Senior Cassandra Database Engineer

CEVA Logistics; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,674,000 - 2,567,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HMO w/ 2 free dependents from day 1 of

Medical reimbursement (incl. eyeglass)

Life insurance

20 annual leaves + bereavement leave +

Job summary

CEVA Logistics seeks a Senior Cassandra Database Engineer to design and optimize enterprise Cassandra deployments. You will secure, scale, and monitor databases, while integrating Elasticsearch for advanced search capabilities and dashboards.

The role emphasizes high availability, incident response, and performance tuning in a global enterprise environment. Candidates should demonstrate initiative and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree related to computer studies.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in maintaining Cassandra NoSQL Database systems.
• Experience working in a global enterprise environment.
• Experience deploying Cassandra 6.x infrastructure.
• Intermediate performance optimization skillset.
• High availability and disaster recovery.
• Good troubleshooting skills; logical thinker and good analytical skills.
• Understanding of computer software, databases and programming.
• Able to work off own initiative; multitask and excellent time management skills.
• Certificate is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design keyspaces, tables, partition keys, and clustering columns based on application query patterns.
• CQL (Cassandra Query Language): write commands to create, read, update, and delete data using CQL and cqlsh.
• Cluster Management: manage replication, consistency levels, repairs, node additions/removals, and cluster maintenance.
• Query DSL: perform full-text search, filtering, aggregations, and complex search queries using Elasticsearch APIs.
• Mapping & Indexing: configure mappings, manage Elasticsearch indexes, and understand Cassandra-to-Elasticsearch data synchronization.
• Mapping & Indexing: configure mappings, manage Elasticsearch indexes, and understand Cassandra-to-Elasticsearch data synchronization.
• Ecosystem Tooling: connect and manage data streams using Kibana
• Investigate latency issues, tombstones, large partitions, compaction, and garbage collection. Use Grafana, Kibana, and OpenSearch Dashboards to monitor performance and investigate incidents.

Skills

Cassandra NoSQL

Performance optimization

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Time management

Initiative

Multitasking

CQL/cqlsh expertise

Education

Bachelor’s degree related to computer studies

Tools

CQL

cqlsh

Elasticsearch

Kibana

OpenSearch Dashboards

Grafana

Job description

Senior Cassandra Database Engineer (Senior DBA) manages, secures, and optimizes enterprise database platforms to ensure high availability, integrity, and performance for business-critical applications

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Design keyspaces, tables, partition keys, and clustering columns based on application query patterns.
• CQL (Cassandra Query Language) : Write commands to create, read, update, and delete data using CQL and cqlsh.
• Cluster Management: Manage replication, consistency levels, repairs, node additions/removals, and cluster maintenance.
• Query DSL : Perform full-text search, filtering, aggregations, and complex search queries using Elasticsearch APIs.
• Mapping & Indexing: Configure mappings, manage Elasticsearch indexes, and understand Cassandra-to-Elasticsearch data synchronization.
• Mapping & Indexing: Configure mappings, manage Elasticsearch indexes, and understand Cassandra-to-Elasticsearch data synchronization.
• Ecosystem Tooling: Connect and manage data streams using Kibana
• Investigate latency issues, tombstones, large partitions, compaction, and garbage collection. Use Grafana, Kibana, and
• OpenSearch Dashboards to monitor performance and investigate incidents.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Bachelor’s degree related to computer studies
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in maintaining Cassandra NoSQL Database systems
• With experience of working with global enterprise environment
• With experience in deploying Cassandra 6.x infrastructure
• Intermediate Performance optimization skillset
• High availability and disaster recovery
• Good troubleshooting skills. Logical thinker and good analytical skills.
• Understanding of computer software, databases and programming
• Able to work off own initiative. Ability to multitask and excellent time management skills. Able to own an issue and see it through to resolution
• Certificate is an advantage.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive basic salary
• HMO w/ 2 free dependents from day 1 of hiring
• Medical reimbursement (includes eyeglasses)
• Life insurance
• 20 annual leaves + bereavement leave + wedding leave