Big Data Admin

Big Data/Hadoop Systems Administrator to support and administer Big Data clusters. Big Data platform serves as the foundation for a key set of offerings in running Cloudera's distribution. It is an opportunity for the candidate to gain both knowledge and experience with the most advanced data technology in a highly secured environment.


Responsibilities

• Responsible for setting up environments and on-going administration of on-site physical Cloudera clusters (non-production, production, BCP/DR).
• Management & support of Cloudera services including, but not limited to: HDFS, Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive/Impala, YARN, Solr, Kafka, Oozie & Spark using Cloudera Manager and command-line.
• Cloudera BDR (Backup Data Replication) for HDFS and Kafka replication (SRM Streams Replication Manager)
• Working closely with different systems groups (SysAdmins, Development), jointly work on key deliverables ensuring production scalability and stability.
• Aligning with systems administrator's groups to deploy new software environments required for Hadoop and to expand/upgrade existing environments.
• Integration support of tools that require connectivity to Hadoop ecosystem (BI tools, data ingestion tools, ETL/ELT tools, ODBC/JDBC, etc.)
• Monitor Hadoop clusters connectivity and security.
• Hands-on experience in SQL (Oracle) and NoSQL Databases (HBASE).
• Develop and enhance platform best practices.
• Stay in touch with latest technical developments. Keep up with best practices being followed in industry around Hadoop, Big Data, and Analytics.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years' experience supporting complex, large-scale Production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux/UNIX administration, Red Hat Linux.
• Strong experience administering Cloudera CDP (Cloudera Data Platform).
• Strong experience configuring Kerberos and Certificate Keystores.
• Strong experience in shell scripting and bash.
• Excellent understanding of Active Directory/LDAP.
• Experience with system backup and disaster recovery.
• Experience with virtualization systems.
• Experience in defining processes for one or more Production environments.
• Experience in Agile development environment.
• Cloudera Certified Administrator (CCA) or Cloudera Certified Professional (CCP) is desired.
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or similar is desired.
• Communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-driven, ability to work independently and as part of a team.