Senior Cassandra DBA: Cloud & NoSQL for 24/7 Ops

Sonsoft Inc; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing software company in Northbrook, Illinois is seeking a full-time, experienced Cassandra DBA with a minimum of 5 years managing critical applications. The role requires hands-on experience with Cassandra on AWS and a deep understanding of performance tuning. Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and have at least 7 years in IT. U.S. citizens and authorized workers are encouraged to apply, as sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing critical 24/7 applications.
• Experience in monitoring and managing Cassandra clusters.
• Deep understanding of Cassandra design principles and performance factors.

Responsibilities

• Assist with design and support of Cassandra operations.
• Implement and manage Cassandra databases in an enterprise environment.
• Monitor and tune performance of multi-datacenter clusters.

Skills

Cassandra DBA experience

Hands-on experience with Cassandra on Amazon cloud

Data migration experience

Performance tuning

Experience in solr

Big data handling

Knowledge of MongoDB and RDBMS

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent

7 years of experience in IT

Job description

A growing software company in Northbrook, Illinois is seeking a full-time, experienced Cassandra DBA with a minimum of 5 years managing critical applications. The role requires hands-on experience with Cassandra on AWS and a deep understanding of performance tuning. Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and have at least 7 years in IT. U.S. citizens and authorized workers are encouraged to apply, as sponsorship is not available.