Hadoop Administration

Sonsoft Inc

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Cincinnati, OH, us on site Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted February 23, 2026 Last posted February 23, 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.

  • At least 4 years of experience in Implementation and Administration of Hadoop infrastructure
  • At least 2 years of experience Architecting, Designing, Implementation and Administration of Hadoop infrastructure
  • At least 2 years of experience in Project life cycle activities on development and maintenance projects.
  • Should be able to provide Consultancy to client / internal teams on which product/flavor is best for which situation/setup
  • Operational expertise in troubleshooting , understanding of system’s capacity, bottlenecks, basics of memory, CPU, OS, storage, and networks
  • Hadoop, MapReduce, HBase, Hive, Pig, Mahout
  • Hadoop Administration skills: Experience working in Cloudera Manager or Ambari, Ganglia, Nagios
  • Experience in using Hadoop Schedulers - FIFO, Fair Scheduler, Capacity Scheduler
  • Experience in Job Schedule Management - Oozie or Enterprise Schedulers like Control-M, Tivoli
  • Good knowledge of Linux (RHEL, Centos, Ubuntu)
  • Experience in setting up Ad/LDAP/Kerberos Authentication models
  • Experience in Data Encryption technique

Responsibilities:-

  • Upgrades and Data Migrations
  • Hadoop Ecosystem and Clusters maintenance as well as creation and removal of nodes
  • Perform administrative activities with Cloudera Manager/Ambari and tools like Ganglia, Nagios
  • Setting up and maintaining Infrastructure and configuration for Hive, Pig and MapReduce
  • Monitor Hadoop Cluster Availability, Connectivity and Security
  • Aligning with the Systems engineering team in maintaining hardware and software environments required for Hadoop
  • Software installation, configuration, patches and upgrades
  • Working with data delivery teams to setup Hadoop application development environments
  • Performance tuning of Hadoop clusters and Hadoop MapReduce routines
  • Screen Hadoop cluster job performances and capacity planning
  • Data modelling, Database backup and recovery
  • Manage and review Hadoop log files
  • File system management, Disk space management and monitoring (Nagios, Splunk etc)
  • HDFS support and maintenance
  • Planning of Back-up, High Availability and Disaster Recovery Infrastructure
  • Diligently teaming with Infrastructure, Network, Database, Application and Business Intelligence teams to guarantee high data quality and availability
  • Collaborating with application teams to install operating system and Hadoop updates, patches and version upgrades
  • Implementation of Strategic Operating model in line with best practices
  • Point of Contact for Vendor escalations
  • Ability to work in team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment
  • Analytical skills
  • Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment

  • 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 within the Information Technologies.

 ** U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States 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 GC-EAD,& TN  can apply.
3.No  H4-EAD  L2-EAD  OPT-EAD, H1B  candidates please.
4.Please mention your Visa Status in your email or resume.

About this role

Summary

Administer and maintain Hadoop infrastructure, perform upgrades, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

Job title

Hadoop Administration

Experience level

7+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Cincinnati, OH, US; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

HadoopCloudera ManagerAmbariGangliaNagiosLinuxKerberosHDFS

Preferred skills

OozieControl-MTivoliData EncryptionDisaster Recovery

Specializations

HadoopMapReduceHBaseHivePig
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cincinnati, OH, USA

On-site City