How To Be A Hadoop Developer?

i. Becoming a Hadoop Developer:

Dice survey revealed that 9 out of 10 high paid IT jobs require big data skills.

A McKinsey Research Report on Big Data highlights that by end of 2018 the demand for analytics professionals in US is expected to be 60% higher than the anticipated supply.

According to the Economist, the big data market is expected to surpass $100 billion with increasing number of companies struggling to analyse the data from various online data sources.

A recent article on Economic Times highlighted, “If you are a programmer who knows what Hadoop is, you are a highly demanded commodity on the job circuit.” Professionals looking to cash in on a healthy hiring market should consider building a career in Hadoop as IT companies would need 2.5 million more big data professionals by end of 2015 as acknowledged by market analysts and industry research reports. Job opportunities for Hadoop developers are expected to grow much faster when compared to the average for all other occupations.

ii. Educational Requirements for a Hadoop Developer:

Hadoop is a technology that needs to be mastered on its own. Having a computer science background is quite a secondary factor when it comes to choosing a career in hadoop. Professionals from various educational backgrounds such as Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Electronics can excel at a career in Hadoop.

 iii. What are the essential skills to become a Hadoop developer or administrator?

The most in-demand job opportunities for professionals in the big data market are Hadoop developers, Hadoop admins,experts in Python and NoSQL. For professionals planning to enter into the big world of big data they need to know few  other skills along with Hadoop to meet the challenges confronted by organizations to solve big data problems-

Apache Hadoop is an open source framework completely built on Java programming language and it is extremely important for Hadoopers to be well-versed with core Java to master hadoop skills.

iv. Prerequistics for Candiate:

1. SQL knowledge

2. Linux

3. Any programming knowledge like C,C++ or Java.

v. Candidate should learn Following skills sets to become Hadoop Developer:

1. HDFS.

2. Single node and multi node cluster.

3. HIVE.

5. SQOOP.

6. ANY NOSQL: HBASE /Cassandra

7. Oozie.

8. Zookeeper.

9. Developement knowledge.

10. There must be one life cycle implementation of the project using one use case.