Big Data / Cloudera Administrator | SightSpectrum Technology Solutions | Saudi Arabia

Tech Junction Ltd; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 335,000 - 603,000; Part time

Job summary

SightSpectrum Technology Solutions in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced Big Data / Cloudera Administrator to manage enterprise-grade Cloudera environments, ensuring stability and security in production workloads.

You will work with data engineering and analytics teams on optimization, upgrades, backup, capacity planning, and incident response, applying strong Linux and Hadoop expertise.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Cloudera or Hadoop Administration.
• Hands-on experience with Cloudera CDP and Cloudera Manager.
• Strong knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem including HDFS, YARN, Hive.
• Experience with Kerberos authentication and Ranger security.
• Strong Linux system administration and production support skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage Cloudera CDP clusters in production environments.
• Configure, monitor, and maintain Cloudera Manager and Hadoop ecosystem components.
• Perform cluster upgrades, patching, backup, and recovery activities.
• Support capacity planning and incident resolution with SLAs.

Skills

Cloudera CDP

Hadoop Administration

HDFS

YARN

Hive

Kerberos

Ranger

Linux

Production Support

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Job description

Job Title: Big Data / Cloudera Administrator | SightSpectrum Technology Solutions | Saudi Arabia

Recruiting Company: SightSpectrum Technology Solutions

Job Location: Saudi Arabia (Onsite)

Job Type: Contract

Position Summary

SightSpectrum Technology Solutions is seeking an experienced Big Data / Cloudera Administrator to manage, optimize, and support enterprise-scale Hadoop and Cloudera data platforms in a production environment. This role is ideal for professionals with strong expertise in Cloudera CDP, cluster administration, performance tuning, security management, and big data infrastructure operations.

Detailed Job Description

As a Big Data / Cloudera Administrator, you will be responsible for the deployment, administration, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization of large-scale Cloudera environments supporting critical business workloads. You will oversee Hadoop cluster operations, ensure platform stability, manage security controls, perform performance tuning, and support production environments through proactive monitoring and incident resolution. Working closely with data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure teams, you will help maintain highly available and secure big data ecosystems while supporting upgrades, patching, backup, recovery, and capacity planning activities. The successful candidate will possess strong Linux system administration skills, deep Hadoop ecosystem knowledge, and hands-on experience managing enterprise-grade Cloudera platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and manage Cloudera CDP clusters in production environments.
• Configure, monitor, and maintain Cloudera Manager and Hadoop ecosystem components.
• Manage HDFS, YARN, Hive, and related big data services.
• Perform cluster monitoring, health checks, performance tuning, and optimization.
• Troubleshoot platform, storage, resource utilization, and application-related issues.
• Implement and maintain Kerberos authentication and Ranger security policies.
• Perform cluster upgrades, patch management, and platform lifecycle maintenance.
• Manage backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes.
• Support capacity planning and infrastructure scalability initiatives.
• Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to improve platform performance.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents while ensuring SLA compliance.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and support runbooks.
• Support security hardening and compliance requirements across the data platform.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Cloudera or Hadoop Administration.
• Hands-on experience with Cloudera CDP and Cloudera Manager.
• Strong knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem technologies including HDFS, YARN, and Hive.
• Experience with cluster monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience implementing and managing Kerberos authentication.
• Strong knowledge of Apache Ranger security administration.
• Experience performing cluster upgrades, patching, maintenance, backup, and recovery activities.
• Strong Linux system administration skills.
• Experience supporting large-scale production environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Understanding of enterprise security, data protection, and operational best practices.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with AWS EMR environments.
• Knowledge of Spark, Kafka, HBase, Impala, or other Hadoop ecosystem components.
• Experience with cloud-native big data platforms.
• Automation and scripting skills using Shell, Python, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery architectures.
• Cloudera, Hadoop, Linux, or cloud-related certifications.

Recruitment Pro Tip

For Cloudera Administrator roles, hiring managers look for evidence of hands-on production support experience. Highlight the size of clusters managed, number of nodes supported, data volumes handled, performance improvements achieved, security implementations completed, and major upgrade or migration projects you have successfully delivered. Quantifying improvements in cluster uptime, performance, or operational efficiency can significantly strengthen your application.