HANA/Big Data Database Engineer

Our client is looking for an experienced HANA / Big Data Database Engineer supporting a GCP-based database and big-data platform environment.

The role combines production support, complex technical troubleshooting, change management and automation across a technology landscape including SAP HANA, Hadoop, Kafka, Cassandra and Redis.You will work closely with platform and development teams to resolve technical issues, improve operational stability and automate recurring activities.

Main responsibilities

• Provide incident management and technical troubleshooting across the HANA and big-data platform stack.
• Investigate complex issues, identify root causes and coordinate resolution with relevant technical teams.
• Support change implementation, validation and issue resolution.
• Provide technical support to development teams working with the supported platforms.
• Support operational activities across SAP HANA, Hadoop, Kafka, Cassandra and Redis.
• Develop and maintain automation and operational tooling using Python and Ansible.
• Contribute to platform stability, repeatability and continuous improvement.
• Support day-to-day operations in a structured production environment.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience supporting and troubleshooting SAP HANA environments.
• In-depth knowledge of Hadoop and practical experience supporting big-data platforms.
• Good Python skills, particularly for automation and operational tooling.
• Experience with Ansible for infrastructure or platform automation.
• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-based platform environments.
• Experience with incident and change management in a production environment.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to investigate complex technical issues independently.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD, Cloud Foundry, GitHub, containers, Artifactory or agentic AI development would be an advantage.