Absa Bank Limited
Banking
SpecialistSupportEngineer:DataOps
“Specialist Support Engineer: DataOps at Absa Bank Limited. Skills: DataOps, Big Data, Hadoop, Spark. Manage assigned team. Oversee development plans”
What You'll Achieve.
Improvement on recovery time in case of prod failures
Industry & Context.
analytical and problem-solving skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years’ experience working in Big data environment, optimising and building big data pipelines, architectures and data sets, Java, Scala, Python, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Kafka, Minimum one year experience with Scala programming language, Minimum one year experience managing a team, Familiarity with Hadoop ecosystem and its components, Good knowledge of the concepts of Hadoop, Solid experience in a working environment in Big Data development utilising SQL or Python, Experience in Big Data development using Spark, Experience in Hadoop, HDFS and MapReduce, Experience in database design, development and data modelling
Nice to Have
Good knowledge in back-end programming, specifically java, Experience with development in a Linux environment and its basic commands, Understanding of Cloud technologies and migration techniques, Understanding of data streaming and the intersection of batch and real time data, Ability to write reliable, manageable, and high-performance code, basic knowledge of SQL, database structures, principles, and theories, Knowledge of workflow/schedulers, collaboration and communication skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, Experience in Quality Assurance, Experience in Stakeholder Management, Experience in Testing
What You'll Do.
Oversee development plans
Support pipelines end to end
Build new data pipelines
Deploy new data pipelines
Identify optimisation opportunities
Drive optimisation opportunities
Manage handover of new applications
Improve recovery time
Oversee handover to Data Operations
Contribute to team meetings
Contribute to User meetings
Coding Hadoop applications
Programming Hadoop applications
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work as part of an integrated tribe; Provide guidance and peer review; Attend and contribute to regular team meetings; Attend and contribute to regular User meetings; collaboration and communication skills
Communication Scope
collaboration and communication skills
Process & Methodology
Manage an assigned team, Oversee development plans, Manage the handover of new applications
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