What are the responsibilities and job description for the Big Data Platform Administrator position at Seaglass Technology Partners, LLC?
Title: Spark, HDFS, and Kafka Administrator/Engineer
Location: Hybrid (4 days on site - Jersey City, NJ)
Duration: 6-12 Month contract
Pay: 70-80 H/R W2
- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience maintaining and supporting enterprise big data environments utilizing Apache Spark, HDFS, and Kafka in production.
- Proven ability to manage Spark environments, including system setup, workload optimization, performance monitoring, and resolving technical issues.
- Strong background supporting HDFS, with experience managing distributed storage, access controls, system availability, and performance.
- Practical experience administering Kafka, including cluster operations, topic configuration, message processing, security, and troubleshooting.
- Proficiency working in Linux environments, including executing commands, investigating system issues, and performing administrative tasks.
- Familiarity with monitoring and troubleshooting platforms such as Grafana, Splunk, or comparable enterprise tools.
- Working knowledge of Cloudera CDP, Hadoop, and Cloudera Manager is a plus, although direct expertise with Spark, HDFS, and Kafka takes priority.
- Relevant certifications in Cloudera or other big data technologies are beneficial but not mandatory.
- Understanding of distributed platform security, including Kerberos, SSL/TLS, IAM, and LDAP authentication and access management.
Salary : $70 - $80