Job Description
- Reporting to the Manager, Data Analytics
Operations the position holder will offer leading expert solutions
and technical guidance in administration, service provision and
availability of all the Safaricom Business Intelligence and analytics systems.
Responsibilities
- Coding and Support of all ETL and analytics processes used
within the BI & Analytics systems
- Development and Support of reliable data ingestion and
preparation processes
- Troubleshooting and support of highly scalable distributed big
data systems, using different open-source technologies including but not
limited to Hadoop services
- Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s),
and /or back-end database tier(s) for business applications. Capturing of
business applications information needs and mapping of the same to the
software and /or database components
- Automate processes across BI ecosystem which enables
self-healing and proactive monitoring.
- Perform root cause analysis on application and data related
incidents
- Platform upgrade across all BI warehouse components both on
front end, middle tier(s) and back-end tier(s)
- Possession of DBA skills is a plus. Performing routine DBA
tasks including operation, troubleshooting & performance tuning
- Research and provide input on design approach, performance and
base functionality improvements for various procedures and applications
- Generation of ideas to improve efficiency in software and
application services offered to the business, and/or generate revenue for
business
- Participation and membership in various technical fora for the
purpose of increasing the collective knowledge base of the team
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics,
Engineering, or any other technology related field
- Advanced scripting skills in UNIX/LINUX
- Advanced enterprise and opensource ETL knowledge in
Informatica, SSIS, NIFI
- Oracle certification in database administration or
application development
- Proficient in SQL for development, data analysis and
manipulation
- Programming skills such as Java, Python, Scala
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with distributed big data applications such
as Hadoop
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