Digital Accelerator - 2 Big Data Software Engineers (m/f)

Job description

Airbus Operations SAS

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2018 it generated revenues of € 64 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world's leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Job Description

Contact :
Please apply on line for this vacancy on our careers website (https://www.airbus.com/careers.html) with your CV and cover letter attached.

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Description of the job :
Two vacancies for Big Data Software engineers (m/f) have arisen within Airbus Commercial Aircraft in Toulouse. You will join the Big data platform & Data extraction team within Digital Accelerator organization.

The Digital Accelerator is an integral part of Airbus' IT department and is building and operating new business platforms and services adopting new technologies, automation, digital native skills and agile ways of working to accelerate our digitalization journey.

One key component of this digital transformation is the implementation of solutions to enable the data-value chain in Airbus and its Division and to make the best use of Data in Airbus, whether to optimize our business processes or to create new business values via data monetization. The data-value chain encompasses solutions to create, capture, connect, ingest, transport, process, expose and visualize data, data coming from Airbus, Customers (Airlines), Aircrafts (in-flight data), Suppliers and other Third-party entities.

In that context the Big data platform is key in achieving Airbus' goal.

Task & accountabilities :
The person we are looking for will be responsible for:

o Building products for human-driven analysis of real-world data at scale, while maintaining an intuitive user experience and a wide range of analytic capabilities
o Taking part in all the product lifecycle management: idea generation, design, prototyping, planning, execution, and shipping
o Designing and develop high-quality product features from end-to-end (DevOps), highly scalable, highly available, using a variety of frameworks and tools from the Big Data ecosystem
o Implementing ETL processes from various IT back-ends and bringing the data into the Enterprise Datalake
o Monitoring performance of data transformation pipelines across the Datalake and advise any necessary infrastructure changes
o Working in a pizza-team alongside business experts, data analysts, architects and data governance representatives
o Conducting researches on new technologies and solutions, complete proof of concepts apply these new findings into our current environment
o Standardizing the quality assurance procedures for software engineering, oversee testing and develop fixes
o Defining best practices for product delivery teams from a software development perspective
o Defining, implementing new processes and refining the existing ones

Required skills :
Competences – Hard Skills

The person we are looking for should have experience in the following areas:

o 3+ years hands-on with Hadoop ecosystem (Apache/Cloudera/Hortonworks distributions - HDFS, Spark, Sqoop, YARN, Mesos, Hive, Impala, etc.)
o 3+ years hands-on with SQL and NoSQL databases (Postgres, Cassandra, HBase, etc.)
o 3+ years of experience building and deploying cloud solutions (AWS preferred)
o 5+ years hands-on with Linux systems (RHEL or CentOS preferred)
o Custom back-end solutions and applications built on top of the core platform (front-end)
o Proficiency in designing efficient and robust ETL workflows
o Good knowledge of Big Data querying tools, such as Hive, Impala, AWS Athena, etc.
o Streaming analytics, real-time processing and ingestion systems, using solutions such as Storm, Spark-Streaming, AWS Lambda, etc.
o Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles
o Good knowledge of the AWS Ecosystem – our platform is deployed on AWS
o Programming languages: Python/Java/Scala/C++/JavaScript/HTML/CSS/React/AngularJS/NodeJS or similar languages
o CI/CD and test-driven development
o Agile/Scrum and DevOps cultures and experience with the affiliated toolset

Competences – Soft Skills

The person we are looking for is/has:

o Proficient/advanced level in English (French is a plus)
o Agile, Lean and/or Design Thinking knowledge and a very curious mind
o Adept at working with engineering teams to translate customer needs into technology solutions that scale operationally
o Comfortable with feature and requirements definitions, customer interviews and surveys, metrics analysis, and competitive analysis. You are particularly adept at synthesizing these inputs into requirements definition
o Strong work ethic and a team player attitude, keen to be developed and develop others
o Comfort working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives
o Attention to details but ability to deliver iteratively/incrementally and fast
o A passion for software and technologies that solve problems - wants be a game changer
o Able to make his/her ideas heard, not afraid to take risks
o Embraces diversity and background of thought, uses the collective intelligence

What We Value

o Strong engineering background, an analytical and critical mind, being able to think deeply
o A Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) with education in at least a couple of fields in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering (but not limited to)
o Understanding of how technical decisions and data-driven decisions can impact the business
o Understanding that the team comes before personal goals, we trust each other to effectively manage time, priorities and collectively leverage Airbus’ future
o Ability to work effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals with little supervision
o Being impactful and taking meaningful and challenging projects that change Airbus for the better
o Being dedicated to projects and see them through from beginning to end in spite of obstacles we may encounter.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.