Data Engineer: ELK and EDB Engineer

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

Are you ready to dive headfirst into the captivating world of data engineering at Kyndryl? As a Data Engineer, you'll be the visionary behind our data platforms, crafting them into powerful tools for decision-makers. Your role? Ensuring a treasure trove of pristine, harmonized data is at everyone's fingertips.
As a Data Engineer at Kyndryl, you'll be at the forefront of the data revolution, crafting and shaping data platforms that power our organization's success. This role is not just about code and databases; it's about transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive strategic decisions and innovation.
In this role, you'll be engineering the backbone of our data infrastructure, ensuring the availability of pristine, refined data sets. With a well-defined methodology, critical thinking, and a rich blend of domain expertise, consulting finesse, and software engineering prowess, you'll be the mastermind of data transformation.
Your journey begins by understanding project objectives and requirements from a business perspective, converting this knowledge into a data puzzle. You'll be delving into the depths of information to uncover quality issues and initial insights, setting the stage for data excellence. But it doesn't stop there. You'll be the architect of data pipelines, using your expertise to cleanse, normalize, and transform raw data into the final dataset—a true data alchemist.
Armed with a keen eye for detail, you'll scrutinize data solutions, ensuring they align with business and technical requirements. Your work isn't just a means to an end; it's the foundation upon which data-driven decisions are made – and your lifecycle management expertise will ensure our data remains fresh and impactful.
So, if you're a technical enthusiast with a passion for data, we invite you to join us in the exhilarating world of data engineering at Kyndryl. Let's transform data into a compelling story of innovation and growth.
Your Future at Kyndryl
Every position at Kyndryl offers a way forward to grow your career. We have opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else, including hands-on experience, learning opportunities, and the chance to certify in all four major platforms. Whether you want to broaden your knowledge base or narrow your scope and specialize in a specific sector, you can find your opportunity here.

Who You Are

Required Technical and Professional Experience

• 7 to 10 years of experience, Expertise in data mining, data storage and Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes
• Experience in data pipelines development and tooling, e.g., Glue, Databricks, Synapse, or DataPro
• Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, PostgreSQL, DB2, MongoDB
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, while maintaining a high level of attention to detail

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Elastic (ELK) Stack and Data Platform Management: Administer and Maintain Data components (Indices/Shards) as per standard operational procedures. Setup Watcher alerts
• Identify and recommend data sources to be backed up using Snapshot Lifecycle Management (SLM) as part of regular data backups and archival.
• Provide data administration support during new data source integration or ingestion.
• Provide recommendations on cluster scale-up/down base on JVM heap changes, Index shards count, replica shards count, shard size etc.
• Configure & Enable SSL inter node communication in cluster to secure the traffic between each node in the cluster.
• Manage High Availability using CCR (Cross cluster replication) setup as applicable (Subject to the supporting infrastructure) and Snapshot & Recovery.
• Conduct security compliance activities as per mutually agreed security policies. Harden the Data fabric components in case there is any gap.
• Recommend potential enhancements to the ELK Platform.
• Data Lifecycle Management: Hot, Warm, Cold and Delete policy creation, Configuration and management, Automate Roll over policy, configuration and management, Storage/Platform Tiering policy, configuration and management, Health Check & Patch Management: Help with analysis of environment health as per agreed technical specifications and per specified timeline in SOW.
• PostgreSQL DB Administration and Configuration: Assist with minor upgrade activities related to PostgreSQL Servers, Assist with Capacity planning
• Automation, Assist with automation of PostgreSQL DB tasks and all frequent manual tasks. Other automation tasks could be taken up upon detailed knowledge of the Client application environment is known.
• Health / Metrics Check. Help with analysis of environment health as per agreed technical specifications and per specified timeline in SOW.
• Troubleshooting: Analyse slow queries and provide optimization recommendations to app team.
• Optimization Performance bottleneck in PostgreSQL, Tuning the queries to improve DB instance performance,Gathering the statistics of the tables. Using recommended hints for queries optimization. Instance usage & performance tuning. Recommending Data Caching strategy. Query Optimization.

Being You

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it’s how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But we’re not doing it single-handily: Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you – and everyone next to you – the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. That’s the Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations.  At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.

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