Upendra Uday Joshi
Summary
Senior Hadoop Administrator with 11 years of experience in deploying, managing, and optimizing enterprise Hadoop and big data solutions. Expertise in Cloudera (CDP/CDH), NiFi, Hive, Impala, Spark, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure). Skilled in high-availability environments, performance tuning, and data governance. Strong experience in implementing cluster security and compliance using Kerberos, Ranger, SSL/TLS, and Active Directory.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Domain Specialist
Telstra
02.2023 - 09.2025
- Created and managed Production and Development Hadoop clusters from scratch.
- Installed and administered NiFi clusters, managed data pipelines, user authentication, SSL/TLS configuration, and monitored NiFi data flows.
- Secured Hadoop cluster using SSL/TLS, Ranger, and Active Directory integration.
- Daily troubleshooting of issues and handling user tickets.
Data Engineering Consultant
Accenture Solutions Private Limited
12.2018 - 02.2023
- Managed Production, Dev, and BDR Cloudera Distributed Hadoop (CDH) clusters.
- Set up BDR clusters, scheduled and monitored BDR jobs.
- Upgraded CDH clusters to new versions.
- Tuned Hive and Impala queries, collaborated with users to resolve issues.
DevOps Engineer
Kogentix Technologies Private Limited
12.2017 - 12.2018
- Assisted in Hadoop cluster administration and DevOps automation tasks.
- Configured and monitored Hadoop services and workflows.
- Supported data ingestion pipelines and performance optimization.
Hadoop Administrator
CloudAge Big Data Consultancy
08.2014 - 12.2017
- Installed and administered Hadoop clusters, including HDFS, YARN, Hive, Impala, and NiFi.
- Implemented security and governance using Kerberos, Ranger, and SSL/TLS.
- Managed data ingestion from multiple sources with compliance and governance principles.
- Monitored cluster performance, tuned jobs, and provided user access through Ranger policies.
Education
Diploma - Electronics and Telecommunications
MSBTE
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Skills
- HDFS, YARN, Zookeeper, Hive, Hue, Impala, Ranger, Kerberos, HBase, Spark, Kafka, NiFi
Big Data & Hadoop Ecosystem:
- Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), Cloudera Distribution of Hadoop (CDH), Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), AWS, Linux, Tableau, Alteryx, TigerGraph
Platforms & Tools:
Certification
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
- Google cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
- TigerGraph Associate Certification
- Hadoop Administration from Big Data University with IBM badge.
- Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104 (2022-02 to 2024-02)
- Big Data and Hadoop Fundamentals Certification.
Timeline
IT Domain Specialist
Telstra
02.2023 - 09.2025
Data Engineering Consultant
Accenture Solutions Private Limited
12.2018 - 02.2023
DevOps Engineer
Kogentix Technologies Private Limited
12.2017 - 12.2018
Hadoop Administrator
CloudAge Big Data Consultancy
08.2014 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Diploma - Electronics and Telecommunications
MSBTE
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Deployed and managed enterprise-grade hadoop clusters (CDP/CDH/HDP) with high availability.
- Led HDP to CDP migration projects with zero data loss and minimal downtime.
- Implemented cluster security and governance using kerberos, ranger, SSL/TLS, and AD.
- Optimized hive, impala, and spark workloads for high-performance, concurrent jobs.