Big Data Hadoop Admin

Sonsoft Inc

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Atlanta, GA, us on site Until 8/22/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted February 25, 2026 Last posted February 25, 2026
Job description

Sonsoft , Inc. is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. Sonsoft Inc. is growing at a steady pace specializing in the fields of Software Development, Software Consultancy and Information Technology Enabled Services.

Job Description:-

  • Responsible to build Hadoop Platform & Infrastructure from the scratch
  • Aligning with development and architecture teams to propose and deploy new hardware and software environments required for Hadoop and to expand existing environments.
  • Responsible create security layer for Hadoop environment.
  • Working with data delivery teams to setup new Hadoop users, including access to HDFS, Hive, Pig and MapReduce, etc.
  • Cluster maintenance as well as creation and removal of nodes using tools like Cloudera Manager Express or other open source tools.
  • Screen Hadoop cluster job performances and capacity planning
  • Monitor Hadoop cluster connectivity and security.
  • Manage and review Hadoop log files.
  • File system management and monitoring.
  • HDFS support and maintenance..
  • Responsible to build a Hadoop Infrastructure that guarantees high data quality and availability.
  • Collaborating with Sys Admins to install operating system and Hadoop updates, patches, version upgrades when required.
  • Interact with the business users, Enterprise Architects and Technical Leads to gather the requirements.
  • Experienced in building or administrating Hadoop cluster with HDFS, Spark, Kafka, Zookeeper, Impala, Hive, Yarn, Hue, Oozie, etc...
  • Experienced in setting up high availability and disaster recovery Infrastructure across different data centers.
  • Experienced in building or administrating a Real-time streaming environment.


Preferred :-

  • Must have at least 7 years of experience as Hadoop administrator
  • Must have experience building and administrating open source Hadoop environment or product without licensed distribution, warranty and support.
  • Must have experience implementing and administrating Hadoop environment using distributions like Cloudera Express (preferred), Apache or Hortonworks.
  • Must have good UNIX or Linux experience preferably Red Hat
  • Must have experience supporting High availability and Real-time streaming environment
  • General operational expertise such as good troubleshooting skills, understanding of system’s capacity, bottlenecks, basics of memory, CPU, OS, storage, and networks.
  • Experience in Hadoop skills like MR, Hive, Pig, Spark, Kafka, Oozie, etc… is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of Troubleshooting Core Java Applications is a plus.
  • Good to have knowledge on Puppet/Chef/Ansible
  • Good to have knowledge or experience in supporting MySQL & NoSQL Databases like Cassandra & HBase..

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
  • At least 7 years of experience with Information Technology..

** U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Note:-

  1. This is a Full-Time Permanent job opportunity for you.
  2. Only US Citizen, Green Card Holder, TN Visa, GC-EADH4-EAD & L2-EAD can apply.
  3. No OPT-EAD & H1B Consultants please.
  4. Please mention your Visa Status in your email or resume.
About this role

Summary

Build and maintain Hadoop infrastructure, ensure security, performance, and high availability.

Job title

Big Data Hadoop Admin

Experience level

7+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Atlanta, GA; remote not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

hadoopclouderaunix/linuxhdfssparkkafkazookeeperhiveyarnoozie

Preferred skills

troubleshootingpuppetchefansiblenosqlcassandrahbase

Specializations

hadoopbig datacluster administrationhdfsspark
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Atlanta, GA, USA

On-site City