Senior Trino Power User Analyst

Salary: CHF 120'000 - 150'000 per year

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in distributed data platforms or big data infrastructure

• Hands-on experience with deploying and operating Trino or Presto clusters

• Proficiency with Kubernetes and containerized workloads

• Experience integrating data sources such as Hive Metastore, Iceberg tables and Kafka

• Strong background in distributed query optimization and performance tuning

• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or Dynatrace

• Familiarity with security and access control mechanisms (LDAP, Kerberos, RBAC)

• Strong understanding of Trino architecture including coordinator/worker roles, query planning and resource groups

• Scripting skills in Python or Bash for automation tasks

• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English, knowledge of German is a plus

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy and operate Trino clusters in on-premise Kubernetes environments

• Configure Trino catalogs and connectors for heterogeneous data sources such as Hive, Iceberg, Kafka and object storage

• Optimize query performance through tuning of memory, CPU allocation, spill strategy and partitioning

• Implement workload management strategies using resource groups and concurrency controls

• Ensure scalability and fault tolerance of Trino clusters for critical analytics workloads

• Monitor query latency, cluster performance and system health using observability tools

• Troubleshoot query failures, resource contention, and system-level issues

• Collaborate with analytics teams to promote best practices for efficient data access

• Contribute to decision-making for architecture related to data lakehouses and distributed analytics

Technologies:

• Big Data

• Bash

• Dynatrace

• Grafana

• Hive

• Kafka

• Kubernetes

• LDAP

• Prometheus

• Python

• RBAC

• Security

More:

We are looking for a Senior Trino Power User Analyst to join our team in Zurich, Switzerland in a hybrid working mode. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with data engineers, architects and analysts in shaping modern data architectures, including lakehouses and federated query solutions.

We offer/Benefits

- 5 weeks of vacation

- EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

- Enhanced parental leave

- Extended pension plan

- Daily sickness allowance insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Global business travel medical and accident insurance

- Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses

*All benefits and perks are subject to certain eligibility requirements

- Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks

- We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies

- For this position, we are able to consider applications from the following:

- Swiss nationals

- EU/EFTA nationals

- Third-country nationals based in Switzerland with an appropriate work permit

- Displaced people from Ukraine who are currently in Switzerland and hold, or have already applied for, S permits

last updated 43 week of 2026