United Software Group Inc

Iceberg Hadoop Admin

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This role is for a Senior Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer with 6-10+ years in Big Data, including 2+ years with Apache Iceberg. The contract lasts 9-12 months, offers remote work in the US, and requires expertise in Cloudera, data modeling, and large-scale data management.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
August 12, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Remote
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Dallas, TX
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Impala #Trino #SQL (Structured Query Language) #DBA (Database Administrator) #NiFi (Apache NiFi) #Apache Iceberg #Spark (Apache Spark) #Data Management #Metadata #Data Lake #Data Modeling #Cloudera #Cloud #Data Migration #Migration #Data Engineering #Spark SQL #Big Data #Teradata #Normalization #Hadoop
Role description
Job Title: Hadoop Admin-- Senior Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer Location : Remote work accepted from anywhere in US Duration : 9-12+ Months Contract Teams Meeting Interview Job Description: Looking for Admin Profiles onl y • 6-10+ years of experience in Big Data / Data Engineering / DBA / Data Operations ro les • Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg in production environme nts • 6+ years of experience working with Cloudera ecosystem (CDP Ecosyst em) • Strong expertise • in: Iceberg table optimization (compaction, metadata management, partition evolut • ion)Multi-engine performance tuning (Spark, Hive, Imp • ala)Troubleshooting complex data and query performance is sues • Proven experience hand • ling: P1/P2 production inc • identsLarge-scale environments (TB/PB • scale)Data migration initiatives (Hive/Teradata → Ic eberg) • Lead enforcement of data modeling and Lakehouse standards across appli cations • Guide te • ams on: Medallion architecture implem • entationBalancing normalization vs per formance • Review and resolve complex data modeling and performance t rade-offs • Ensure consistency of data structures across domains and workloads • Mentor and guide L2 resources in operational best practices and troubl eshooting Requi red 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 ar chitecture) • Ex pertise in:o Table-level optimization and perform ance tuningo Large-scale data management (T B/PB scale) • Exper ience with:o Spark SQL, Hive, Impala, NiFI, Trino • Strong unders tanding of:o Partitioning strategieso File formats (P arquet/ORC)o Distributed query processing Pref erred Skills • Expe • rience with: Hive-to-Iceberg or Teradata-to-Iceb • erg migrationCloudera CDP (CDE/CDW)