Overview: The Principal Software Engineer is a fast-paced position in a rapid growth enterprise environment. The Big Data Engineering team designs, builds, and maintains the software, hardware, network, and computing technologies that power all of Inovalon’s Big Data services. We are the foundation upon which Inovalon’s innovations are built, from high octane data analytics horsepower to insightful healthcare data solutions that will change the future.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Discover, review, and influence new and evolving design, architecture, and standards for building and delivering unique services and solutions;
- Investigate, design, and implement best-in-industry, innovative technologies that will expand Inovalon’s infrastructure through robust, scalable, adrenaline-fueled solutions;
- Champion the enterprise infrastructure vision and strategy;
- Be the expert in service reliability and sustainability;
- Develop and execute designs for complex systems backed by excellence, confidence, and thorough engineering analysis;
- Develop, gather, and leverage metrics to manage the server fleet and complex computing systems to drive automation, improvement, and performance; and
- Take responsibility for detailed design, analysis, testing, and optimization.
- Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement;
- Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position; and
- Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Employer.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 15 years of plus experience with Unix management, complex computing platforms, and/or cutting-edge technologies involving virtualization, distribution, and high performance computing;
- Strives to achieve excellence backed by strong architectural, system design, and automation experience;
- Technology experience required; Hive, Hbase, Sqoop, Ranger, NIFI - Other technologies good to have; Spark, Phoenix, Spring Batch, Accumulo, Falcon, Atlas;
- Experience engineering solutions on one of the major Hadoop distributions - Java scripting and application support experience strongly desired;
- Experience with virtualization technologies required - You are driven to solve difficult problems with scalable, elegant, and maintainable solutions;
- Expert troubleshooter – unwilling to let a problem defeat you; unrelenting, persistent, confident;
- A penchant for thinking outside the box to solve complex and interesting problems;
- Extensive knowledge of existing industry standards, technologies, and infrastructure operations; and
- Manage stressful situations with calm, courtesy, and confidence.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, technical field, or equivalent experience.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- Sedentary work (i.e., sitting for long periods of time);
- Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force;
- Frequently or constantly to lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects and repetitive motions;
- Subject to inside environmental conditions; and
- Travel for this position will include less than 5% locally usually for training purposes.
