Profile: Hadoop Stack Developer and Administrator
“Transforming
large, unruly data sets into competitive advantages”
Purveyor of competitive intelligence and holistic, timely
analyses of Big Data made possible by the successful installation,
configuration and administration of Hadoop ecosystem components and
architecture.
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Two years’ experience installing, configuring, testing Hadoop
ecosystem components.
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Capable of processing large sets of structured, semi-structured
and unstructured data and supporting systems application architecture.
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Able to assess business rules, collaborate with stakeholders and
perform source-to-target data mapping, design and review.
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Familiar with data architecture including data ingestion
pipeline design, Hadoop information architecture, data modeling and data
mining, machine learning and advanced data processing. Experience optimizing
ETL workflows.
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Hortonworks Certified Hadoop Developer, Cloudera Certified
Hadoop Developer and Certified Hadoop Administrator.
Areas of Expertise:
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Big Data Ecosystems: Hadoop,
MapReduce, HDFS, HBase, Zookeeper, Hive, Pig, Sqoop, Cassandra, Oozie, Flume,
Chukwa, Pentaho Kettle and Talend
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Programming Languages: Java,
C/C++, eVB, Assembly Language (8085/8086)
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Scripting Languages: JSP
& Servlets, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python and Bash
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Databases: NoSQL, Oracle
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UNIX Tools: Apache,
Yum, RPM
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Tools: Eclipse,
JDeveloper, JProbe, CVS, Ant, MS Visual Studio
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Platforms: Windows(2000/XP),
Linux, Solaris, AIX, HPUX
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Application Servers: Apache
Tomcat 5.x 6.0, Jboss 4.0
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Testing Tools: NetBeans,
Eclipse, WSAD, RAD
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Methodologies: Agile,
UML, Design Patterns
Professional Experience:
Hadoop Developer
Investor Online Network, Englewood Cliff, New Jersey2013 to present
Facilitated insightful daily analyses of 60 to 80GB of website data collected by external sources. Spawning recommendations and tips that increased traffic 38% and advertising revenue 16% for this online provider of financial market intelligence.
Investor Online Network, Englewood Cliff, New Jersey2013 to present
Facilitated insightful daily analyses of 60 to 80GB of website data collected by external sources. Spawning recommendations and tips that increased traffic 38% and advertising revenue 16% for this online provider of financial market intelligence.
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Developed MapReduce programs to parse the raw data, populate
staging tables and store the refined data in partitioned tables in the EDW.
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Created Hive queries that helped market analysts spot emerging
trends by comparing fresh data with EDW reference tables and historical metrics.
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Enabled speedy reviews and first mover advantages by using Oozie
to automate data loading into the Hadoop Distributed File System and PIG to
pre-process the data.
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Provided design recommendations and thought leadership to
sponsors/stakeholders that improved review processes and resolved technical
problems.
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Managed and reviewed Hadoop log files.
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Tested raw data and executed performance scripts.
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Shared responsibility for administration of Hadoop, Hive and
Pig.
Hadoop Developer/Administrator
Bank of the East, Yonkers, New York2012 to 2013
Helped this regional bank streamline business processes by developing, installing and configuring Hadoop ecosystem components that moved data from individual servers to HDFS.
Bank of the East, Yonkers, New York2012 to 2013
Helped this regional bank streamline business processes by developing, installing and configuring Hadoop ecosystem components that moved data from individual servers to HDFS.
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Installed and configured MapReduce, HIVE and the HDFS;
implemented CDH3 Hadoop cluster on CentOS. Assisted with performance tuning and
monitoring.
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Created HBase tables to load large sets of structured,
semi-structured and unstructured data coming from UNIX, NoSQL and a variety of
portfolios.
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Supported code/design analysis, strategy development and project
planning.
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Created reports for the BI team using Sqoop to export data into
HDFS and Hive.
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Developed multiple MapReduce jobs in Java for data cleaning and
preprocessing.
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Assisted with data capacity planning and node forecasting.
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Collaborated with the infrastructure, network, database,
application and BI teams to ensure data quality and availability.
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Administrator for Pig, Hive and Hbase installing updates,
patches and upgrades.
Java Developer
New York Bank, New York, New York2010 to 2012
Improved user satisfaction and adoption rates by designing, coding, debugging, documenting, maintaining and modifying a number of apps and programs for ATM and online banking. Participated in Hadoop training and development as part of a cross-training program.
New York Bank, New York, New York2010 to 2012
Improved user satisfaction and adoption rates by designing, coding, debugging, documenting, maintaining and modifying a number of apps and programs for ATM and online banking. Participated in Hadoop training and development as part of a cross-training program.
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Led the migration of monthly statements from UNIX platform to
MVC Web-based Windows application using Java, JSP, Struts technology.
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Prepared use cases, designed and developed object models and
class diagrams.
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Developed SQL statements to improve back-end communications.
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Incorporated custom logging mechanism for tracing errors,
resolving all issues and bugs before deploying the application in the WebSphere
Server.
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Received praise from users, shareholders and analysts for
developing a highly interactive and intuitive UI using JSP, AJAX, JSF and
JQuery techniques.
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View samples at www.myportfolio.com/aburke
Education, Training and Professional Development
New Jersey Institute of Technology, BS Computer Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology, BS Computer Science
Hadoop Training
Accelebrate: “Hadoop Administration Training”
Cloudera University Courses: “Hadoop Essentials” and “Hadoop Fundamentals I & II”
MapReduce Courses: “Introduction to Apache MapReduce and HDFS,” “Writing MapReduce Applications” and “Intro to Cluster Administration”
Nitesh Jain: “Become a Certified Hadoop Developer”
Accelebrate: “Hadoop Administration Training”
Cloudera University Courses: “Hadoop Essentials” and “Hadoop Fundamentals I & II”
MapReduce Courses: “Introduction to Apache MapReduce and HDFS,” “Writing MapReduce Applications” and “Intro to Cluster Administration”
Nitesh Jain: “Become a Certified Hadoop Developer”
Member, Hadoop Users Group of New Jersey
