Cassandra Database Administrator -Sunnyvale, CA - Georgia IT Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
About the Job
Cassandra Database Administrator
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 6 month contract
Rate: DOE
Us citizen Green card holder and those authorized to work in the us are encouraged to apply we are unable to sponsor at this time
Qualifications:
- Minimum 4 years of extensive experience managing Cassandra NoSQL database.
- Knowledge of NoSQL best practices & NoSQL data modeling
- Knowledge of operating interrelationships between database, business applications and operating systems.
- Understand hot and cold backup planning.
- Good Problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Must be able to work with multiple groups to resolve data issues.
- Must have experience of working in mid to large size production environment across multiple active Datacenters.
- Must be able to work in a 24x7 on-call customer facing environment on need basis.
- Monitor and tune query performance , define and implement backup strategies per data retention requirements, diagnose and resolve production issues as needed 24x7
- Deep knowledge of Cassandra DB performance/scaling concepts and tuning best practices
- Ability to write and maintain Unix/Linux shell scripts.
- Highly self-motivated with the desire to embrace new database technologies and must be able to work independently or within a team in a high demand and dynamic environment.
- Prior experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Must have exceptional verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. Master’s preferred.
Source : Georgia IT Inc.