Cassandra DBA

Company: Techno-Comp, Inc.
Location: Irving
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Hi, This is Neha from Techno-Comp Inc. We have a job opening with our direct client for position Cassandra TX. Please find the job details below and let me know if you have any candidates available. Job Details:Job Title: Cassandra DBADuration: Long TermLocation: Irving, TXInterview: Telephonic & WebExRemote: Until Covid-19 settles MUST HAVE SKILLS (Most Important):What you'll be doing...This position will be responsible to manage Enterprise wide Oracle and Cassandra Database environments

• Supporting multiple Order rewire suite of applications for B2C & B2B customers.
• Managing SDLC life cycle for multiple applications.
• Production / Development engagement
• Emerging technology development
• Security Management
• Capacity / Performance planning / Availability Management
• Change Management
• Cloud Migration Responsibilities:
  • Extensive experience managing highly-available, large, multi-datacenter Cassandra clusters in production, in a platform/infrastructure/DBA role, preferably in a Cloud environment.
  • Experience scaling Cassandra clusters to support high read/write throughput and tuning Cassandra & the JVM for low-latency response times.
  • Solid understanding of Cassandra data modeling patterns and anti-patterns; experience working closely with development teams to design & optimize database schema based on application access patterns.
  • Experience scripting administrative tasks using python or shell scripts. (If you've written larger scripts or apps with python, even better.)
  • Experience with configuration management and source control systems (Ansible, Git).
  • Solid grasp of Unix/Linux operating system management & fundamentals.
  • Prior experience working with Agile methodologies.
  • Extensive experience in Amazon AWS cloud infrastructure with particular reference to provisioning, security, and management. Design AWS infrastructure to move local applications to public & private cloud.
  • Design complex solutions which integrate AWS cloud, on premise physical and Virtual server, EC2, S3 storage, networking and security. Conduct systems design, feasibility and cost studies and recommend cost-effective cloud solutions
  • Develop standardized AMI images and Cloud formation automation scripts for building non-prod and prod environments on AWS
  • Design, deploy and support highly available and scalable distributed Cassandra (Datastax OR Apache) database solutions for high transactions mission critical applications.
  • Develop data models and perform planning of architecture, functions, modules, recovery, standards and implementation
  • Installations, configurations and monitoring DataStax Enterprise cluster and/or open source Cassandra cluster
  • Maintain and develop data models, structures, and procedures to ensure the integrity and performance of database components
  • Work with internal and external customers to develop new value-added programs and data solutions with existing data warehouse structure
  • Analyzes and determines information needs and elements, data relationships and attributes, data flow and storage requirements, and data output and reporting capabilities
  • Research and evaluate alternatives and recommend solutions for business issues
  • Create ad-hoc reports utilizing various data sources
  • Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies
  • Participates in continuous improvement efforts in enhancing performance and providing increased functionality
  • 24*7 on-call operations for mission critical application.
  • Must have good verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills. What we're looking for...You'll need to have:
    • Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
    • Four or more years of relevant work experience. Even better if you have:
      • Certifications in Cassandra and/or AWS
      • Scripting in Python, Jenkins etc is a big plus.
      • As a Cassandra Engineer, you will work with development and SRE teams to review application data models and traffic requirements; identify data model issues and potential bottlenecks; recommend schema design changes, compaction strategies, & other improvements.
        • Performance tuning of Cassandra clusters to support high read/write throughput while minimizing latency.
        • Analysis of database access patterns to isolate hotspots, data model problems, and other bottlenecks.
        • Plan, test, and execute standard cluster maintenance activities & Cassandra version upgrades.
        • Perform proactive capacity planning and forecasting based on database usage patterns and new business initiatives.
        • Establish standards and best practices for operating a high-performance, distributed NoSQL computing environment.
        • Diagnose and troubleshoot production issues as needed.
        • Communication, coordination and planning with Engineering, SRE and development teams. Neha Mishra_________________________________________________________________Techno-Comp Inc - 200 Centennial Avenue, Suite # 207, Piscataway, NJ - 08854 neham (at) technocompinc (dot) com - X 110 - provided by Dice

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