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Upendra Uday Joshi

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

    Big Data & Hadoop Ecosystem:

  • HDFS, YARN, Zookeeper, Hive, Hue, Impala, Ranger, Kerberos, HBase, Spark, Kafka, NiFi

    Platforms & Tools:

  • Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), Cloudera Distribution of Hadoop (CDH), Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), AWS, Linux, Tableau, Alteryx, TigerGraph

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.

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