Big Data Support Engineer L1

Role: Big Data Support Engineer

Job Title:Big Data Support Engineer

Location: PH

Department:Support

Reportsto:HeadofSupport

We are seeking a Technical Support Agent who will play a critical role in maintaining high customer satisfaction by ensuring timely and effective resolution of client issues. This role is essential for Tookitakis support services catering to both on-premise and cloud-hosted (CaaS)clients. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to manage daily support issues adhere to SLAs and contribute to the continuous improvement of our customer support processes.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Tookitakis product and tech stack the ability to triage issues effectively excellent client management skills and fluency in English. Knowledge of Cantonese is a plus.

KeyResponsibilities:

ClientSupportManagement

• Handle and triage tickets related to incidents service requests and change requests via the Freshworks platform.
• Provide technical support for Tookitakis CaaS and on-premise clients post implementation ensuring issues are resolved within SLA timelines.
• Maintain ownership of client issues ensuring resolutions align with SLAs and meet client expectations.

CollaborationandEscalation

• Collaborate with Tookitakiʼs Product Engineering and Infrastructure teams to escalate unresolved issues secure workarounds or deliver fixes for P1 to P4 tickets.
• Act as a bridge between Services (onboarding team) and Support ensuring a seamless transition when clients go live.

TechnicalExpertiseandTriage

• Triage technical issues effectively by diagnosing the problem identifying the root cause and determining the appropriate resolution path.
• Develop a deep understanding of Tookitakis product architecture and tech stack AWS Big Data technologies like Hive ElasticSearch Kubernetes etc).

ClientManagementandCommunication

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients demonstrating excellent communication skills and a customer-first approach.
• Clearlyexplaintechnicalresolutionstonon-technicalstakeholdersensuringtransparencyandtrust.

ContinuousImprovementandDocumentation

• MaintainthoroughdocumentationofallsupportticketsincludingactionstakenandlessonslearnedintheFreshworksplatform.
• Proactivelysuggestprocessimprovementstoenhancesupportefficiencyandclientsatisfaction.

RotationalShiftsandAvailability

• Participate in rotational shifts and ensure availability during defined upgrade windows (e.g. second and fourth Saturdays) to support both infra-wide updates and tenant-specific changes.
• Ensure24/7availabilityaspartoftheteamʼssupportstructureforcriticalescalations.

Qualifications & Skills

Own customer incidents service requests and change requests through Freshworks or equivalent ticketingplatforms.
Troubleshoot production issues affecting Spark jobs Kubernetes workloads Kafka pipelines Elasticsearch clusters APIs and cloud infrastructure.
Ensure all customer issues are resolved within SLA while maintaining high customer satisfaction.
Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and document preventive actions.
Monitor health and performance of Spark applications running on Kubernetes.
Investigate failed Spark jobs executor failures pod crashes resource contention and scheduling issues.
Monitor Kafka topics brokers consumer groups lag and message delivery.
Support Elasticsearch cluster health indexing pipelines shard allocation and search performance.
Perform production validations after deployments and infrastructure upgrades.
Participate in planned maintenance activities upgrades and release support.
Diagnose issues across the complete cloud-native stack including Apache Spark on Kubernetes Apache KafkaKubernetes (Pods Deployments Services ConfigMaps Secrets) Docker Containers AWS InfrastructureElasticsearch Airflow Workflow Orchestration Hive / Trino / SQL-based Data Processing REST APIs andMicroservices Linux-based Production Systems.
Work closely with Product Engineering to identify software defects and Infrastructure teams to resolve
platform-related issues.
Coordinate with Product Engineering for bug fixes and product improvements.
Work closely with Infrastructure teams during production incidents.
Support onboarding teams during production go-live and customer transition.
Participate in Major Incident Management (P1/P2).
Provide timely updates to customers during incidents.
Communicate technical issues in a clear and business-friendly manner.
Maintain ownership until issue closure.
Prepare incident summaries RCA documents and customer communications.
Create and maintain SOPs troubleshooting guides and knowledge base articles.
Identify recurring issues and recommend automation opportunities.
Improve monitoring alerting and operational processes.
Contribute to platform reliability and operational excellence initiatives.
Participate in 24x7 production support rotation.
Provide support during scheduled maintenance windows infrastructure upgrades and customer go-lives.
Support weekend deployment activities when required.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Apache Spark (Spark on Kubernetes preferred)KubernetesApache KafkaElasticsearch
AWS Services (EC2 EKS S3 IAM CloudWatch)DockerAirflowHive / TrinoLinux Administration
PrometheusGrafanaKibanaElasticsearch MonitoringCloudWatchKubernetes Logging & Monitoring
Log Analysis and Production DiagnosticsStrong SQL knowledgeUnderstanding of distributed systems architectureKnowledge of networking fundamentals.

Experience using REST APIs
Familiarity with Git and CI/CD concepts
Ability to analyze application logs and distributed system failures
Understanding of resource management autoscaling and Kubernetes scheduling
Excellent written and verbal English communication
Strong stakeholder management
Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical users
Experience managing customer escalations
Mandarin (spoken and written) is preferred
Cantonese is an added advantage
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Ability to work under pressure during production incidents
Prioritize incidents based on business impact
Perform structured RCA and recommend preventive measures
Experience working with SLA-driven support environments
Familiarity with ITIL incident management processes
Strong documentation practices
Experience using Freshworks Jira ServiceNow or similar platforms

EXPERIENCE
36years of experience supporting large-scale production systems. Experience supporting cloud-native applications
running on Kubernetes. Hands-on production support experience with SparkKubernatives Kafka Elasticsearch and AWS.
Experience in Financial Services FinTech RegTech SaaS or Big Data platforms is highly desirable.