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Randstad USA

Big Data Platform Engineer

Jersey City, NJ, United States

$68 to $70 USD / hour · Contract

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Pay: $68 to $70 USD / hour
Job type: Contract
Apply by: Dec 9, 2026
Experience: Minimum 3 years of hands-on production experience administering and supporting Apache Spark, HDFS, and Kafka.
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 9, 2026

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job summary:

Seeking an experienced Spark, HDFS, and Kafka Administrator/Engineer to manage, support, and optimize enterprise-grade big data platforms. Deep hands-on expertise with Apache Spark, HDFS, and Kafka is required and will be the primary focus of this role. Experience administering these technologies within a Cloudera environment is preferred but secondary to strong expertise in the underlying technologies.

location: Jersey City, New Jersey job type: Contract salary: $68 - 70 per hour work hours: 8am to 5pm education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

· Spark Administration: Deploy, configure, monitor, tune, and troubleshoot Apache Spark environments and workloads. Support Spark job performance, resource management, capacity planning, and production operations.

· HDFS Administration: Manage and support HDFS storage, including capacity, performance, availability, permissions, replication, and troubleshooting. Strong understanding of HDFS architecture and integration with distributed compute platforms is required.

· Kafka Administration: Deploy, configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Apache Kafka clusters, topics, producers, and consumers. Support performance, capacity, availability, security, and production operations.

· Monitoring and Performance Tuning: Monitor platform connectivity, health, capacity, and performance using tools such as Grafana, Splunk, and relevant platform management tools. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across Spark, HDFS, and Kafka.

· Security and Compliance: Implement and manage security configurations, including Kerberos, SSL/TLS, authorization policies, HDFS ACLs, and enterprise IAM/LDAP integrations.

· Automation and Scripting: Develop and maintain automation using Python, Bash, or Perl for routine administration, configuration management, monitoring, and operational support.

· Troubleshooting and Support: Provide expert-level troubleshooting and technical support for Spark, HDFS, Kafka, and related big data technologies, including participation in an on-call rotation.

· Platform Administration: Support installations, patching, upgrades, migrations, and platform lifecycle activities while minimizing downtime. Cloudera Hadoop/CDP administration will be part of the role but is secondary to expertise in Spark, HDFS, and Kafka.

qualifications:

Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Minimum 3 years of hands-on production experience administering and supporting Apache Spark, HDFS, and Kafka.
Strong, demonstrable expertise in Spark administration, configuration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
Strong, demonstrable expertise in HDFS administration, storage management, security, performance, and troubleshooting.
Strong, demonstrable expertise in Kafka administration, topic management, producer/consumer architecture, performance, security, and troubleshooting.
Experience with Linux operating systems and command-line tools.
Experience with enterprise monitoring and operational tooling such as Grafana and Splunk.
Experience with Cloudera Hadoop/CDP and Cloudera Manager is preferred but is not the primary skill requirement.

skills:

Hadoop,Kafka,Apache Kafka,Spark,Apache Spark,Bash,big data platforms,big data technologies,big data,Cloudera,Cloudera Manager,command-line tools,configuration management,storage management,distributed data,Grafana,HDFS,IAM,Kerberos,LDAP,Linux operating systems,enterprise monitoring,Performance Tuning,Perl,Python,Splunk,integrations,SSL/TLS,analytical,communication skills,troubleshoot,Troubleshooting,problem-solving,Proactively,Administration,ACLs,architecture,Automation and Scripting,automation,capacity planning,big data,security concepts,installations,operational support,production operations,resource management,security,security configurations,technical support,tooling

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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Skills

Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
Troubleshoot
Troubleshooting
Grafana
Splunk
Regulatory compliance
Coordinate security
ACLS
Identity and access management
LDAP
Python
Bash
Perl
Technical support
Apache Hadoop
Problem solving
Communication skills
Linux

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