Senior Platform Consultant - Cloudera Administrator

Company Overview
10Pearls is a global, purpose-driven AI-Native digital engineering partner helping businesses re-imagine, ‎digitalize, and accelerate. As an end-to-end digital technology partner, 10Pearls helps businesses create future-proof, ‎transformative ‎digital products that leverage emerging technologies. ‎10Pearls' clients ‎include Global 2000 enterprises, high growth mid-size ‎businesses, and some of the most exciting ‎start-ups from industries like healthcare, fintech, ‎energy, education, ‎real estate, retail, and hi-tech. ‎Headquartered in the Washington DC metro area, 10Pearls has product engineering and ‎software development centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, and South Asia. To learn more, visit https://10pearls.com.
Role Summary - Cloudera Administrator
We are seeking an experienced Cloudera Administrator to manage, configure, and support our enterprise-grade Cloudera Hadoop ecosystem. This role involves ensuring the stability, performance, and security of Cloudera clusters, along with supporting data ingestion, processing, and analytics workloads. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Cloudera/HDP/CDP distributions, Linux system administration, and enterprise big data platforms.
Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) or Cloudera Distribution of Hadoop (CDH) clusters in production and non-production environments.
• Monitor cluster health, performance, and resource utilization, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Manage and support Hadoop ecosystem components (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Spark, HBase, Kafka, Oozie, Zookeeper, Ranger, Atlas, etc.).
• Perform cluster upgrades, patches, and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Implement and maintain security controls using Kerberos, Ranger, and LDAP/AD integration.
• Manage user access, roles, and privileges across the Cloudera ecosystem.
• Automate routine administrative tasks using Python, Shell scripting, or Ansible.
• Troubleshoot cluster-related issues, performance bottlenecks, and job failures.
• Support backup and disaster recovery planning for Hadoop clusters.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Developers, and Architects to optimize data pipelines and workflows.
• Generate reports on cluster usage, job performance, and capacity planning.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of hands-on experience administering Cloudera/Hadoop ecosystems.
• Strong experience with Linux/Unix system administration and shell scripting.
• Expertise in Hadoop ecosystem components (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Spark, Impala, Kafka, HBase).
• Knowledge of Cloudera Manager for monitoring, configuration, and cluster administration.
• Familiarity with Kerberos, Ranger, Sentry, and LDAP/AD integration for security.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting, log analysis, and performance tuning.
• Experience in backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies for big data platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-based Cloudera deployments is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) or equivalent certification.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for big data workloads.
• Knowledge of SQL, Python, PySpark for debugging data pipelines.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a focus on continuous improvement.

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