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This is a Systems Engineering position focused on Big Data, High Performance File Systems and Hadoop Infrastructure. The successful candidate will be a technical expert who works directly with multiple project development teams in order to translate business requirements to infrastructure design and implementation.  The candidate will be responsible for performance tuning and increase operational efficiency on a continuous basis.  You will be responsible for monitoring the health and effective usage of the Data platform. You will work closely with development and operation teams for key deliverables of the project or initiative but also ensuring availability, security, scalability and resiliency.  The candidate should work towards standardization and automate all the manual tasks involved in building clusters or performing SOPs.  The candidate should be able to perform capacity planning on large multi-tenant clusters.  

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.

Basic Qualifications:
• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
• Minimum of 5 years working as a Systems Engineer specialized in managing data platform Infra.
• In-depth hands-on experience in Linux, either RHEL or Ubuntu.
• Experience in automation using Shells, AWK and/or Ansible.
• Experience in configuring and setting up Hadoop clusters, and providing support.
• Experience in Map Reduce tuning, data node, NN recovery, etc.
• Experience in setting up Kerberos authentication on Linux.
• Experience with Hadoop (Map Reduce, Hive, Pig, HDFS, H-catalog, Zookeeper and OOzie)
• Experience in designing and managing x86 hardware for big data. Dell or Hp is preferable
• Hands-on Experience in SQL (Oracle) and NoSQL Databases (HBASE/Cassandra/Mongo DB)
• Knowledge on Spark and Kafka is a plus.
• Hands on experience with HDFS and GPFS is a plus.
• Experience on Cloudera and/or Hortonworks distribution preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills,
• Must be analytical and has very strong problem solving skills
• Self-driven with the ability to work independently and as part of a team with proven track record developing and launching products at scale
• Minimum of four year technical degree required


Preferred Qualifications:
• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD

Visa has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees and visitors. As a condition of employment, all employees based in the U.S. are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved or as otherwise required by law.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.