Technical Specialist

1 month ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description

To plan, design and build an Information Technology (IT) infrastructure architecture usually at an enterprise level to meet business requirements

Key Responsibilities
- Perform 1st and 2nd standby duties - (Includes weekends)
- Perform daily system checks
- Resolve allocated tickets within SLA
- Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems
- Conduct regular security checks
- Research and implement improvements for platform functionality, performance, and stability
- Provide user support for the platform
- Plan for capacity needs
- Required to be on standby for issues outside business hours and weekends
- Work on various projects
- Optimize performance
- Implement and maintain data security measures.

Technical Skills
- Proficiency with Big Data platforms (Vanilla Hadoop, Cloudera, or Hortonworks)
- Advanced SQL query skills
- Experience with relational databases (MS SQL, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, etc.)
- Hands-on experience in warehousing and transaction system design
- Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and platforms (AWS, Azure)
- Expertise in performance tuning
- Capacity planning skills
- Bash scripting and Linux OS experience
- Basic programming knowledge and terminology
- Access management experience with Ranger and AD
- Knowledge of data security and compliance requirements
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- Strong troubleshooting skills

The Character We're Looking For
- Team player
- Show Initiative, Proactive in problem-solving and continuous improvement
- Self-motivated and driven to excel in a dynamic and evolving field
- Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and high-quality results
- Creative thinker, capable of finding innovative solutions to complex Big Data challenges

Additional Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in Hadoop administration
- Experience in performance tuning and optimization

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Job Details

06/12/24



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