Cloudera Administrator

Position: Cloudera Administrator

Experience: 8+ Years

Relevant Experience: 5+ Years in Cloudera Administration

Industry: Banking / Financial Services

Location: Pune or Nagpur

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Cloudera Administrator with solid hands-on expertise in managing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise-grade Big Data platforms within the Banking / Financial Services domain.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in Cloudera cluster administration, production support, performance tuning, platform upgrades, security implementation, and troubleshooting. The role requires a strong understanding of enterprise banking environments, where platform availability, data security, audit compliance, and operational stability are critical.

Key Responsibilities

- Administer, manage, and support enterprise Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) and Hadoop clusters across production and non-production environments.
- Install, configure, monitor, and manage cluster services using Cloudera Manager.
- Perform cluster upgrades, patching, migrations, and maintenance activities with proper change management and rollback procedures.
- Manage and support Hadoop ecosystem components, including HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, HBase, Kafka, ZooKeeper, and NiFi.
- Monitor cluster health, performance, capacity, and availability, ensuring platform stability and optimal resource utilization.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
- Manage High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), backup,



and recovery processes.
- Implement and maintain enterprise security controls using Kerberos, Apache Ranger, LDAP / Active Directory, TLS, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
- Ensure platform security, auditability, and compliance with banking security and governance requirements.
- Maintain audit logs, support security assessments, and provide evidence for internal and external audits.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, Infrastructure, Application, Security, and Operations teams to resolve platform issues.
- Automate routine administration and deployment activities using scripting and automation tools.
- Participate in production support, on-call activities, incident management, problem management, and change management.

Mandatory Technical Skills & Qualifications

- 8–10 years of overall IT experience, with at least 5+ years of hands-on Hadoop / Cloudera Administration experience.
- Strong practical experience with Cloudera Manager, CDH and/or CDP.
- Hands-on experience in cluster administration, service management, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
- Strong understanding of Hadoop ecosystem components:
- HDFS and YARN
- Hive and Impala
- HBase
- Kafka
- ZooKeeper




- Strong Linux administration and production troubleshooting skills.
- Experience in cluster monitoring, capacity planning, performance tuning, and resource optimization.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise security components, including Kerberos, Ranger, LDAP / Active Directory, and TLS.
- Strong understanding of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, backup, and recovery mechanisms.
- Excellent communication, documentation, stakeholder coordination, and incident-management skills.

Good to Have
- Experience with Apache NiFi and NiFi Registry.
- Banking / Financial Services domain experience, with hands-on exposure to supporting enterprise data platforms or production workloads.
- Understanding of banking security controls, data governance, audit requirements, access management, and change-control processes.
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
- Scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, Ansible, or similar tools.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience in designing and implementing Disaster Recovery and High Availability architectures.

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for a hands-on Cloudera Administrator who can independently manage enterprise Big Data environments, troubleshoot complex production issues, ensure platform stability, and work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Strong technical expertise combined with banking-domain experience, ownership, and a security-first approach is good to have for this position.

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