L3 – Senior Iceberg DBA Lakehouse Operations Engineer

L3 Senior Iceberg DBA / Lakehouse Operations Engineer

100% Remote

$75 pr hr on C2C

Must have : Iceberg DBA

Candidates with 12-month validity

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

Required: Admin skills with Iceberg not development skills


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:
o Iceberg table optimization (compaction metadata management partition evolution)
o Multi-engine performance tuning (Spark Hive Impala)
o Troubleshooting complex data and query performance issues
Proven experience handling:
o P1/P2 production incidents
o Large-scale environments (TB/PB scale)
o Data migration initiatives (Hive/Teradata Iceberg)
Lead enforcement of data modeling and Lakehouse standards across applications
Guide teams on:
o Medallion architecture implementation
o 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:
o Table-level optimization and performance tuning
o Large-scale data management (TB/PB scale)
Experience with:
o Spark SQL Hive Impala NiFI Trino
Strong understanding of:
o Partitioning strategies
o File formats (Parquet/ORC)
o Distributed query processing

Preferred Skills
Experience with:
o Hive-to-Iceberg or Teradata-to-Iceberg migration
o Cloudera CDP (CDE/CDW)
Familiarity with:
o Cloud platforms (AWS Azure)
Scripting/automation (Python Shell)