Lead Hadoop Platform Engineer, Data Platform

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Technology and Operations

Company Description

Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

Job Description

This is a hands on role with leadership responsibilities on a large multi-tenant Analytics Hadoop Cluster. 

  • Provide technical leadership to the Data Platform organization
  • Collaborating with partners from business and technology organizations, develop key deliverables for Data Platform Strategy - Scalability, optimization, operations, availability, roadmap.
  • Take ownership of Platform architecture and drive it to the next level of effectiveness to support current and long term requirements
  • Deliver projects within budget and deadlines
  • Mentor and junior and intermediate level Hadoop administrators/developers (team size of 20+)
  • Ensure that the Hadoop data platform is capable of supporting a growing list of downstream platforms like and SAS, TensorFlow, Salford, MicroStrategy, Tableau and many more
  • Hands on performance tuning and operational efficiency
  • Formulate methods to enable consistent Data loading and optimize Data operations
  • Evaluate and introduce technology tools and processes to streamline operation of the data platform and for streamlining use case execution for a diverse user community from multiple LOBs
  • New project sizing and SME support
  • Ensure the Hadoop platform can effectively meet performance & SLA requirements
  • Develop best practices for the management and engineering of the data platforms

Qualifications

  • 10+ years’ experience as a technical lead with focus on open source and Petabyte range data implementations.
  • 5 years of experience as technical lead for a Hadoop/BigData implementation. 
  • Expertise with Hive, YARN, Spark, Impala, Kafka, SOLR, Oozie, Sentry, Encryption, Hbase, etc.
  • Experience in optimization, capacity planning & architecture of a large multi-tenant cluster.
  • Expertise in at least one commercial distribution of Hadoop. Preferably Cloudera
  • Experience with multiple open source tool sets in the Big Data space
  • Appreciation of diverse LOBs and their data needs combined with deep technical expertise are required for the role.
  • Minimum of four-year technical degree required. Masters will be highly regarded
  • Experience in tool Integration, automation, configuration management in GIT
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, analytical and problem solving skills

Additional Information

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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