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TRCD-26-04237
Cloud Administrator (Associate)
Associate Cloud Administrator (2–4 years) needed in Pune for a 6-month contract to run and troubleshoot AWS data and platform services. The role focuses on administering Amazon EMR and big data components (Spark/Hadoop/Hive/HDFS/YARN), optimizing Spark workloads, supporting Redshift and Snowflake, operating Airflow, and managing AWS EKS/Kubernetes. You will also build/operate CI/CD, Terraform IaC, automation with Python/Bash, monitoring with CloudWatch/Prometheus/Grafana, and drive reliability and cost optimization in production environments.
Position summary
- Location
- India
- Workplace
- On-site
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Minimum 2 years and Maximum 4 years
Role overview
Why This Role Matters.
Associate Cloud Administrator (2–4 years) needed in Pune for a 6-month contract to run and troubleshoot AWS data and platform services. The role focuses on administering Amazon EMR and big data components (Spark/Hadoop/Hive/HDFS/YARN), optimizing Spark workloads, supporting Redshift and Snowflake, operating Airflow, and managing AWS EKS/Kubernetes. You will also build/operate CI/CD, Terraform IaC, automation with Python/Bash, monitoring with CloudWatch/Prometheus/Grafana, and drive reliability and cost optimization in production environments.
Your Impact
Deliver Enterprise Value
Help organisations solve complex business problems through modern technology, consulting expertise and measurable outcomes.
Collaboration
Work Across Teams
Collaborate with consultants, architects, engineers and client stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Growth
Learn Continuously
Gain exposure to enterprise technologies, certifications, mentoring and real-world project experience.
Career Path
Grow With Ubique
Build a long-term consulting career with opportunities to take on greater responsibility and leadership over time.
Responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing.
Every role at Ubique contributes directly to solving meaningful business challenges for our clients.
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Manage production Spark, Hadoop, Hive, HDFS, YARN, Tez, and Hive Metastore environments supporting large-scale data processing workloads.
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Optimize Spark workloads through executor sizing, memory tuning, dynamic allocation, shuffle optimization, partitioning, and resource utilization analysis.
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Troubleshoot complex Spark job failures, HDFS storage issues, YARN resource constraints, Hive query issues, and EMR cluster failures.
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Design and manage EMR Instance Fleets/Instance Groups, Managed Scaling, Spot/On-Demand capacity, and auto-termination configurations.
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Plan and execute EMR version upgrades and platform migration activities, including compatibility assessment and post-upgrade validation.
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Administer and optimize Amazon Redshift, including query performance, WLM, schema utilization, storage management, data loading, locking, and capacity planning.
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Support Snowflake environments including data loading, warehouse sizing, SQL/query optimization, storage management, and operational troubleshooting.
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Manage Apache Airflow environments, including DAG scheduling, monitoring, failure troubleshooting, and workflow optimization.
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Collaborate with data engineering teams to support ETL/ELT pipelines using Spark, Airflow, Redshift, Snowflake, and AWS services.
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Design, deploy, and manage Amazon EKS clusters, including cluster upgrades, node groups, scaling, networking, and troubleshooting.
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Manage Kubernetes workloads including Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingress, and RBAC.
Technology stack
Tools & Technologies.
The platforms and technologies you'll use to build modern, enterprise-grade solutions.
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AWS
Required
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Amazon EMR
Required
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Spark
Required
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Hadoop
Required
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Hive
Required
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HDFS
Required
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YARN
Required
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Tez
Required
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Hive Metastore
Required
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EMR Instance Fleets
Required
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EMR Instance Groups
Required
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Managed Scaling
Required
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Spot Instances
Required
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On-Demand
Required
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Amazon Redshift
Required
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WLM
Required
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Snowflake
Required
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Apache Airflow
Required
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EKS
Required
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Kubernetes
Required
Requirements
Skills & Experience.
We value curiosity, collaboration and continuous learning. If you don't meet every requirement but believe you can make an impact, we'd still love to hear from you.
Essential
Required Qualifications
Amazon EMR administration (provisioning, scaling, upgrades/patching, troubleshooting)
Apache Spark administration and performance tuning (executor sizing, memory tuning, dynamic allocation, shuffle/partition optimization)
Hadoop ecosystem operations: Hadoop, Hive, HDFS, YARN, Tez, Hive Metastore
Production troubleshooting for Spark/HDFS/YARN/Hive/EMR failures
Amazon EKS administration (upgrades, node groups, scaling, networking, troubleshooting)
Kubernetes workload management (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingress, RBAC)
Kubernetes scheduling concepts (affinity/anti-affinity, taints/tolerations, requests/limits, Pod Disruption Budgets)
Docker and Helm for containerized deployments
CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD or GitHub Actions or AWS-native tools)
Terraform Infrastructure as Code (modules, state management, remote backends, env configs)
Automation/scripting with Python and Bash
Monitoring/alerting with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana
DevOps practices: Git-based source control, code reviews, deployment governance, production access, secrets management
AWS cost optimization and capacity planning
Preferred
Nice to Have
Amazon Redshift administration and performance tuning (WLM, locking, storage, loading, capacity planning)
Snowflake operations (warehouse sizing, data loading, query optimization, troubleshooting)
Apache Airflow administration (DAG scheduling/monitoring, failure troubleshooting, workflow optimization)
Experience supporting ETL/ELT pipelines with Spark/Airflow/Redshift/Snowflake
EMR Instance Fleets/Instance Groups, Managed Scaling, Spot/On-Demand strategy, auto-termination
Platform migration/EMR version upgrade compatibility assessment and validation
Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
Certifications: AWS Data Engineer – Associate
Certification: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
What you'll gain
More Than Just A Job.
We're committed to helping every team member grow professionally, personally and technically while working on meaningful projects.
Global Exposure
Collaborate with international clients and multicultural teams on enterprise programmes.
Continuous Learning
Expand your expertise through mentoring, certifications and hands-on project experience.
Career Growth
Take ownership, develop leadership skills and grow your consulting career over time.
Flexible Working
Hybrid and remote collaboration designed around trust and delivering exceptional outcomes.
People First
Join a supportive culture where collaboration, respect and long-term relationships come first.
Enterprise Projects
Work on meaningful technology initiatives for leading organisations across industries.
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