Sr. AWS EMR Admin
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What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 2d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 3d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-09-29). Last seen at its source 3h ago.
We have tracked this listing since 29 Sep 2026 (2 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently 3 hours ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
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Who may apply?
Canada
The description states no restriction of its own. This is the source's own tag.
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Carried by 1 source
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workable employer's own board first seen 2d ago · last seen 3h ago
The listing
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior AWS EMR Administrator to manage, optimize, and scale our cloud data infrastructure. In this hands-on technical role, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining persistent and transient AWS EMR clusters to support large-scale batch data processing pipelines. You will collaborate closely with data engineering teams and leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure reliable, secure, and automated operations across our AWS ecosystem.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Cluster Management: Architecture, deploy, and maintain persistent and transient AWS EMR clusters tailored to business workloads and operational needs.
- Infrastructure Automation: Design and implement deployment automation using AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodePipeline, or Terraform.
- Storage & Compute Optimization: Manage AWS EC2, S3, and related compute and storage resources to ensure high performance, security, and cost efficiency.
- Data Pipeline Support: Monitor and support batch data processing workloads, troubleshooting performance bottlenecks and operational issues across the EMR environment.
- System Administration: Perform routine maintenance, patching, scaling, access controls, and security configurations across EMR and associated AWS services.
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 7–8+ years of hands-on experience in AWS Cloud Infrastructure and AWS EMR Administration.
- Core AWS Technical Stack: Strong proficiency with AWS EMR, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, and batch data environments.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & CI/CD: Demonstrated experience deploying cloud resources using AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CodePipeline (or equivalent CI/CD tools).
- EMR Architecture: Deep technical understanding of Amazon EMR architecture, cluster life cycles, and node configurations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Hadoop ecosystem, HDFS, and Big Data technologies.
- Exposure to AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and containerized workloads.
- Hands-on experience with Kerberos authentication and enterprise security integration.
Benefits
Significant career development opportunities exist as the company grows. The position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a small, challenging, and entrepreneurial environment, with a high degree of individual responsibility.