5 hot job options for IT postgraduates

BIG DATA CRUNCHING (collection of large and complex data sets that cannot be handled by regular tools)

Job Description:

Knowledge of Big Data Technologies such as Hadoop and NoSQL solutions

Expertise in Java and SQL databases

Knowledge of Analytics Platforms, and Business Intelligence tools

Strong design and architecture skills and Agile; Scrum methodologies

Salary Range: Rs 8-12 lakh per year

Hot Skills: Design and architectural skills; analytical skills

Future Outlook: Big Data will enormously impact businesses everywhere in the world and therefore, has a lot of potential for trained professionals.

Demand Scale: 9/10

ANALYTICS/BUSINESS ANALYST

Job Description:

Must be able to analyse specific business problems and derive answers from the same using an array of analytical tools

S/he should be proficient in statistics in order to interpret the statistical results and link them to the business context.

Improves systems by studying current practices; designing modifications

Salary Range: Rs 5-7.5 lakh

Hot Skills: C, COBOL, software design, software documentation, software development process, analytical skills, excellent in statistical analysis skills Future

Outlook: It is expected that around 20,000 to 35,000 analytics-related jobs would be generated in India in 2014. The employment scene is promising even globally in this domain.

Demand Scale: 9/10

HIGH INTENSITY PRODUCT DEVELOPER/MANAGER

Job Description: A mix of technology and capital markets domain

Being able to work on capital markets technology

Defines, designs and develops critical front-office applications for the Global Foreign Exchange and Local Markets business

With extensive experience in one or more of these asset classes and up-to-date with market trends within capital markets business and technology dimensions

In depth knowledge of Java/J2EE, HTML/CSS, JSP/Servlets, JDBC, Struts framework, EJB and JavaScript

Salary Range: Up to Rs 10 lakh

Hot Skills: Treasury products, fixed income and derivatives, Java/J2EE, HTML/CSS, JSP/Servlets

Future Outlook: As more companies are offering financial products through online platforms and big data playing a large role, this profile is gaining traction and would find takers especially for those with the dual specialisation of engineering and MBA

Demand Scale: 8/10

CLOUD COMPUTING

Job Description: Cloud computing career options are open in applications and infrastructure.

Experience on cloud applications

Knowledge of deployment on cloud servers; familiarity with test driven development methodologies

Designing and managing of application frameworks and operations

Knowledge of frameworks like Spring Source and Ruby on Rails

Responsible for reliability and scalability of applications and cloud environment

Salary Range: Rs 5-10 lakh

Hot Skills: Architecting; Cloud Computing; NOSQL; Big Data; Openstack ; Java/C++/Python

Future Outlook: Cloud market in India may create approximately 100,000 IT jobs by 2015. Increasingly, IT companies are opting for cloud computing to save cost and to reduce the time to market for various IT applications and products.

In fact, cloud computing is giving rise to a new generation of software product companies, which can now sell their products on an on-demand basis over the internet.

Demand Scale: 8/10

MOBILE APPS DEVELOPER

Job Description:

Knowledge and experience in HTML 5, Object Oriented Java script,

Understanding of Andriod SDK, programming using J2ME, Andriod/Phone applications; Bluetooth; wireless data link layer

Research oriented towards mobile network protocols including GSM, 2.5G, 3G or 4G

Aptitude to analyse and develop algorithms for mobile applications

Hands on experience in the identification, discovery, evaluation and managing security issues of the various mobile software programmes

Salary Range: Rs. 3.5 - 8.5 lakh

Hot Skills: Mobile analytics; Mobile cloud, Mobile Security, Context-aware Services; Mobile HCI; designing and building skills on complex systems

Future Outlook: There is a growth in the number of mobile users and rapid penetration of mobile devices. We can expect a huge demand in the mobile application development sector

Demand Scale: 8/10

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