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João Sousa

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Support Engineer II at EXPERIS | MICROSOFT MAS EMEA, troubleshooting Azure data platforms and helping customers improve Microsoft Fabric and Synapse solutions.

Portugal
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At EXPERIS | MICROSOFT MAS EMEA, I troubleshoot customer issues across Azure HDInsight, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Synapse Analytics, including Apache Spark Pools. I work directly with customers to present, implement, and monitor solutions, and propose tools to prevent issues and improve performance.

Previously, at MC DIGITAL AND SONAE MC TEAM, I managed big data infrastructure using Terraform, supported ETL tools including IBM DataStage, maintained Linux servers with Ansible, and worked with Cloudera Hadoop environments. Earlier, I handled IT helpdesk support across server monitoring, access management, and digital channels.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

EX
Current

Support Engineer II

Experis

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Analyzes and troubleshoots customer issues regarding Azure HDInsight, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Synapse Analytics, using technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Hbase, LLAP, and Hadoop. Provides support in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams for national and international customers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

MT

Big Data Platform Engineer

MC Digital and Sonae MC Team

Jun 2022 - Mar 2025 (2 years 9 months)

Managed infrastructure as code (IaC) through Terraform, optimizing integration with Azure Data Lake for efficient Big Data operations. Managed ETL tools such as IBM DataStage, Linux servers via Ansible, and Cloudera Hadoop environments.

MT

Helpdesk IT Technician

MC Digital and Sonae MC Team

Oct 2019 - Jun 2022 (2 years 8 months)

Responsible for the HelpDesk Systems Business Support group, handling monitoring and alarms on Linux, Unix, and Aix servers, and assigning access to various servers. Handled backups for HD Digital Channels and HD Workplace groups, configuring Zebra printers, handling file recovery issues, and managing Zebra Android PDAs via Airwatch.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto logoIP

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Electrical Engineering, Electrical Energy Systems

2014 -

Attending the Electrical Engineering course in Electrical Energy Systems.

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto logoIP

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Certificate of Attendance, Electrical Engineering

2018 - 2018

Certificate of attendance for a seminar on buildings of the 21st century.

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto logoIP

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Certificate of Attendance, Mathematical Engineering

2018 - 2018

Certificate of attendance for a mini-course on Python as a tool for numerical and symbolic calculation.

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto logoIP

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Certificate of Attendance, Management

2018 - 2018

Certificate of attendance for a master class on circular economy.

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto logoIP

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

2013 - 2014

Attended the Mechanical Engineering course.

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto logoIP

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

Certificate of Qualifications and Attendance, Engineering and similar techniques

2012 - 2013

Certificate of qualifications and attendance of year zero.

AS

Alexandre Herculano Secondary School

12th Grade Certificate, Science and Technology

1999 - 2013

12th grade certificate in Science and Technology.

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