Site Reliability Engineer - Big Data Platforms

About the role

Tencent's Technology Engineering Group (TEG) supports the company and its business groups on technology and operational platforms, including research and development management and data centres. This Site Reliability Engineer role oversees the operation and maintenance of Tencent's overseas big data platforms, ensuring platform and cluster stability, and helps users resolve issues such as component errors and performance problems.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee the operation and maintenance of Tencent's overseas big data platforms to ensure platform and cluster stability.
• Assist users in resolving issues related to big data platform usage, including platform operations, component errors and performance optimisation.
• Optimise existing service workflows, standards and pain points, and propose actionable solutions.
• Develop front-end and back-end operational efficiency tools, such as capacity management platforms, DevOps frameworks, coverage analytics, automation systems and health monitoring.
• Optimise big data cluster costs by implementing new technologies or architectures that improve processing efficiency and reduce operational expenses.

Required profile

• At least 3 years of big data operation or development experience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, technical sensitivity and ability to identify risks.
• Knowledge of mainstream big data platforms (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake) is a strong plus.

Required skills

• Proficiency in at least two of: HDFS, YARN, Flink, Spark, Presto, Hive, HBase, StarRocks.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Python, Golang, etc.).
• Expertise in Linux/Unix operating systems, system performance tuning and failure resolution.