Iceberg Operation Admin

Job Title: L2-L3 – Senior Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer-Production Support

Location : Remote work accepted from anywhere in US

Duration : 9-12+ Months Contract

Teams Meeting Interview

Job Description:

• 6-10+ years of experience in Big Data / Data Engineering / DBA / Data Operations roles

• Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg in production environments

• 6+ years of experience working with Cloudera ecosystem (CDP Ecosystem)

• Strong expertise in:
• Iceberg table optimization (compaction, metadata management, partition evolution)
• Multi-engine performance tuning (Spark, Hive, Impala)
• Troubleshooting complex data and query performance issues

• Proven experience handling:
• P1/P2 production incidents
• Large-scale environments (TB/PB scale)
• Data migration initiatives (Hive/Teradata → Iceberg)

• Lead enforcement of data modeling and Lakehouse standards across applications

• Guide teams on:
• Medallion architecture implementation
• Balancing normalization vs performance

• Mentor and guide L2 resources in operational best practices and troubleshooting

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg and/or Hive-based data lakes

• Understanding of data modeling concepts (normal forms) and modern Lakehouse patterns (Medallion architecture)

o Table-level optimization and performance tuning

o Large-scale data management (TB/PB scale)

• Experience with:

o Spark SQL, Hive, Impala, NiFI, Trino

Preferred Skills

• Experience with:
• Hive-to-Iceberg or Teradata-to-Iceberg migration
• Cloudera CDP (CDE/CDW)
• Familiarity with:
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Scripting/automation (Python, Shell)

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