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Zurich NA RCIS - Data Engineer in Anoka, Minnesota
RCIS - Data Engineer
102840
RCIS provides insurance and superior services through leading agents to protect America’s farmers and ranchers. It has been an innovator in crop insurance since the crop insurance business was privatized by the federal government in 1980. Today, it is one of the nation’s largest crop insurance providers, offering risk management protection in all 50 states through a national network of about 4,000 professionally trained and licensed agents.
RCIS (Rural Community Insurance Services), a division of Zurich North America, is currently hiring a Data Engineer that will work out of our Anoka, MN office.
The Data Engineer will be part of an Enterprise Data Initiative Team that will be responsible for leveraging the value of the data assets throughout the organization.
The team will facilitate the development/implementation of the desired end-state data environment with the leveraging of emerging tools and technologies, while evolving and refining standards and methodologies.
The Engineer will create, modify, and support dual-platform databases. Responsibilities will include working with development application teams to determine requirements, provide working estimates, creation, modification, and testing of database objects, problem solving, script testing, debugging, writing, tuning SQL, analyzing/tuning application database objects, producing documentation, and knowledge sharing with team members and on-call support.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Mathematics/Statistics and 3 or more years of experience in the areaAND
Relevant STEM degree required or equivalent experience
1 or more years of experience in Enterprise Data Engineering using Hadoop technologies
Fluency in scripting language (Shell / Perl / Python / Java / etc.) required
Experience with Storm, Hive, HBase, Spark, Map Reduce, Kafka, Squoop, Flume, Tez, Pig, Oozie
Knowledge of industry standards and trends on Big Data
Experience as a SQL Developer
Experience in data interrogation and data profiling
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with IBMi and SQL Server environments; good SQL and stored procedure skills with excellent data and requirements analysis
Crop insurance knowledge
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work independently and interact effectively as part of a team
Crop Insurance preferred
As a condition of employment at Zurich, employees must adhere to any COVID-related health and safety protocols in place at that time ( https://www.zurichna.com/careers/faq ).
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Location(s): AM - Anoka
Remote Working: Hybrid
Schedule: Full Time
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