A Principal Cloudera Consultant is a senior, hands‑on + strategic role focused on designing, delivering, and advising on large‑scale data platforms built on Cloudera Data Platform (CDP).

Here’s a clear breakdown of responsibilities and requirements, based on how the role is typically defined in enterprises and consulting firms.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of Cloudera CDP solutions (Private Cloud, Public Cloud, or Hybrid)
• Define end‑to‑end data platform architecture: ingestion, storage, processing, security, governance, and analytics
• Make key decisions on technologies like HDFS, Hive, Impala, Spark, Kafka, NiFi, HBase, etc
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, high‑availability, and cost‑efficient
• Install, configure, and upgrade Cloudera clusters
• Implement data pipelines using NiFi, Kafka, Spark
• Tune performance for Spark, Hive, Impala, and HDFS
• Troubleshoot comple...