Senior Big Data​/AWS Administrator- W2

Position: Senior Big Data / AWS Administrator

Location: St. Louis, MO (Onsite)

Employment Type: W2 Position

Name:

Required: Hadoop Administration

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Big Data / AWS Administrator with 10+ years of hands-on experience in managing large-scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, Hadoop ecosystem, and Kafka administration, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance of enterprise data platforms.

• Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS)
  • Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
  • Administer core AWS services: EC2, S3, EMR, EKS, IAM, VPC, Cloud Watch, Lambda.
  • Implement automated infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Cloud Formation).
  • Optimize cost, performance, and reliability of cloud environments.
  • Develop disaster recovery and backup strategies.
• Big Data Platform Administration (Hadoop)
  • Install, configure, tune, and maintain Hadoop ecosystem components (HDFS, YARN, Hive, HBase, Spark).
  • Monitor cluster health, performance, and capacity planning.
  • Troubleshoot cluster issues and ensure high availability using HA configurations (Name Node HA, etc.).
  • Manage data ingestion and processing workflows.
• Streaming Platform Administration (Kafka)
  • Install, configure, and manage Apache Kafka clusters.
  • Ensure high throughput, low latency, and fault-tolerant streaming systems.
  • Manage topics, partitions, brokers, and retention policies.
  • Perform Kafka cluster scaling, upgrades, and performance tuning.
  • Implement monitoring using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Confluent Control Center.
• System Operations & Monitoring
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for all systems.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and performance tuning.
  • Ensure system security, access controls, and compliance standards.
  • Maintain detailed documentation and operational runbooks.
• Automation & Dev Ops
  • Build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments.
  • Automate routine administrative tasks using scripting (Python, Shell, etc.).
  • Collaborate with Dev Ops and engineering teams for platform improvements.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in system administration, with at least 5+ years in big data and cloud environments.
• Proven experience managing large-scale Hadoop clusters and Kafka environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud platform.
• Agentic AI experience

• AWS services: AWS Administration, EC2, S3, EMR, IAM, VPC, Cloud Watch, Lambda
• Big Data:
  Administration, Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Spark
• Kafka Administration

Years of

Experience:

14.00 Years of Experience