Senior Data Engineer | Data Science | Atlanta GA, US

Travelport is a place of opportunity. It's our incredible team that makes our company great - our people drive our winning culture.

What's Travelport?

Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform that provides easy ways for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect through personalized content to agencies and travelers. The world is changing, and our industry must change with it. We're leading the change; we are the change.

We are on a mission to power the future of travel.

Come and be part of an organization that is committed to building a culture of inclusivity built upon a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities in which we operate.

What does a great Senior Big Data Engineer I do?

Travelport's Data Engineers are tasked with developing infrastructure and systems that realize the business value of the Data Science AI/ML models. Travelport has sophisticated Data Platforms in the cloud and on premise. We have Big Data, processing Terabytes of data, processing billions of transactions per day, and applications which process 100k+ transactions per second on average. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will create and lead the creation of frameworks and architectures for system integration, data pipelines, model generation pipelines, and more. You will also develop streaming and batch data products. Travelport employees enjoy a collaborative environment and have many opportunities to learn from and share knowledge with other Travelport developers, architects, and business leaders.

Responsibilities include:

• 4+ years of software development experience with a successful record of developing and deploying quality software products.
• 2+ years of Scala or Java development
• Experience developing applications, web applications, and web services.
• Experience designing modern, responsive web-based user interfaces.
• Knowledge of web services (Examples: Microservices, RESTful web services, XML, JSON).
• Knowledge of SQL and relational databases (Examples: Oracle, MySQL, Amazon Aurora) and/or data warehouses (Examples: Redshift, Athena, Snowflake).
• Experience working with one or more AWS cloud services (EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, QuickSight).
• Experience working with Kubernetes based deploys
• Practiced DevOps implementation (CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Automation, Telemetry).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with emphasis on the ability to collaborate while working remotely.

It would be advantageous if you have some experience with:

• Apache Spark for large-scale data processing
• Terraform for creating infrastructure
• Understand Git (e.g. Github, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), managing branches, pull request, and common workflows
• Familiarity with CI/CD strategies & technologies (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with container and container management (e.g. Dockers, Kubernetes).
• Good knowledge of Cloud Platforms
• Knowledge of Web Security
• JSON/REST Services
• Application containerization and container management
• CI/CD concepts and processes
• Linux Environments

Who we are looking for in this role:

• Design, develop, develop for reusability, and test Big Data solutions
• Aid in providing strategic direction for development practices and the team's technologies
• Implement frameworks, problem solving, perform troubleshooting and provide guidance to accelerate that team and educate more junior developers
• Install, integrate, and configure Big Data technologies
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to deliver solutions
• Continuous learning, leverage training resources, self-learning, and knowledge sharing
• Passionate about technology

Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you're likely to succeed if you:

• Have a desire to learn and master new subject areas (Cloud, High Performance Computing, Big Data Eco Systems Tools, Model Implementation)
• Are excited to use your creativity and innovative to solve unique problems
• Take responsibility and own your work
• Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what's been done before

These are just a few of our employee's favorite benefits/perks...

We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, employer paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary life options, a competitive 401(k) match, as well as many other voluntary benefits to fit your specific needs. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off. We also offer a New Child leave policy, where the birthing parent receives 16 weeks of paid time off, and the non-birthing parent receives 8.

Salary Target/Range: $135,000 - $145,000

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

Interested? We'd love for you to get in touch!*

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.