Hadoop Administrator

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Role overview

We are Cognizant - AIA - Artificial Intelligence and Analytics

About AI & Analytics: Artificial intelligence (AI) and the data it collects and analyzes will soon sit at the core of all resourceful, human-centric businesses. By decoding customer needs, preferences, and behaviors, our clients can understand exactly what services, products, and experiences their consumers need. Within AI & Analytics, we work to design the future—a future in which trial-and-error business decisions have been replaced by informed choices and data-supported strategies.

By applying AI and data science, we help leading companies to prototype, refine, validate, and scale their AI and analytics products and delivery models. Cognizant’s AIA practice takes insights that are buried in data and provides businesses a clear way to transform how they source, interpret and consume their information. Our clients need flexible data structures and a streamlined data architecture that quickly turns data resources into insightful, relevant intelligence.

What you’ll do

· Support medium to large installations of Hadoop clusters.

· Collaborate and assist developers in successful implementation of their code monitor and fine tune their process for optimum resource utilization on cluster ability to automate run time process.

· Optimizing Hadoop environment in keeping clusters balanced and available for end users.

· Collaborate with Unix network database and security teams on cluster related matters.

· Monitoring cluster for maximum uptime ability to research on cluster issues via logs and collaborate with support in a proactive way.

What you bring to the role

· Experience in Hadoop Cluster installation

· Good knowledge of HDFS RangerSentry Hive, Impala, Spark, HBase, Kudu, Kafka, NiFi, sqoop and other Hadoop related services

· Exposure to Data Science collaborative tools such as data science workbench anaconda DataIKU

· Strong security concepts: Active directory Kerberos, LDAP, SAML, SSL and data encryption rest

· Strong Networking concepts topology proxy F5 firewall

· Understanding of AWS services such as Athena, Glue, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, NoSQL, Relational Database Service (RDS) and Amazon EMR

What we offer

· The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.

· Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.

· The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.

· A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.

· Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.

· True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.

Working arrangements

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in Ontario and/or Nova Scotia, where our hubs are located. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends