Cloud Engineer
System Engineering NIFI - Kafka
Bucharest
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Who We Are
VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation.
As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.
We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.
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About This Role
We are seeking a Big Data System Specialist to design, build and maintain reliable, scalable data movement solutions across batch and real-time streaming environments. This role focuses on ensuring high availability, performance and security of data pipelines, connectors and supporting infrastructure, while providing advanced operational support and guidance to service users across the organisation.
What You’ll Do
- Provide Level 2 and Level 3 support for data movement application clusters, instances and dataflows, managing incidents and problems
- Define technical requirements and design, configure and implement data movement solutions at application, operating system and cluster levels, aligned with agreed KPIs and best practices
- Develop and maintain data streaming pipelines for data ingestion and output across multiple sources and destinations
- Design, configure and implement data connectors in line with business needs
- Configure, monitor and maintain infrastructure to improve performance, security, robustness and availability, using proactive monitoring, alerts and notifications
- Perform technical investigations and root-cause analysis, ensuring transparency and proposing sustainable solutions
- Actively support transformation and technology refresh programmes to improve service availability, performance and quality
- Contribute to automation, standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives to simplify recurring tasks
- Share knowledge and maintain accurate, detailed documentation and operational runbooks
- Participate in on-call and exceptional support activities when required by business needs
- Deliver additional business or technical requests as assigned by the direct superior
Who You Are
- Motivated to learn and continuously develop new technical skills
- A structured problem-solver with strong analytical and critical thinking abilities
- Well organised, able to prioritise effectively and deliver results under pressure
- Comfortable working in remote and distributed teams.Fluent in written and spoken English
- Customer-oriented, with the ability to positively influence service experience
- Experienced in creating clear, detailed technical documentation
Technical knowledge and experience:
- Advanced knowledge of installing, configuring and operating Apache Kafka, Apache Flink or Apache NiFi in production environments (advantage)
- Good knowledge of Java
- Good system administration knowledge (RHEL or similar)
- Good understanding of office systems, IT equipment, hardware and software
- Knowledge of common cloud services and general security principles
- Experience with scripting languages and databases
- Familiarity with container orchestration, preferably Kubernetes (nice to have)
Qualifications (nice to have):
- CCAAK, CTAK or equivalent Apache Kafka certification
- Java SE Oracle Certified Associate or Professional (or equivalent)
- RHCSA or equivalent system administration certification
Not a perfect fit?
Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.
What's In It For You
- Opportunities to work on large-scale, business-critical data streaming platforms
- Exposure to modern big data and cloud-based technologies within a global organisation
- The chance to contribute to transformation programmes that improve service reliability and performance
- A collaborative environment that values learning, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
What Skills You Will Learn
- Advanced operational and architectural skills for enterprise-scale data streaming platforms
- Automation and monitoring practices that enhance system resilience and efficiency
- Practical experience in performance optimisation, security compliance and cost-effective scaling
- Cross-functional collaboration within global, distributed technology team
VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment
Vodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background.
Join Us
At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.
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