Big Data/ Hadoop admin

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

Technical Skills

• AWS services: AWS MSK,AWS Administration, EC2, S3, EMR, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda
• Big Data : Administration, Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Spark,
• Kafka Administration