Zaid Shaikh

I am a Hadoop and Big Data Administrator with over three years of experience working with distributed data platforms in production environments. My work focuses on managing and maintaining Hadoop clusters, mainly using Cloudera platforms and AWS cloud services. I have hands-on experience with technologies such as HDFS, YARN, Hive, Spark, Kafka, and other tools in the Hadoop ecosystem.

I work mostly on Linux-based systems and handle tasks like cluster setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and system upgrades. I also manage security configurations using tools such as Kerberos, Apache Ranger, and access control mechanisms to ensure secure and reliable data environments.

I collaborate with data engineering and infrastructure teams to keep platforms stable, scalable, and efficient. My goal is to maintain reliable big data systems that support large-scale data processing and analytics.

Hadoop / Big Data Administrator with experience in managing Cloudera-based Hadoop clusters in production environments on AWS. Experienced in administering Hadoop ecosystem tools such as HDFS, YARN, Hive, Spark, Kafka, Sqoop, and NiFi, with strong skills in cluster deployment, monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning.

Worked on implementing security using Kerberos, managing data pipelines between HDFS and S3, handling large-scale data migrations, and maintaining high availability clusters. Experienced in AWS infrastructure management, cluster upgrades, troubleshooting production issues, and collaborating with engineering and infrastructure teams to maintain stable big data platforms

Bachelor of Engineering from MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad (2021)