Responsibilities:
- Provide Level 2 support for Big Data platforms and production environments
- Administer and maintain Hadoop, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, and NiFi platforms
- Ensure high availability, resilience, and performance of critical systems
- Perform cluster provisioning, patching, scaling, tuning, and troubleshooting
- Support real-time payment transaction processing and streaming infrastructure
- Monitor system health, incident management, and issue resolution
- Work closely with architects, project teams, developers, and service managers
- Drive continuous improvement, automation, and operational best practices
- Support security, governance, and access control requirements
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and runbooks
- Participate in on-call support, shift rotation, and critical incident handling
Requirements:
- 6 to 8 years of experience in Big Data / Data Platform Engineering within enterprise environments
- Strong hands-on experience with Hadoop ecosystem including HDFS, YARN, MapReduce, Hive, HBase, Oozie, Sqoop, and Flume
- Experience administering Apache Kafka in high-throughput production environments
- Strong experience managing Redis and MongoDB clusters
- Experience supporting OpenSearch / Elasticsearch platforms
- Hands-on experience with Apache NiFi and AWS EMR
- Good knowledge of AWS Cloud services
- Strong Linux system administration and scripting skills using Shell and/or Python
- Experience with Kerberos, PAM, data security, and access governance
- Experience supporting high-volume, low-latency systems, preferably in banking, payments, or trading environments
- Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and production support experience
- Good understanding of cluster performance tuning, scalability, and high availability
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced production environment
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills
- AWS Cloud certification will be an added advantage
- Knowledge of JVM, ETL tools, virtual machines, RAID, and hardware configuration is advantageous
Additional info:
- This role is offered on a 1-year renewable contract basis
- Candidates must be comfortable with rotational shift schedules (no overnight shifts)
- Support coverage includes Asia and EMEA regions
- Weekend and public holiday support may be required for critical incidents and escalations
To apply, please visit www.gmprecruit.com and search for Job Reference: W35RY94W
To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Yingying at yingying.lai@gmprecruit.com
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
GMP Technologies (S) Pte Ltd | EA Licence: 11C3793 | EA Personnel: Lai Yingying | Registration No: R1110239