DevOps Engineer – Cloudera

About PersistentWe are a trusted Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above.We are experiencing tremendous growth, with $566 million in revenue in FY21, representing 12.9% year-over-year growth. Along with that growth, we onboarded over 3,000 new employees in the past year, bringing our total employee count to over 15,000 people located in 18 countries across the globe.At Persistent, our values are more than a list of ideals to improve our corporate image. We’re dedicated to building an inclusive culture that reflects what’s important to our employees and is based on what they value. As a result, 95% of our employees approve of the CEO and 83% recommend working at Persistent to a friend.About Position:We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with strong hands‑on experience in Cloudera platform deployment, configuration, and administration. The ideal candidate will manage, automate, and optimize enterprise data platforms built on Cloudera (CDP/CDH), ensuring availability, performance, security, and cost efficiency. The role requires advanced knowledge of HDFS, Hive, HBase, Solr (Cloudera Search), Ozone, Cloudera Data Services, and Ranger, along with solid DevOps and automation practices.About Position:Role: DevOps Engineer – Cloudera Location: Scottsdale AZ (onsite)Hire Type: contractExperience: 8+ years of experienceWhat You'll Do:3–8 years (adjustable) of hands‑on experience administering Cloudera (CDH/CDP) in production.Strong administration skills with HDFS, Hive, HBase, Solr (Cloudera Search), Ozone, Cloudera Data Services, and Ranger.Proficiency in Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) systems administration and shell scripting (Bash).Practical experience with Kerberos, TLS, LDAP/AD, and Ranger policy management.Automation with Ansible and scripting in Python for operational tasks.Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Cloudera Manager, Grafana/Prometheus/Elastic or equivalents).Solid understanding of networking (DNS, load balancing, firewalls), storage, and JVM/GC fundamentals.Git‑based CI/CD familiarity and change management practices in regulated environments.Expertise You'll Bring:Platform Deployment & ConfigurationInstall, configure, and upgrade Cloudera clusters using Cloudera Manager across on‑prem and/or cloud environments.Provision and configure services: HDFS, Hive, HBase, Solr (Cloudera Search), Ozone, Data Services (e.g., Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Machine Learning), and Ranger.Set up and manage Kerberos, TLS/SSL, AD/LDAP integration, and Ranger policies for fine‑grained access control.Operations & ReliabilityOwn day‑to‑day cluster administration: capacity planning, quota management, service restarts, rolling upgrades/patching, and backup/restore.Monitor and tune cluster and service performance (NameNode/ResourceManager health, GC tuning, YARN queues, Hive LLAP/Tez, HBase region servers, Solr cores/collections).Implement SLA/SLO monitoring, alerting, and dashboards; drive root‑cause analysis and incident response.Security & GovernanceMaintain a secure environment via Ranger policies, Kerberos principals/keytabs, TLS certificates, and compliance checks.Support data governance and auditing requirements, integrate with enterprise secrets and key management as needed.Automation & DevOpsBuild and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration automation (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).Develop operational runbooks and automation in Python/Bash for provisioning, patching, and routine admin tasks.Integrate platform workflows with CI/CD (Git, pipelines) for repeatable, version‑controlled changes.Data Services & Ecosystem SupportAdminister and optimize Hive metastore, ACID tables, compactions, and query engines (Tez/Spark).Manage HBase schemas, region splitting/balancing, and performance tuning.Operate Solr (Cloudera Search) for indexing, schema management, and query performance.Support Ozone object store operations, storage policies, and migration use cases.Collaborate with data engineering teams on job orchestration, resource management, and troubleshooting.Reliability EngineeringImplement high availability (HA) for critical components; design DR strategies and execute failover tests.Capacity and cost optimization across compute/storage; recommend right‑sizing and lifecycle policies.Documentation & CollaborationCreate and maintain architecture diagrams, topology, SOPs/runbooks, and security documentation.Partner with platform, security, and data engineering teams; provide L2/L3 support and knowledge transfer.Benefits:Competitive salary and benefits packageCulture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certificationsOpportunity to work with cutting-edge technologiesEmployee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and ‘Long Service’ awardsAnnual health check-ups as well as insurance:Group term life insurancePersonal accident insuranceMediclaim hospitalization insurance for self, spouse, two children, and parentsWhy Persistent is an employer of choiceTechnology Innovation: culture of innovation using cutting-edge technology to bring value to clients.Growth and Career Progression: learning opportunities for growth, including quarterly promotion cycles.One Persistent Culture: global outlook with diversity and inclusion at its core.Mental and Physical Wellness: employee health and mindfulness programs