Big Data/ Hadoop admin

Remote • Posted 19 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago
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Contract W2
12 Months
No Travel Required
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Remote
Depends on Experience
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Job Details

Skills

  • aws
  • hadoop
  • big data

Summary

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Big Data / AWS Administrator with 10+ years of hands-on experience in managing large-scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, AWS MSK , Hadoop ecosystem, and Kafka administration, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance of enterprise data platforms.

W2 POSITION

Key Responsibilities

Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS)

  • Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS MSK.
  • Administer core AWS services: EC2, S3, EMR, EKS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda.
  • Implement automated infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
  • Optimize cost, performance, and reliability of cloud environments.
  • Develop disaster recovery and backup strategies.

Big Data Platform Administration (Hadoop)

  • Install, configure, tune, and maintain Hadoop ecosystem components (HDFS, YARN, Hive, HBase, Spark).
  • Monitor cluster health, performance, and capacity planning.
  • Troubleshoot cluster issues and ensure high availability using HA configurations (NameNode HA, etc.).
  • Manage data ingestion and processing workflows.

Streaming Platform Administration (Kafka)

  • Install, configure, and manage Apache Kafka clusters.
  • Ensure high throughput, low latency, and fault-tolerant streaming systems.
  • Manage topics, partitions, brokers, and retention policies.
  • Perform Kafka cluster scaling, upgrades, and performance tuning.
  • Implement monitoring using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Confluent Control Center.

System Operations & Monitoring

  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for all systems.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and performance tuning.
  • Ensure system security, access controls, and compliance standards.
  • Maintain detailed documentation and operational runbooks.

Automation & DevOps

  • Build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments.
  • Automate routine administrative tasks using scripting (Python, Shell, etc.).
  • Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams for platform improvements.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Experience

  • Minimum 10+ years of experience in system administration, with at least 5+ years in big data and cloud environments.
  • Proven experience managing large-scale Hadoop clusters and Kafka environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud platform.
  • Agentic AI experience
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Technical Skills

  • AWS services: AWS MSK,AWS Administration, EC2, S3, EMR, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda
  • Big Data : Administration, Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Spark,
  • Kafka Administration
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  • Dice Id: RTX1d3444
  • Position Id: 872-11117-
  • Posted 19 hours ago
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