Cloud Database Administrator

• Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Apache Cassandra / DataStax Enterprise (DSE) administration.
• Strong production experience working as a Cassandra L3 DBA / SME.
• Strong experience administering Linux-based, on-premises Cassandra environments and shell scripting skills.
• Strong experience with DataStax OpsCenter for monitoring, administration, alerting, and troubleshooting.
• Secondary / Good-to-Have Skills
• Experience with Redis Stack administration and support.
• Experience administering Cassandra/databases in Kubernetes-based environments.
• Cassandra Spark and Graph workload experience.
• o PostgreSQL
• Willingness and ability to learn and support Microsoft SQL Server.
• Roles & Responsibilities
• Administer and support enterprise Apache Cassandra / DataStax Enterprise production clusters.
• Provide L3/SME-level support for Cassandra incidents, performance issues, and complex production problems.
• Perform Cassandra/DSE installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and ongoing maintenance.
• Manage node additions/removals, cluster scaling, capacity expansion, and data-center expansion.
• Manage Cassandra replication, consistency, partitioning, token/ring configuration, repair, and compaction.
• Perform and validate backup and restore activities to support database availability and recoverability.
• Monitor Cassandra environments using DataStax OpsCenter, including alerts, cluster health, capacity, and performance.
• Diagnose and resolve performance issues related to CPU, memory, disk I/O, GC, latency, tombstones, SSTables, and compaction.
• Perform proactive monitoring and health checks to identify potential production issues.
• Use Linux and shell scripting to automate Cassandra administrative and operational activities.
• Support Redis Stack and other database technologies where required.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and engineering teams to troubleshoot database-related production issues.

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