In Office: Employees will be office based for the majority of their time. Employees on an in-office work pattern will be assigned a desk in an Amazon building. Employees will be required to reside within a commutable distance of the office they are assigned to (Nairobi).
BASIC EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

Good depth of understanding in Hadoop Administration, support and troubleshooting (Any two applications: Apache Spark, Apache Hive, Presto, Map-Reduce, Zookeeper, HBASE, HDFS and Pig.)

Good understanding of Linux and Networking concepts

Intermediate programming/scripting skills. Ideally in Java or Python, but will consider experience in other Object Oriented and Functional languages.

Excellent oral and written communication skills with multi-tasking ability. Should be a self-starter who is excited about learning new technology.

Open to working non-standard hours (no night shifts) including a Sun-Mon or Fri-Sat weekend

Strong troubleshooting skills



PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

Bachelor’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field

Proficient in Hadoop Map-Reduce and its Eco System [ Hive, HBASE, Spark, Presto etc.].

Python and shell scripting

Good understanding of distributed computing environments

Customer service experience / strong customer focus

Experience building docker images and troubleshooting container related issues

Prior working experience with AWS - any or all of EC2, S3, EBS, EMR

Experienced with Linux system monitoring and analysis (disk management, memory management, permissions etc.)

Good understanding of Networking concepts and protocols (DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTPS, etc.)

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