Big Data Platform Administrator - VOIS

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 Platform Administrator to join the Data Platform Service function in Pune, supporting critical Cloudera Hadoop, Apache Kafka and Apache NiFi platforms.

This role focuses on ensuring secure, reliable and efficient platform operations, including production support, troubleshooting NiFi and Kafka data flows, platform upgrades, configuration management, monitoring and automation. You will work across application, infrastructure, operations and support teams to resolve complex platform and ETL issues while maintaining service availability and performance.

You will bring hands-on Big Data administration expertise, strong UNIX/Linux troubleshooting capabilities and an automation-focused approach using Ansible and Shell scripting.

What you’ll do

• Own the day-to-day administration, monitoring and operational support of Cloudera Hadoop, Apache Kafka and Apache NiFi platforms supporting critical applications.
• Troubleshoot NiFi and Kafka data-flow and ETL failures, including processor, connectivity, schema, throughput and data-flow issues, and perform structured root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, operations and support teams to restore services and resolve cross-platform incidents.
• Plan and execute platform upgrades, patching, configuration changes and health checks, validating changes while minimising operational risk.
• Monitor platform performance, resource utilisation, availability and capacity, identifying opportunities to improve service stability.
• Develop and maintain operational automation using Ansible and Shell scripting, reducing repetitive manual activities and improving consistency.
• Maintain platform standards, technical documentation, capacity reviews and continuous-improvement actions.
• Apply independent technical judgement during incidents, upgrades and platform changes to select safe and effective remediation approaches.

Who you are

Strong hands-on experience administering Cloudera Hadoop, Apache Kafka and Apache NiFi in production environments.

Practical knowledge of NiFi and Kafka flow-based ETL, with experience troubleshooting processor, connectivity, schema, throughput and data-flow errors.

Excellent UNIX/Linux administration knowledge, including process management, resource scheduling, storage, networking and security fundamentals.

Strong knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem, particularly HDFS, YARN, HBase, Apache Hive and Impala.

Experience using Ansible for configuration management, complex installations and repeatable operational processes.

Strong Shell scripting skills for platform administration, monitoring and automation.

Effective production troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities.

A collaborative approach to stakeholder communication, with the ability to take ownership of critical services and work effectively across technical teams.

An analytical, detail-oriented and proactive approach to resolving operational issues.

A degree or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related technical discipline, together with relevant hands-on Big Data platform administration and production-support experience.

Experience with platform monitoring, capacity planning, security hardening and disaster-recovery activities is preferred.

A Cloudera certification is desirable.

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

• The opportunity to administer and support business-critical Hadoop, Kafka and NiFi platforms with direct impact on application and data-flow reliability.
• Exposure to complex production environments spanning application, infrastructure and operations teams.
• Opportunities to contribute to platform upgrades, capacity planning, standardisation and operational improvement.
• Scope to develop automation that reduces manual effort, improves configuration consistency and prevents recurring operational issues.
• Ownership of technically challenging incidents and platform changes, providing meaningful opportunities to deepen distributed-platform expertise.

What skills you will learn

• Enterprise-scale administration and optimisation of Cloudera Hadoop, Apache Kafka and Apache NiFi.
• Advanced troubleshooting of distributed systems and flow-based ETL workloads.
• Platform upgrade, patching and change-management practices for critical production services.
• Ansible-based configuration management and Shell scripting for operational automation.
• Platform monitoring, capacity planning, security hardening, disaster recovery and service-reliability practices.
• Cross-functional incident management, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.

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.

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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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