Senior Cloudera Administrator & Data Platform Lead

Xenon7; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloudera Administrator to lead enterprise-scale Hadoop environments. This position requires strong hands-on expertise in Cloudera administration and proven leadership in managing data engineering teams. Responsibilities include optimizing Cloudera clusters and designing ETL pipelines while ensuring data quality and compliance. The ideal candidate should have over 7 years of experience in data platforms and a strong understanding of distributed systems.

Benefits

Attractive salary package

Career advancement opportunities

One-year contract with renewal opportunity

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data platforms, Hadoop, or big data administration.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cloudera (CDH/CDP) administration.
• Proven experience managing and mentoring data engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Cloudera Hadoop clusters.
• Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Design, understand, and document data storage architectures.

Skills

Cloudera administration

ETL pipeline design

Data engineering

Spark

Hive

Kafka

Linux

Networking

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Tools

Cloudera CDH/CDP

Airflow

NiFi

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading technology firm in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloudera Administrator to lead enterprise-scale Hadoop environments. This position requires strong hands-on expertise in Cloudera administration and proven leadership in managing data engineering teams. Responsibilities include optimizing Cloudera clusters and designing ETL pipelines while ensuring data quality and compliance. The ideal candidate should have over 7 years of experience in data platforms and a strong understanding of distributed systems.