Remote Cassandra DBA

Summary

Now100 is hiring a Cassandra DBA for a 6+ month contract in Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX. The candidate must have 5-7+ years of experience in designing, building, maintaining, and administering NoSQL distributed database systems like Datastax Cassandra and Legacy Databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM DB2 UDB, Oracle DB, Graph DBs, etc. They should be proficient in scripting languages and automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, and have experience with Google Cloud Platform or similar Cloud platforms. The responsibilities include designing and deploying highly scalable Cassandra Database clusters on Cloud, handling common database procedures, participating in continuous improvement efforts, and working with internal and external customers to develop new value-added programs and data solutions.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in Design, Build, Maintenance, and Administration of NoSQL distributed database systems like Datastax Cassandra and good experience on Legacy Databases
• Proficient in scripting languages and automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef required
• Experience in Designing and deploying Highly Scalable Cassandra Database clusters on Cloud
• Strong Experience handling common database procedures, such as upgrades, backups, recovery, migration, maintenance, etc
• Experience in designing, implementing, and deployment of large-scale web and database infrastructures that are highly available, performing, cost-effective, and sustainable

Responsibilities

• Designing and deploying highly scalable Cassandra Database clusters on Cloud
• Participating in continuous improvement efforts to enhance performance and provide increased functionality
• Working with internal and external customers to develop new value-added programs and data solutions

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with GCP Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and Google managed databases (Cloud Spanner, Bigtable, CloudSQL, etc..)