Big Data Architect

We are looking for both a Big Architect and Big Data Support Analyst for a global client in Zurich.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Continuous improvement of existing big data platform (size > 5PB) hosted on Cloudera stack.


• Adding data nodes, Cloudera services, and support.


• Handling hive, impala, Spark processing issues.


• Integration of API calls with Hadoop and analytical processing layer, using python and Shell Scripting.


• Setting jobs for cluster-admin automation.


• Platform tenant support, such as access, setting up new Control-M jobs, onboarding tenants, resolving security/access issues.


• setting up jobs for feed transfer, ingestions.

Your profile:

• knowledge of Hadoop components such as HDFS, Spark, HUE, Impala, Hive, HBase, and Kafka.


• Should able to understand Hadoop security such as Kerberos, impersonification, ACLs, etc.


• Basic programming skills in python and Shell.


• Should know batch processing framework such as Rundeck, control M.


• Strong Unix skills will be an advantage


• Hadoop admin using Cloudera will be an advantage


• Excellent organizational skills as well as a very detailed and efficient work approach