Dataops Engineer (Lakehouse / Big Data)

JOB Role: Senior Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer/Senior Data Platform Engineer (Lakehouse)/Lead DataOps Engineer (Lakehouse / Big Data)
Work location: Remote work accepted from anywhere in US
MIN Years EXP: 13+ YEARS
WORK VISA: H1B,USU

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