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Data Engineer

Nexstar

Los Angeles, CA 6 days ago
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  • Paid
  • Full Time
Job Description
The Data Engineer is responsible for helping develop and maintain the company's data platforms.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
• Data collection
• Data transformation and cleanup
• Data importation into analysis and reporting databases
• Daily monitoring of data systems
• Analysis of data to find new insights

Required Technical Skills and Abilities
• Python
• SQL
• BASH Scripting

Recommended Technical Skills and Abilities:
• AWS knowledge
• AWS Redshift knowledge
• Knowledge about Docker containers
• Knowledge about NoSQL Systems
• Javascript knowledge
• HTML/CSS

Education/Experience Needed:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Science, or a related field preferred.
• Will consider work or internship experience that involves daily usage of Python and SQL

Soft Skills:
• Takes initiative to solve problems
• Able to multi-task and manage multiple projects
• Seeks feedback
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Able to self-manage
• Quality oriented

Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with Cloud Service usage and orchestration (AWS | GCP | Azure)
• Hands-on experience with Docker
• Experience with dashboard and monitoring tools (Grafana, Quicksight, etc)
• Experience with Airflow
• Proficiency with Git
• Understanding of NoSQL and its use cases
• Expertise in error handling, input/output monitoring and alerting
• Strong experience with Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn)
• Proficient in SQL (preferably experience with postgres)
• Experience with Linux Operating System and Bash scripting
• Understanding of cost analysis (forecasting and tracking)

Responsibilities
• Assemble pipelines for large, multi-sourced sets of data to optimize creation of machine learning models, dashboards, and other business automations.
• Identifying, designing and implementing internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, cost optimization, and compatibility with evolving technologies.
• Design, test and develop software and workflows across varying environments including AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, etc.
• Document aspects of new and updated systems and software to serve as reference for future upgrades and maintenance.
• Aptly communicate technical challenges and possible solutions to best make collaborative decisions as a team.
• Research open-source and emerging technologies to solve problems and improve existing systems.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rvbn2n-18-97-14-85-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Nexstar

Nexstar Media Group is America’s largest local television and media company with 196 full power stations (including partner stations) in 114 markets addressing nearly 63% of US television households and a growing digital media operation.