Job Description:

Who is Equifax? 

At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial institutions and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. 

We work to help create seamless and positive experiences during life’s pivotal moments: applying for jobs or a mortgage, financing an education or buying a car. Our impact is real and to accomplish our goals we focus on nurturing our people for career advancement and their learning and development, supporting our next generation of leaders, maintaining an inclusive and diverse work environment, and regularly engaging and recognizing our employees. Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our employees makes a difference and we are looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best.

The Perks of being an Equifax Employee?

• We offer excellent compensation packages with market competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.




• Grow at your own pace through online courses at Learning @ Equifax.

Equifax is transforming core data supply chains to the Equifax Data Fabric, and analytics platform to Ignite Internal built on Google Cloud based technologies.  Data Fabric will transform all how Equifax manages and monetizes data globally and Ignite Internal is where all the R&D work will happen. This exciting new role will be on the cutting edge of this transformation helping with adoption of Ignite Internal and sunsetting Cambrian legacy Hadoop platform.

The Career Data Engineer will lead and perform the technical activities, of all complexities, ranging from data analysis, design, testing, implementation of new tools and technologies and support users within D&A to complete Ignite Internal migration efforts and continued enhancement of the platform.  In addition to technical and programming activities, the role requires deep knowledge of Equifax Data, Data  Fabric, Google Cloud, Equifax Security and Data Protection policies and the business acumen needed to collaborate in a fast-paced  innovative environment.   The Data Engineer will work closely with the Innovation Data Scientists, Data Stewards, Data Analyst, Product  and Technology teams.  

What You’ll Do

• Lead technical research, support broad base user rollout of tools, capabilities and data across US for 200+ hands on users and implement patterns for Global teams 




• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements, build new capabilities and automation to drives innovation and business value




• Drive Ignite Internal platform monitoring, cost reduction initiatives and best practices on cloud 




• Design and develop Ignite Internal data quality certification and monitoring 




• Champion project migration from Cambrian on-prem Hadoop platform to Ignite Internal GCP




• Configure, code and test data preparation complex plug-ins in a variety of Google Cloud tools including  Python, JAVA, Google Data Flow




• Comply with Equifax data security, compliance and governance rules at all times

Qualifications

• BS/ MS in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field




• 5+ years in data engineering, data wrangling or related roles.  




• Strong skills in SQL, Python, SPARK, Google Data Prep, Google Data Flow, Java or related skills




• Literate in programming languages used for statistical modeling and analysis including machine learning (like SAS, Python, R, SPARK, H2O), data warehousing solutions, Data API  and building data pipelines, as well as possess a strong foundation in software engineering




• Expertise in developing a data schema and data models




• You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with team members at various levels, including business leaders.

Extra Points for any of the Following

• Hands on experience in Cloud technologies and Google Data Cloud tools, BigTable and BigQuery and other Big data technologies like Hadoop




• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail and accuracy




• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and ability to work independently as well as in teams




• Experience in Data Fabric data pipelines, Data Catalog and Collibra for on-boarding and purposing data sources is a huge plus




• Work experience in regulatory and data compliant environments and Credit Industry Domain knowledge is preferred

Success Attributes of an Equifax employee; does this describe you?

• Accountability




• Bravery




• Curiosity




• Collaboration




• Think and act differently




• Trust




• Ownership




• Decide-Execute-Ship

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

If this sounds like somewhere you want to work, don’t delay, apply today - we’re looking for you!

Primary Location:

USA-Atlanta JV White

Function:

Function - Data and Analytics

Schedule:

Full time

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