Apache Druid Platform Admin / Engineer- Irving, TX

Cystems Logic Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cystems Logic Inc is seeking a Sr. Apache Druid Administrator for a 12-month contract in Irving, Texas. The role requires at least 10 years of experience with Apache Druid and involves administering large-scale Druid clusters, optimizing performance, and troubleshooting issues.

The position involves close collaboration with architects and business teams to deliver scalable solutions and maintain high availability. Candidates must have a strong background in operational automation and monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 Years of Experience with Apache Druid.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in Druid services.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and optimize Apache Druid clusters.
• Monitor cluster health and performance.
• Collaborate with teams to meet analytical requirements.

Skills

Apache Druid

Ansible

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Role: Sr. Apache Druid Administrator

Location: Irving, TX

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Mechanism of Interview: Telephonic & WebCam

Primary Skills: Apache Druid

Minimum of 10 Years of Experience. This is an onsite role.

Interview Mode: 3 Rounds

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and optimize large-scale Apache Druid clusters supporting PB-scale datasets.
• Manage and troubleshoot Druid services.
• Perform cluster upgrades, patching, capacity planning, and platform modernization activities.
• Monitor cluster health, ingestion performance, query latency, segment distribution, and resource utilization.
• Troubleshoot ingestion failures, stuck tasks, compaction issues, retention policies, and segment management problems.
• Optimize Druid queries, partitioning strategies, indexing specifications, and compaction configurations.
• Configure and maintain Druid metadata stores using MySQL.
• Develop operational automation using Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
• Create dashboards, alerts, and monitoring solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and logging platforms.
• Work with platform teams to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and security compliance.
• Participate in production support, incident response, root cause analysis, and performance tuning initiatives.
• Collaborate with architects and business teams to understand analytical requirements and translate them into scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 Years of Experience.
• Primary Skills: Apache Druid.

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