Greetings from Centillion Infotech LLC
We are hiring an Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer for one of our clients
Role: Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer
Location: Irving, TX, Remote
Long term contract
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer to own the reliability, performance, and operational integrity of the Iceberg data layer powering enterprise analytics and business-critical applications.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Iceberg table operations, metadata management, and query performance optimization, ensuring consistent, high-performance data access across platforms in a cloud-based environment.
Required Skills
Strong hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg and/or Hive-based data lakes
Understanding of data modeling concepts (normal forms) and modern Lakehouse patterns (Medallion architecture)
Expertise in table-level optimization and performance tuning
Expertise in large-scale data management (TB/PB scale)
Experience with Spark SQL, Hive, Impala, NiFI, and Trino
Strong understanding of partitioning strategies
Strong understanding of file formats (Parquet/ORC)
Strong understanding of distributed query processing
Preferred Skills
Experience with Hive-to-Iceberg or Teradata-to-Iceberg migration
Experience with Cloudera CDP (CDE/CDW)
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
Scripting and automation experience (Python, Shell)
What You’ll Work On
Enterprise-scale Iceberg Lakehouse platform supporting multiple applications
Large-scale data modernization initiatives
Performance optimization and stability of mission-critical analytical workloads
Key Responsibilities
Iceberg Data Layer Ownership & Operations
Advanced Table Management & Optimization
Optimize data layout and performance through:
Support and enforce data modeling best practices aligned with:
Ensure Iceberg table design aligns with:
Work with data engineering teams to ensure consistent implementation of layered data architecture across multiple applications Multi-Engine Query Performance & Consistency
Centillion Infotech LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship status or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.
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