Preferred Qualifications
Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)
Contract Duration: 6 months with a possibility of extension
Interview Type: 1st Interview – Teams. 2nd Interview on site
Pay Rate: $100-120/hour
Must be authorized to work in the US.
Job Title: Cassandra Database Engineer
Position Summary
- The Cassandra Database Engineer is an expert across NOSQL database technologies but specifically a specialist on Cassandra database administration.
- For this position, NOSQL database expertise is mandatory with a primary focus on Cassandra databases, as well as expertise in Public Cloud technology (AWS and/or GCP).
- For this mission, the engineer will primarily be responsible for database operational activities.
Essential Functions / Key Areas of Responsibility
- The Database Engineer primary responsibility footprint:
- Database performance analysis and operations review for production database platforms
- Manage database operations activities including incident response, database alert resolution, and managing third party support engagement
- Deploy and maintain database monitoring solutions.
- Test and build database restore and recovery procedures
- Database platform deployment, installation, patching, change management, and third-party software upgrades.
- Responsible for database hardening procedure identification and deployment on public cloud, hosted, and on-premises platforms.
- Responsible for providing database expertise and operations support to the technical support teams and project delivery teams.
- Responsible for participating in database platform review, bench and tuning exercises, security evaluation, provide technical analysis and proactive recommendations for improvements and/or design changes for production platforms
Minimum Requirements: Skills, Experience & Education
- HS diploma with 8+ experience in Cassandra administration (NOT architecture or design)
- College degree in Computer Science preferred + 8-10 years’ experience
- NOSQL Database: 8-10 years Cassandra administration
- Extensive background with public cloud database deployment, management and migration.
- Expertise in database concepts, defining standards, processes, and procedures in database deployment methodologies
- Expert in operations of high-profile production database platforms with high SLA and high-performance expectation
- High level of experience in managing change on production database platform on hosted, on premise, and cloud database platforms
- Expert in deploying high availability database architectures
- Proactive, team player, and leadership qualities with strong technical background
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Highly skilled in Cassandra database administration
- DataStax enterprise Cassandra administration a plus
- Strong production operations and troubleshooting skills
- Linux operating system background
- Skilled in Public Cloud deployment methods/tools (Gitlab, Terraform, Datadog)
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker.
- Database performance evaluation and platform bench participation
Important Requirements:
- 8-10 years Cassandra administration
- Public cloud tech deployment
- Database operational activities (not architect or design)
- Database performance analysis
- Incident response, database alert. Monitoring
- MUST have excellent communication skills (read/write/speak fluent English)
- DataStax enterprise professional version of Cassandra.
- Linux experience is a must
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $100.00 - $120.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 40 per week
Education:
Experience:
- Cassandra administration : 8 years (Preferred)
- Public Cloud: 5 years (Preferred)
- Linux: 5 years (Preferred)
Location:
- Austin, TX 78759 (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Austin, TX 78759 (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Austin, TX 78759
