Hadoop Admin

Hadoop Admin

Duration: 6+ Month

Location: Hybrid: Scottsdale: Arizona

Exp: 9+ Years candidate

Can sit in Scottsdale, Chicago and NY. .....

(Hybrid 3 days a week)......

2nd round would be an F2F interview here.

Positions located in Scottsdale, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment

Must have linkedIn

What are we looking for:

Senior App Admin for Newton, which is our Data Science R&D cluster.

Role is basically a Hadoop Admin role, who is helping to support our Newton environment.

The tech skills that they would need to possess would be Hadoop, Python, Spark, and systems administration.

This person will interface with our data scientist when they are experiencing some sort of issue on the cluster and will be responsible for working directly with DevOps to ensure that issues on the system are being patched, including infrastructure support, and requires a lot of coordination and hands on with the end users.

Must have the technical skills along with the communication skills to work with the end users (tough combo to find, but a MUST).

Overall Purpose

This role is responsible for providing primary administration and support of data and analytics related applications used at Early Warning.

The position serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for data applications and for the processes inside of the applications to ensure that it remains current and serves the needs for Early Warning users.

Essential Functions

Act as owner and primary administrator of assigned application(s).

Provide application and system support to all employees for assigned application(s).

Troubleshoot issues, providing expert level support. Resolve issues or identify escalation to the Systems team or vendor. Own issue until resolved.

Architect the application(s) to meet business needs. Establish integration with other applications.

Establish best practices for administering and securing application(s).

Provide application performance monitoring, evaluation and optimization.

Propose and implement/lead job automation using scripts and other tools.

Implement solutions to meet or improve specific customer or business needs.

Research, evaluate and provide guidance in the selection of 3rd party applications.

Analyze, configure, document, implement and support 3rd party applications.

Analyze application incidents to identify root cause. Work closely with the vendor's product support team to implement solutions.

Analyze existing processes to identify inefficiency and opportunities for improvement. Implement or direct the implementation of such process improvements.

Work with stakeholders to establish key metrics, KPIs and SLAs that are measurable and sustainable.

Ensure successful installation and validation of vendor-provided upgrades and patches.

Monitor license usage and budgeting for licensing costs. Provide metrics on anticipated needs during the budget cycle and submit procurement requests when additional licenses are required.

Process change requests for modifications to the application configuration.

Maintain an application road map and work with leadership to set priorities.

Provide timely and accurate status reporting.

Manage projects to build new functionality, workflows, processes, and/or reporting in the application including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, user documentation and training.

Develop and maintain all user documentation related to assigned application(s), including policies and procedures.

Drive user adoption across the organization through user training and best practices.

Maintain relationships with vendors to resolve application issues and ensure that Early Warning s needs for new functionality are considered in future releases.

Support the company s commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor s Degree in Business, Communications and/or Computer Science or related field

4+ years of demonstrated professional experience as an application administrator in an enterprise environment

Experience with applications in the data domain such as Tableau, Business Objects, Infoburst

Familiarity with database applications such as MSSQL, Hadoop

Experience in deploying applications to hosted cloud platforms such as AWS

Excellent oral and written communication skills to be used to interact proficiently with all levels of management and staff

General knowledge or familiarity with office productivity tools such as Windows OS, MS Office, and Visio

General knowledge or familiarity with applications such as or similar to JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow and Workday

Demonstrated experience supporting, as an admin, vendor-provided applications

Must have strong capability to coach and mentor

Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Strong attention to detail and accuracy

Background and drug screen