Iceberg Database Admin

Role: Iceberg DBA
Work location: Remote work accepted from anywhere in US

• 4–6 years of experience in Big Data / Data Operations / DBA roles
• Minimum 1+ year of experience with Apache Iceberg or similar table formats (Hive/Delta/Hudi)
• 4+ years of experience with Cloudera ecosystem (CDP)

• Hands-on experience with:
o Iceberg table operations and maintenance
o Spark SQL, Hive, or Impala

• Experience in:
o Production support and incident handling
o Monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational support

• Apply established data modeling and Lakehouse standards in day-to-day operations

• Support:
o Table structuring
o Partition alignment with ingestion patterns

• Assist in maintaining consistency of datasets across Bronze/Silver/Gold layers


Required Skills
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg and/or Hive-based data lakes
• Understanding of data modeling concepts (normal forms) and modern Lakehouse patterns (Medallion architecture)

• Expertise in:
o Table-level optimization and performance tuning
o Large-scale data management (TB/PB scale)

• Experience with:
o Spark SQL, Hive, Impala, NiFI, Trino

• Strong understanding of:
o Partitioning strategies
o File formats (Parquet/ORC)
o Distributed query processing


Preferred Skills

• Experience with:
o Hive-to-Iceberg or Teradata-to-Iceberg migration
o Cloudera CDP (CDE/CDW)

• Familiarity with:
o Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Scripting/automation (Python, Shell)