Cloudera Administrator (CDP Private Cloud Base + Data Services Installation C Administration | HA/Kerberos/Auto-TLS/KMS-HSM)

About the Position

This position offers a great opportunity for career growth. Symbol Technologies is one of the leading systems integrators in the country, providing various ICT solutions to the commercial, private, government, non-government, education, and telecom sectors.

Position Details

• Experience Required: 4–6 years of on-premises experience
• Employment Type: Full-Time, 8-month contract
• Location: On-site in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Job Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Cloudera Administrator to install, configure, upgrade, and fully administer both CDP Private Cloud Base and Cloudera Data Services end-to-end, including Cloudera Data Warehouse (CDW), Cloudera Data Engineering (CDE), and Cloudera AI (CAI). The role requires strong expertise in High Availability, Kerberos enablement, Cloudera Auto-TLS/TLS certificate management, Ranger security, and Ranger KMS with external HSM/enterprise KMS integration.

Key Responsibilities

CDP Private Cloud Base – Full Administration

• Install, configure, operate, upgrade, and patch CDP Private Cloud Base (repositories, parcels, service roles, configuration baselines)
• Administer and support core components: HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Hue, Kafka, Zookeeper, Ranger, and Atlas (as applicable)
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, node provisioning/decommissioning, and advanced troubleshooting (logs, metrics, OS-level)

Cloudera Data Services – Installation & Full Administration

• Install and configure Cloudera Data Services on the target platform, including prerequisites and platform readiness
• CDW: Creation and operations of Virtual Warehouses, workload isolation, autoscaling/resource allocation, connectivity, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
• CDE: Environment setup, job execution operations, quotas, scheduling/monitoring, dependency management, and runtime management
• CAI: Platform administration, model lifecycle management, and integration with data pipelines

Security & High Availability

• Implement and maintain Kerberos authentication across all components
• Deploy and manage Cloudera Auto-TLS and manual TLS certificate management
• Configure Ranger for access control and audit policies
• Integrate Ranger KMS with external HSM and enterprise KMS solutions
• Ensure high availability configurations and disaster recovery procedures