Posted 16 May, 2026
Site Reliability Engineer - Hadoop Modernization
Acceldata
India
Full Time
Reference: 113_651307_1f0af3a2-a2f4-4e62-a347-1b85524b0c87_1484539675
You will join a team of highly skilled hadoop engineers who are responsible for delivering Acceldata's support services in vendor-agnostic environments. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will actively learn from experienced team members, contributing to improving the availability, scalability, performance, and reliability of our products and our customers' data lake environments.
You will be expected to listen actively to customer concerns and demonstrate empathy in providing solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your technical, business, and interpersonal skills in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
What makes you the right fit for this position?
- 5+ years of experience in working with distributed systems, cloud environments, or data management services is preferred.
- Good understanding of Hadoop technologies, including HDFS, YARN, and Hive/Impala. Working knowledge of Kafka, NiFi, Ambari, and Cloudera Manager.
- Experience operating Linux (configure, tune, and troubleshoot both RedHat and Debian-based distributions).
- Exposure to data security and data engineering principles in Hadoop environments is a plus.
- Assist in troubleshooting issues across the entire stack - hardware, software, applications, and networks.
We're looking for someone who can:
- Work alongside experienced SREs to improve the availability, scalability, and reliability of enterprise production services, both for Acceldata products and customers' data lake environments.
- Support implementation and troubleshooting for Hadoop data lake clusters under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Learn to implement, stabilize, and tune Hadoop ecosystems in vendor-agnostic environments.
- Provide technical support for Hadoop Data Lake clusters across multiple data centers.
- Assist in troubleshooting issues across the entire stack - hardware, software, applications, and networks.
This role requires flexibility to work in rotational shifts, based on team coverage needs and customer demand.
Candidates should be comfortable supporting operations in a 24/7 environment and be willing to adjust their working hours accordingly.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
