Cloudera Engineer

Job Title: L3 – Cloudera Public Cloud Platform Engineer Location : Remote work accepted from anywhere in US Duration : 12+ Months Contract Teams Meeting Interview Job Description: • 12+ years of experience in Big Data Platform Engineering / Cloud Platform Operations / Infrastructure roles • 6+ years of hands-on experience with Cloudera ecosystem (CDH/CDP/ Cloudera Public Cloud) • Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and evolving platform capabilities, beyond the currently defined CDP stack • Strong expertise in: • End-to-end CDP platform operations (CDE, CDW, CDF, CDL, CAI) • Advanced troubleshooting across multi-cluster, multi-environment deployments • Kubernetes-based runtime environments (troubleshooting and diagnostics) • Observability frameworks, including SLIs/SLOs, alerting, and performance tuning • Proven experience in: • Leading P1/P2 incident response, triage, and resolution • Managing platform upgrades, patching, and lifecycle events • Supporting large-scale environments (TB/PB scale, high concurrency workloads) • Strong understanding of: • Cloud infrastructure (IAM, VPC, networking, storage) • Security and governance (Ranger, Kerberos, TLS/SSL, SDX) • Expected to: • Lead complex troubleshooting and drive root cause resolution across platform layers • Mentor and guide L2 engineers • Coordinate with Cloudera support and infrastructure teams for critical issues • Hands-on experience in developing and troubleshooting NiFi (CDF) data flows, including: • Flow design and configuration • Processor-level debugging and performance tuning • Handling backpressure, throughput optimization, and failure recovery Required Skills • Strong experience with Cloudera CDP Public Cloud • Expertise in: • Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) • Kubernetes concepts (troubleshooting-focused) • Hands-on with: • CDE, CDW, CDF (NiFi), CAI • knowledge of: • IAM, networking, observability tools • Platforms operating at multi-terabyte to petabyte scale with high concurrency workloads • Hands-on experience with: • Kafka (or similar streaming platforms) including monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning • Experience with Cloudera CDP CLI (Command Line Interface) for: • Platform operations and administration • Job execution and service management (CDE/CDW/CDL) • Automation of routine operational tasks • Strong working knowledge of: • Cloud IAM (AWS IAM / Azure AD) including roles, policies, and cross-service access • User and group mapping across CDP, cloud IAM, and Ranger policies • Troubleshooting access issues across storage (S3/ADLS), CDP services, and data access layers Preferred Skills • Experience with: • Modernization of legacy data platforms/applications to Cloudera CDP Public Cloud • Migration and onboarding of workloads to CDE, CDW, and CAI environments • Supporting hybrid or multi-environment transitions (on-prem → cloud) • Familiarity with: • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) including storage, IAM, and networking concepts • Kubernetes-based runtime environments (troubleshooting-focused) • Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Shell, Terraform) for platform operations What You’ll Work On • Enterprise-scale Cloudera CDP platform supporting data engineering, analytics, and AI workloads across multiple applications • Modernization of legacy platforms and applications into cloud-native CDP services • Operational support and scaling of: • Data services (CDE, CDW, CDF, CDL) • AI/ML platforms (CAI, inference, workbenches) • Platform performance optimization, observability, and reliability engineering for mission-critical workloads