“Big Data” is a broad field that covers at least five disciplines and three job titles. While data science, data engineering, and data analytics are definitely overlapping career paths, there are important differences between them. Here’s the breakdown. — When thinking of the modern data industry, affectionately called “Big Data,” it’s easy to lump all “data people” into the catch-all term “data scientist.” But the reality is that there are many related disciplines necessary for handling Big Data problems at the enterprise level.