Job Summary:WHO ARE WE?Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.WHO ARE YOU?Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! THE TEAMThe Core Data Services team is at the center of Data and Analytics initiatives. We are building a modern data platform to support enterprise data needs. Our mission and yours too should you choose to, is to empower and enable our data community of data engineers, data scientists, analysts, product teams and decision makers to create value.The Core Data Services team consists of Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Enablement and Operations teams. We are building a highly functional, performant modern enterprise Data Lake while supporting our current data platforms so the focus is on maximizing functionality, creating value and content/data assets, cost optimizations and usability of the data delivery and services and all this is our measure of our success and defines us The Core Data Services Team! We are looking for a Data Platform QA Engineer, You!WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DODevelop automation tests for Core Data Platform services and tools using Python, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, AWS S3 etc.Take ownership of building our internal testing frameworkInfluence the service development process towards quality-centric methodologiesHelp develop and maintain quality standards that support the SDLC for data pipelines development to releaseAnalyze data in order to find areas for service optimizationExecute benchmark, load, stress and other non-functional performance tests; monitor application logs and statistics to determine system behavior; log all technical issues in JIRA for service enhancementsTrain, motivate, mentor, and coach Data Engineering teams to ensure that platform services are properly usedAssist in the recruiting processTECHNICAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIESAgile development methodologies using the Atlassian suite: Jira, ConfluenceGood understanding of Data Lakes, Data Warehouses is important to haveSoftware development, coding expertise in the Data Science field using any of the Python/Spark/Scala/R/Java is good to haveAny visualization experience is an advantage so you can bring clarity to prod incidents by using them is a nice to haveDecent expertise using ANSI SQL and Spark SQL is key to haveWorkflow automation, orchestration using Airflow, Rundeck, GoAnywhere or the equivalent tools stackGood to have: working knowledge of any of these : Databricks, Snowflake, Teradata, Oracle, Google BigQuery, Hadoop and related stacks is good to have An understanding of cloud services from any of the Amazon AWS, Google GCP or Microsoft Azure is nice to haveAn understanding of streaming (Kafka) and batch based data sources is nice to haveAn understanding of diverse data sources and data formats (xml, json, yaml, parquet, avro, delta) and respective use cases is good to have:An excellent understanding of the nuances that add complexities around time zones, geo, various data formats, data types across different storage systems is nice to haveExperience using version control systems such as Git and CI/CD workflowsBENEFITS & PERKSOur motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:HEALTH: Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert ticketsWEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock ProgramFAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and childcare cash, infertility supportCAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainingsOTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding networkLive Nation’s policy regarding vaccinations and masking will evolve based upon updated regulations and factors related to COVID-19. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated or have received a negative COVID test within [24] hours of entering an office.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYWe are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case by case basis.HIRING PRACTICESThe preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this jobLive Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.New York Hiring Range*: $100,000 - $125,000**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law. It is estimated based on what a successful New York City applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York City. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the NY Law, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.#LI-EF1#LI-Remote Los Angeles,CA#LI-RemoteNew York City#LI-RemoteHouston,TX#LI-Remote----------The expected compensation for this position in California is:$100,000.00 USD - $125,000.00 USD**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the California Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law. It is estimated based on what a successful California applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in California or perform the position from California. Similar positions located outside of California will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the California Law, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
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