SRE / BDP platform engineer - Locals to Irvine, CA

Overview:
Dataflix is seeking a highly experienced Senior or Lead Platform Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)/Hadoop Admin to manage and enhance our petabyte-scale, on-premises data platform. This platform is built using the open-source Hadoop ecosystem. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, a strong understanding of distributed systems, and extensive experience operating and optimizing large-scale data infrastructure. 

Responsibilities:

• Own and operate the end-to-end infrastructure of a large-scale, on-prem Hadoop-based data platform, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Design, implement, and maintain core platform components, including Hadoop, Hive, Spark, NiFi, Iceberg, ELK, OpenSearch and Ambari.
• Automate infrastructure management, monitoring, and deployments using CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) and scripting.
  Implement and enforce security controls, access management, and compliance standards.
• Perform system upgrades, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting across platform components.
  Optimize observability and telemetry using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry for real-time performance monitoring and alerting.
• Proactively monitor system health, resolve incidents, and conduct root-cause analyses to prevent recurrence.
  Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure teams to align platform capabilities with evolving needs.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or similar roles, with proven success managing large-scale, distributed Hadoop infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in the Hadoop ecosystem, including HDFS, YARN, Hive, Spark, NiFi, Ambari, and Iceberg.
• Strong Linux system administration skills (CentOS/Rocky preferred), including system tuning, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code, leveraging tools like GitLab CI/CD and scripting in Python and bash.
• Practical knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and understanding of system health, alerting, and telemetry.
• Familiarity with networking concepts, security protocols, and data compliance requirements.
• Experience managing petabyte-scale data platforms and implementing disaster recovery strategies.
• Understanding of data governance, metadata management, and operational best practices.