Amazon Senior Cloud Support Engineer - Big Data Jobs in South Africa

Amazon Senior Cloud Support Engineer - Big Data Jobs in South Africa


About Us

  • Amazon Web Services is the market leader and technology forerunner in the Cloud business. As a member of the AWS Support team you will be at the forefront of this transformational technology, assisting a global list of companies and developers that are taking advantage of a growing set of services and features to run their mission-critical applications. As a Cloud Support Engineer, you will act as the ‘Cloud Ambassador’ across all the cloud products, arming our customers with required tools & tactics to get the most out of their Product and Support investment.

  • Would you like to use the latest cloud computing technologies? Do you have an interest in helping customers understand application architectures and integration approaches? Are you familiar with best practices for applications, servers and networks? Do you want to be part of a customer facing technology team helping to ensure the success of Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leading technology organization?

  • If you fit the description, you might be the person we are looking for! We are a group of smart people, passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success.

    Basic Qualifications

  • The Big Data role supports our services that leverage data and produce business insights, which may include using Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI). Helping our customers use and integrate Big Data services in what is arguably our industry’s most exciting space. The portfolio of services covers EMR (Hadoop), DynamoDB (NoSQL), Athena, ML/AI & more.

  • Expert
    experience in Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and Presto

  • Expert experience in DynamoDB or NoSQL technologies like MongoDB or Cassandra

  • Expert experience with System Administration with Linux (RHEL/CentOS) including Microsoft ActiveDirectory, and LDAP integration. Experience with troubleshooting Kerberos Authentication problems.

  • Expert experience with Networking and troubleshooting (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, firewalls, LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, dig, cURL or related)

  • Good understanding of Machine Learning and statistics

  • Experience with Java and/or Python and shell scripting

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field OR equivalent experience in a technical position

    Preferred Qualifications

  • Expert experience in the Hadoop Ecosystem including Apache Spark and Presto

  • Expert experience in NoSQL

  • Expert experience with blockchain technologies like Etherium

  • Expert experience in data Data Lake architecture and administration

  • Experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications

  • Prior work experience with AWS - any or all of EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, EMR, Glue, SageMaker

  • Excellent knowledge of Hadoop architecture, administration and support

  • Expert understanding of distributed computing principles and their application in the cloud

  • Good understanding of distributed computing environments

  • Lead technical discussions on big data systems architecture and design

  • Strong analysis and troubleshooting skills and experience

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect

  • AWS certified Big Data Specialty

  • Master’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field OR equivalent experience in a technical position

    How to Apply

  • For more information and job application details, see; Amazon Senior Cloud Support Engineer - Big Data Jobs in South Africa

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