Database Administrator II

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloudera Hadoop Administrator (DBA) with hands-on experience managing and administering Databricks environments. This role requires deep expertise in maintaining enterprise-grade Hadoop clusters (Cloudera distribution), including performing backup and restore operations and supporting development, test, and production systems.

Key Responsibilities

Cloudera Hadoop Administration

• Manage and support Cloudera Hadoop clusters and services (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, Spark, Oozie, etc.).
• Perform cluster upgrades, patching, performance tuning, capacity planning, and health monitoring.
• Secure the Hadoop platform using Kerberos, Ranger, or Sentry.
• Develop and maintain automation and monitoring scripts.
• Ingest data using tools such as Sqoop, NiFi, DEI Informatica, Qlik.
• Support release and deployment activities, including deployment of new across Dev/Test and Production environments
• Integration of CI/CD pipelines (Git, or custom tooling) for automated code deployment
• Ensuring minimal downtime, rollback capability, and alignment with change management policies
• Maintain detailed release documentation, track changes in version control systems, and collaborate with development and operations teams to streamline deployment workflows.

Databricks Administration

• Administer and maintain Databricks workspaces in cloud environments (Azure, or GCP).
• Configure clusters, manage libraries, job scheduling, and workspace settings.
• Enforce role-based access control (RBAC), integrate with SSO, and manage workspace security.
• Monitor and optimize performance and cost across the Databricks platform.
• Collaborate with teams to support data pipelines, ML workflows, and analytics use cases.
• Integrate Databricks with cloud storage solutions (S3, ADLS) and Delta Lake.
• Troubleshoot issues related to jobs, performance, or user access.
• Maintain platform documentation and conduct user training.
• Stay current with Databricks updates, new features, and best practices.
• Support hybrid workflows between Hadoop and Databricks environments.

Required Skills and Experience

• 4+ years of hands-on experience administering Cloudera Hadoop clusters.
• 2–3+ years of Databricks experience in production environments.
• 2+ years of Databricks administration experience on Azure (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Spark and Delta Lake architecture.
• Experience with IAM, Active Directory, and SSO integration.
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD for data platforms.
• Deep understanding of Hadoop ecosystem: Hive, Impala, Spark, HDFS, YARN.
• Experience integrating data from DB2 to Hadoop/Databricks using tools like Sqoop or custom connectors.
• Scripting skills in Shell and/or Python for automation and system administration.
• Solid foundation in Linux/Unix system administration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud technologies (Azure or GCP preferred).
• Exposure to modern data lake and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Cloudera and/or Databricks certifications.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Experience supporting Oracle database administration (e.g., backups, user management, SQL tuning).
• General DBA experience with other RDBMS (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL).

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience.

Compensation Details:

$100900 - $126100

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10.4% of total eligible compensation.
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
• We know the work environment matters. That’s why Ace holds frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
• We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more
• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
• Identity theft protection

• Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable plans and policies.

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