At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a transformational Big Data project, focusing on advanced visualisation and infrastructure automation.
- Company: Cognizant, a leading tech consultancy with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, opportunities for travel, and professional growth in a dynamic environment.
- Other info: Work in an agile team, with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the Big Data landscape while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Strong DevOps skills, experience with AWS, and proficiency in Python and Java.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
New transformational program for a UK customer focusing on Big Data and advanced visualization capabilities. Agile mode of working with teams co-located in London. A sound DevOps expertise on CI/CD pipeline within Big Data technology landscape and ability to articulate and influence leadership stakeholders on infrastructure automation are pre-requisites. In addition to core DevOps expertise, hands-on experience in AWS, Hortonworks, S3, Java 8, Hbase, Kafka, JanusGraph, HDF (NiFi) and related big data technology elements are a must to have. A minimum of 4 years demonstrable experience is required. Being eligible for SC clearance – Basic eligibility UK/EU Citizen / Indefinite leave to remain Visa holder without leaving UK for more than 6 months in last 5 years.
Key Responsibilities:
- Representing Cognizant as a DevOps expert, the associate needs to demonstrate the Cognizant value to clients, prospects and partners to establish trust, win confidence, and drive more business.
- Responsible for the design, deployment and maintenance of complex Linux-based infrastructure.
- Setting up of highly secure Hortonworks Hadoop Cluster in AWS cloud, Cluster administration, maintenance including upgrades, capacity planning and optimization.
- Automation of Operations including setting up of Continuous Integration (CI) & deployment (CD) pipelines, Code Versioning & Application Containerisation.
- Running / managing a data platform with multiple tenants and client applications for both transactional (system of record) and analytical use cases.
- Oversee the integration of the output from the development teams for production quality and the support of the live system.
- Work as a team with other leads and developers, owning and contributing in deliverables and guide/lead the team towards success.
Essential Skills:
- Experience with infrastructure automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, SaltStack, Puppet and Docker.
- AWS Cloud Setup & Administration.
- Strong hands-on skills in setting up Linux-based infrastructure.
- Fluency in languages including Python & Java.
- Expertise in CI tools such as Jenkins/Nexus.
- Experience with Java Build Systems, primarily Maven, Gradle.
- Need to support code versioning and branching strategies using Github.
- Configuration management, backup/restore policies via specialized tools (Puppet) and custom BASH scripts.
- System Monitoring solution like Zabbix, Prometheus and Nagios.
- Log management via Elastic Search and Logstash (ELK).
- Hadoop Cluster administration, maintenance, capacity planning and optimization.
- Securing Hadoop (HDP essential) Infrastructure using Knox and Kerberos.
- Should identify areas where processes and standards could be improved and help implement any changes.
- Should have experience working in Agile environment.
- Ability to clearly articulate both the technology and business pros and cons of various technologies, platforms, and architectural options.
- To be able to document the processes.
- Excellent communication, ‘can do’ attitude and a team player.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to work in complex and critical systems.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Development Experience using Java 8, HDP, Kafka, Hbase.
- Knowledge of agile framework.
- Experience working in a Public Sector domain.
Qualifications:
- Graduate with work experience.
- HDPCA Hortonworks Certified Administrator.
Travel: Successful applicants are expected to work at Cognizant Clients. Primarily based in and around London. However, there may be exceptions. This is a consultancy role.
Permanent. Competitive Salary.
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