Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudCognosGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesLinuxRDBMSShell ScriptingSplunkTableau
About the role
- Administer, support, govern and maintain Starburst Enterprise and BI tools (Tableau, Cognos, MicroStrategy) environments.
- Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and manage Starburst, Tableau Server/Tableau Cloud, Cognos Server and MicroStrategy platform installations.
- Manage system availability, reliability, failover strategies, disaster recovery and backup testing and documentation.
- Implement and tune resource groups, query limits, optimization rules, cluster tuning and query plan optimization for large scale data sources.
- Monitor servers, extract refreshes, background tasks, usage statistics and logs to identify performance issues and enhancement opportunities.
- Troubleshoot user access, query failures, connectivity, metadata issues and platform-specific problems; collect and analyze logs and Java thread dumps from Splunk.
- Manage user access, authentication (LDAP, SSO), role-based access control, audit logging and compliance with security and data privacy policies.
- Configure and maintain catalogs for heterogeneous data sources (Hive, Iceberg, Delta Lake, RDBMS) and integrate Starburst with SAS/Tableau.
- Provide L3/L4 support, lead incident response, root cause analysis and implement remediation to restore services.
- Forecast platform capacity, plan infrastructure scaling, track and optimize usage costs in cloud or hybrid environments.
- Automate product installation, cluster provisioning, monitoring and routine operations; integrate platform configuration with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
- Develop and maintain SOPs, runbooks, best practices, configuration recommendations, deployment and security architecture documents.
- Provide technical/strategic direction, coach lower-level analysts, and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to support enterprise analytics across Citi.
Requirements
- 8+ years IT experience in the areas of Starburst and BI Tools Administration.
- 5+ years of Linux, Shell scripting experience.
- Starburst Certified Practitioner certification.
- Tableau Certified Associate or Server Certified Professional.
- Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes-based deployments.
- Experience with Starburst Enterprise, Tableau Server/Tableau Cloud, Cognos, and MicroStrategy administration.
- Experience configuring and maintaining catalogs for heterogeneous data sources (Hive, Iceberg, Delta Lake, RDBMS).
- Experience with authentication and access management (LDAP, SSO), RBAC, audit logging, and CyberArk onboarding/maintenance.
- Experience troubleshooting connectivity, metadata issues, query failures and performance tuning (query plans, resource groups, optimization rules).
- Experience with monitoring, log collection, Splunk, Java thread dumps, and incident response/RCA.
- Experience with automation, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, cluster provisioning, and Kubernetes deployments.
- Strong communication, documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership skills.
- Team player with willingness to share knowledge, cross-train, and learn new technologies.
- Ability to prioritize, organize, make decisions, and problem-solve under pressure.
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.