Cassandra Database Engineer

Job Details :

Job Title : Cassandra Database Engineer

Job Duration : 12+ Months

Location : Austin, TX

Pay Range : $100.00 - $120.00 / hr. On W2

Hybrid role - In office Mon, Wed, Thurs is a must. (No flexibility these days)

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 :

Preferred Qualifications :