Data Engineer

OVERVIEW Technology at General Mills accelerates process transformation and business growth around the globe. To achieve business success, the Digital & Technology team uses leading edge technology, innovative thinking and agile processes. One of our General Mills’ key technology priorities is driving business action through connected data. The General Mills Digital & Technology organization is currently in the process of building a cloud data platform to advance the data-driven decision making capabilities of our enterprise. Additionally, General Mills also leverages a big data platform based on Cloudera Hadoop. If you are an agile learner, have strong problem solving skills and are able to function as part of a highly technical, cross functional team, we would like to hear from you. General Mills is seeking a Data Engineer to act as a key technical leader in our organization. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Act as a key technical leader within General Mills Design, create, code, and support a variety of ETL solutions (potentially including but not limited to: Talend Studio, Python, Scala, Kafka, SAP Data Services, or others) Generate and implement your own ideas on how to improve the operational and strategic health of big data ecosystem Participate in the evaluation, implementation and deployment of emerging tools & process in the big data space. Partner with business analysts and solutions architects to deliver business initiatives. Collaboratively troubleshoot technical and performance issues in the big data ecosystem MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s Degree; Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering preferred Minimum 2 years of IT experience, 3+ preferred Cloud data experience Strong understanding of Hadoop fundamentals Database development experience using Oracle, SQL Server, SAP BW or SAP HANA Job Scheduling experience Process mindset with experience creating, documenting and implementing standard processes Development experience using Hive and/or Spark Effective verbal and written communication and influencing skills. Effective analytical and technical skills. Ability to work in a team environment Ability to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes or technology PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Python, Scala or Java development experience Familiarity with Kafka Familiarity with the Linux operating system Experience with agile techniques or methods COMPANY OVERVIEW We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.