Functional Data Analyst Jobs in Wallingford, CT (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
ClifyX is a company seeking a Big Data Expert who specializes in Hadoop. The main purpose of this role is to provide technological guidance and expertise in the development and implementation of data warehousing and business intelligence solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Experience in data analysis and problem solving with Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Solr.
• Regularly use complex data and algorithms.
• Identify, prioritize, and lead execution initiatives to mature data assets and infrastructure.
• Visualize, tailor, interpret, and simplify data for the target audience.
• Identify need for and create ad-hoc reports on experiments.
• Validate that data sources meet requirements of the internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Partner with management and business stakeholders on innovative ways to successfully utilize data and related tools to advance business objectives.
• Provide business stakeholders with proactive and timely reports and dashboards that address their various strategic and operational business needs.
• Work closely with subject matter experts to translate manual data analysis into automated analytics, resulting in faster more meaningful data extraction for users.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Candidate must be experienced working in projects involving SAS.
• Must have hands on expertise on Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Solr, Map Reduce on Hortonworks.
• Understands where to obtain information needed to make the appropriate decisions.
• Identifies the problem versus the symptom.
• Manages problems that require involvement of others to solve.
• Reaches sound decisions quickly.
• Carefully evaluates alternative risks and solutions before taking action.
• Optimizes the use of all available resources.
• Demonstrates ability to break down a problem to manageable pieces and implement effective, timely solutions.
• Develops solutions to meet business needs that reflect a clear understanding of the objectives, practices and procedures of the corporation, department and business unit.
• Experience in data analysis and problem solving with Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Solr.
• Regularly use complex data and algorithms.
• Identify, prioritize, and lead execution initiatives to mature data assets and infrastructure.
• Visualize, tailor, interpret, and simplify data for the target audience.
• Identify need for and create ad-hoc reports on experiments.
• Validate that data sources meet requirements of the internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Partner with management and business stakeholders on innovative ways to successfully utilize data and related tools to advance business objectives.
• Provide business stakeholders with proactive and timely reports and dashboards that address their various strategic and operational business needs.
• Work closely with subject matter experts to translate manual data analysis into automated analytics, resulting in faster more meaningful data extraction for users.
• The Candidate must have 6-8 yrs of experience in Big data especially Hadoop.
• Hands on experience on Hive, Pig, Map Reduce, Solr.
• Experience on Shell scripting.
• Exceptionally strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong experience with ETL methods and with retrieving data from dimensional data models and data warehouses.
• Strong experience with relational databases and data access methods, especially SQL.
• Excellent collaboration and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities in a fast-paced collaborative environment.
• Ability to leverage data assets to respond to complex questions that require timely answer.
• Bachelor's Degree.
Preferred:
• Experience with Teradata.
• Experience with handling Hortonworks Big data ecosystem.
Company:
ClifyX provides innovative business solutions which satisfy requirements for mission-critical reliability, scalability, interoperations. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in South Plainfield, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.