Senior Big Data Platform Engineer - Hadoop, Kafka & AWS

Wipro; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro is seeking an experienced Big Data Platform Engineer in Singapore to lead and support Hadoop ecosystems including Kafka, HDFS, and AWS EMR. The role emphasizes production readiness, security, and high-availability for payment-related data systems.

You will work across teams to drive improvements, mentor staff, and ensure the scalable, reliable operation of large data pipelines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 13-15 years of Big Data / Data Platform Engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on with Kafka, AWS EMR, Linux scripting and Kerberos.
• Experience in high-volume, low-latency systems (payments/trading preferred).
• Ability to lead technical issues, coach teams and drive RCA and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Takes up technical tasks and delegates issues within the team.
• Supports production readiness and incident management across Hadoop ecosystems.
• Maintains secure access and runbooks; ensures 24x7 availability of critical systems.
• Engages with stakeholders to align technology roadmaps and projects.

Skills

Hadoop Admin

Kafka Admin

Shell/Python

Kerberos security

Linux admin

AWS EMR

SQL Hive

JVM knowledge

Data security

Tools

HDFS

YARN

OpenSearch

Job description

Wipro is seeking an experienced Big Data Platform Engineer in Singapore to lead and support Hadoop ecosystems including Kafka, HDFS, and AWS EMR. The role emphasizes production readiness, security, and high-availability for payment-related data systems.

You will work across teams to drive improvements, mentor staff, and ensure the scalable, reliable operation of large data pipelines in a fast-paced environment.