Iceberg DBA - REMOTE

L3 Senior Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer

100% Remote

Must have : Iceberg DBA

Work location: Plano -TX -Remote work accepted from anywhere in US

10+ years of experience in Big Data / Data Engineering / DBA / Data Operations roles

Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg in production environments

6+ years of experience working with Cloudera ecosystem (CDP Ecosystem)

Strong Expertise In

• Iceberg table optimization (compaction, metadata management, partition evolution)
• Multi-engine performance tuning (Spark, Hive, Impala)
• Troubleshooting complex data and query performance issues

Proven Experience Handling

• P1/P2 production incidents
• Large-scale environments (TB/PB scale)
• Data migration initiatives (Hive/Teradata Iceberg)

Lead enforcement of data modeling and Lakehouse standards across applications

Guide Teams On

• Medallion architecture implementation
• Balancing normalization vs performance

Review and resolve complex data modeling and performance trade-offs

Ensure consistency of data structures across domains and workloads

Mentor and guide L2 resources in operational best practices and troubleshooting

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

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

Experience With

• Spark SQL, Hive, Impala, NiFI, Trino

Strong Understanding Of

• Partitioning strategies
• File formats (Parquet/ORC)
• Distributed query processing

Preferred Skills

Experience with:

• Hive-to-Iceberg or Teradata-to-Iceberg migration
• Cloudera CDP (CDE/CDW)

Familiarity With

• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

Scripting/automation (Python, Shell)