Safaricom Big Data Platform Engineer Jobs in Kenya

Safaricom Big Data Platform Engineer Jobs in Kenya

Department Description

We are pleased to announce the vacancy of a Big Data Platform Engineer within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Brief Description

Reporting to the Data Infrastructure Chapter lead, the position holder will be responsible for the planning, design, implementation of Big Data platform infrastructure including servers, storage, server networking, backups, and public Cloud (AWS).

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities and Decision Ownership:

Design, build, and troubleshooting data storage, RAID, disk volume management, backup, and disaster recovery.

Allocation of servers and computing resources to Data Engineers, Machine Learning operations Engineers, and other approved users.

Active participation in the section to enable team meet sectional and departmental Goals and objectives.

Have a full understanding of the defined performance indicators, assigned tasks, and objectives set.

Monitoring capacity threshold to ensure proactive upgrades are done to meet growing needs.

Reliability of planned design to achieve accurate, timely and economical delivery

Liaison with implementation and support teams to ensure rollout follows the design and meets both the business and engineering specifications

Ensure vendor solutions are compliant to relevant standards or best practices.

Documentation and process:

Ensuring accurate, up-to date database documentation of On-Prem server footprint and public cloud infrastructure.

Adhere to the existing processes in workflow management.

Process review and recommendation on process improvement

Preparation of infrastructure projects, POC bid /RFQ documents and Evaluations.

Learn/research on new technologies/practices in the public cloud and infrastructure domain.

Running of POCs and subsequent recommendations for approval

Development of design principles to guide future deployment

Qualifications

BSc /B-Tech in computer

Science/Electrical and communication/ Telecoms, Engineering, or a similar field.

At Least 5 years’ experience as cloud engineer, Systems administrator, Network administrator or analyst in a multifaceted business environment with integrated/mixed windows and major UNIX/Linux server environment.

Above 5 years’ experience in a busy IT or Telecommunications environment –Involved in Strategy Modeling, Planning, Design and Optimization of compute and storage infrastructure
AWS Cloud knowledge and deployment models.

Experience in working with Bigdata systems such as Hadoop, NiFi, Kafka, Airflow

Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, BDD and TDD.

Strong data analytical skills, analytical thinking, attention to details and ability to identify solutions to complex problems.

Great Stakeholder management skills

Demonstrate excellent Planning and organizing skills

Team spirit and good communication abilities
Proven Track record in delivering results

Strong oral, written, interpersonal communication and leadership skills

Certification in any of the following Systems and Network or related trainings is an added advantage

AWS Certified Solution Architect certification

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation

Scrum Fundamentals Certified

Network certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP

UNIX/Linux certification

VMware certification e.g., VCP

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Safaricom Big Data Platform Engineer Jobs in Kenya

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