Role: Hadoop/Cloudera Admin Locations: Raritan NJ Duration: Contract Position Interview: Telephonic/ Skype Job Description: * 5+ years of experience in Hadoop and related technology stack * Strong understanding of Hadoop design principals, cluster connectivity, security and the factors that affect distributed system performance * Provide 24x7 production system support * Monitor Hadoop cluster connectivity and security * Manage and review Hadoop log files. * File system management and monitoring. * HDFS support and maintenance. * Collaborate with L3 on patch and bug fix deployment * Diligently teaming with the infrastructure, network, database, application and business intelligence teams to guarantee high data quality and availability. * Document and maintain work-instructions * Complete audit required tasks * Initiate, submit and implement change requests * Log technical support tickets with vendor * Backup, data recovery and service restoration management * Collaborate with L3 on patch and bug fix deployment * Identify and raise system capacity related issues (storage, licenses, performance threshold) * Performance, capacity & utilization monitoring