Big Data Administrator - Linux/Unix (4056)

For a long term project at our client's site, an international bank based in Zurich, we are looking for an experienced

BIG DATA ADMINISTRATOR - LINUX/UNIX (4056)

The successful candidate has experience in open source "Big Data" technologies to join the project team, to help deliver, maintain and support their growing strategic platform. The platform serves multiple areas of the bank, including some very exciting and cutting-edge projects with board-level sponsorship.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:

- EXPERIENCE MANAGING HADOOP CLUSTERS, IDEALLY CDH 5+ (EG HDFS, YARN, SPARK, HBASE, CLOUDERA MANAGER)
- STRONG EXPERIENCE IN LINUX/UNIX ADMINISTRATION, IDEALLY RHEL 6.5+ IN A MIXED WINDOWS/LINUX ENVIRONMENT
- Strong understanding of hardware, network & security issues inherent to distributed/clustered systems
- GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF ACTIVE DIRECTORY & KERBEROS INTEGRATION
- Experience supporting multi-tenant/multi-project environments
- EXPERIENCE WITH OPEN SOURCE MONITORING, CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT TOOLS (EG NAGIOS, GRAPHITE/GRAFANA, SALTSTACK)
- Strong Scripting skills (eg bash, Python) and ideally some experience with SQL
- Exposure to Python data science ecosystem, eg Jupyter
- A strong sense of ownership and initiative
- Excellent problem solving and multi-tasking ability
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
- Finance and banking knowledge would be beneficial

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Operation and administration of big data platform (~60 Servers)
- Integration and evaluation of new big data and data science technologies
- Integration and maintenance of security controls and platform tooling
- Consultation to application groups on how best to utilise the platform and technologies
- Engagement with groups for PoCs and full project on-boarding

Are you ready for a new challenge and immediately available in Zurich? We look forward to receiving your application in MS-Word. For any questions, please contact us.