Senior Hadoop Engineer – Hybrid Contract, Enterprise

MassGenics, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

Dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Health saving account (HSA)

Flexible spending account (FSA)

Life Insurance

Pet Insurance

Disability insurance

Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection

Sick time

Other paid leaves

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Innova Solutions is hiring a Software Engineer to support Hadoop administration and modern data processing in a large-scale enterprise context. The role requires experience with Hadoop, Red Hat environments, and migrations, with a focus on reliability and performance.

The position offers hybrid work across Charlotte, NC and other U.S. locations, with a W-2 contract and hourly pay in the $50–$55 range. Collaboration with data engineering teams and enterprise tooling is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Experience in Hadoop administration.
• Large enterprise experience.
• Experience with migrations.
• Exposure to enterprise tools/processes.
• Linux/Red Hat background.
• Patching and infrastructure support experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain Hadoop clusters to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Implement resource management strategies (YARN, MapReduce) to optimize workloads.
• Monitor cluster health, troubleshoot issues, and fine-tune configurations for efficiency.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to support ingestion pipelines and distributed processing.
• Plan and execute tenant migrations from legacy systems or older Hadoop distributions to newer versions or alternative platforms.
• Schedule and apply regular updates to keep the Hadoop ecosystem secure and stable.
• Perform proactive maintenance activities such as log rotation, disk cleanup, and service restarts.
• Validate patch compatibility with existing workloads before deployment.
• Maintain rollback strategies in case of patch failures.
• Assess Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) patches for relevance to the Hadoop environment.
• Evaluate MapR distribution patches for bug fixes, performance improvements, and security updates.
• Continuously monitor for CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) affecting Hadoop, Red Hat, or MapR.
• Provide Tier-2/Tier-3 support for Hadoop-related incidents.

Skills

Hadoop admin

Linux/Red Hat

Migrations experience

Enterprise tools

Incident support

Tools

Ansible

ServiceNow

JIRA

GCP

Job description

Innova Solutions is hiring a Software Engineer to support Hadoop administration and modern data processing in a large-scale enterprise context. The role requires experience with Hadoop, Red Hat environments, and migrations, with a focus on reliability and performance.

The position offers hybrid work across Charlotte, NC and other U.S. locations, with a W-2 contract and hourly pay in the $50–$55 range. Collaboration with data engineering teams and enterprise tooling is essential for success.