Position: Scala and Spark DeveloperContract role: 6 monthsRate: $90/hour C2C, W2 also availableLocation: McLean, VAPosition Summary: Our client, based in McLean, Virginia, is one of the world's leading hospitality companies, and is in the process of energetically transforming their use of data to gain insight into every aspect of their business. Our industry expertise and technology acumen has played a strategic role in this transformative process. This position will mainly support the handling and flow of large volumes of data from Hadoop into a big data relational warehouse.Responsibilities And DutiesWork as part of a scrum team and provide big data ETL solutions for within an Agile methodology.Participate in technical design discussions aiming for optimal performance and risk mitigationEnsure code adheres to enterprise standards and principles.Leverage Development Operations techniques and practices like Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test Automation, Build Automation and Test-Driven Development to enable the rapid delivery of working code utilizing tools like Git, Nexus, etc.Technologies/Skills/Experience2+ years of experience of Scala + Spark in big data environments5+ years of experience developing software solutionsExperience working in an agile environmentExposure to AWS Redshift