, select and prepare data or metadata for analytics.
• Business acumen to understand and address business challenges through analytics engineering.
• Experience building, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise scale data pipelines handling logs and event streaming data on Cloud Data Platforms using modern tools like Spark, and airflow; Azure preferred.
• Strong Python skills for data processing combined with a pythonic mindset. Proficient SQL.
• Working knowledge of DevOps and DataOps.
• Video game domain knowledge is important - as an experienced Player or industry veteran.

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 239904 when responding to this ad.

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