
Master Works
Big Data Administrator – Enterprise Platform Support
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 12/04/2026
Job overview
Date posted
26/02/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 15,000 - 20,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Experienced
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
12/04/2026
Job description
The Big Data Administrator is responsible for managing and supporting enterprise big data platforms, ensuring availability, performance, security, and stability across production and non-production environments. The role works closely with data engineering, IAM, network, security, and infrastructure teams to maintain the operational health of Cloudera CDP/Hadoop clusters. The administrator handles cluster configuration, deployment, upgrades, patching, and performance tuning, while implementing security measures including Kerberos, Ranger, LDAP/AD integration, and TLS/SSL hardening. They troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and automate operational tasks using Bash and Python scripts. Additionally, the administrator supports Kubernetes/Red Hat OpenShift platforms, including basic cluster operations, pod/service troubleshooting, log analysis, and maintaining operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and administer Cloudera CDP/Hadoop clusters using Cloudera Manager
- Operate and support Hadoop ecosystem services including HDFS, YARN, Spark, Hive/Impala, HBase, and Zookeeper
- Monitor platform health, perform capacity planning, and optimize performance
- Implement and manage security using Kerberos, Ranger policies, LDAP/AD integration, and TLS/SSL hardening
- Troubleshoot production incidents including authentication issues, service failures, disk/log issues, and stuck Spark/YARN jobs
- Manage upgrades, patching, and configuration changes with minimal downtime
- Automate routine operational tasks using Bash and Python scripting
- Administer Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms including cluster operations, namespace/project management, pod/service troubleshooting, and log analysis
- Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures, and participate in on-call support as required
Experience & skills
- Deploy, configure, and administer Cloudera CDP/Hadoop clusters using Cloudera Manager
- Operate and support Hadoop ecosystem services including HDFS, YARN, Spark, Hive/Impala, HBase, and Zookeeper
- Monitor platform health, perform capacity planning, and optimize performance
- Implement and manage security using Kerberos, Ranger policies, LDAP/AD integration, and TLS/SSL hardening
- Troubleshoot production incidents including authentication issues, service failures, disk/log issues, and stuck Spark/YARN jobs
- Manage upgrades, patching, and configuration changes with minimal downtime
- Automate routine operational tasks using Bash and Python scripting
- Administer Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms including cluster operations, namespace/project management, pod/service troubleshooting, and log analysis
- Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures, and participate in on-call support as required