Role - Cloud Database Administrator (Apache Cassandra)
Location - San Jose, CA, / RTP, NC-Onsite
Job type- Permanent Role
Skills
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
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.
Working knowledge of:
o PostgreSQL
o MongoDB
o MySQL
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, 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.
Develop skills in additional database platforms like mongo, mysql, including MS SQL Server, as required by the
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Regards
Chris Thakur ( Team Lead)
Vaarida Technologies
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Website: Vaaridatech.com
