Senior Cassandra DBA - Remote, Cloud & Automation

Now100; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Now100 is seeking a Cassandra DBA for client projects in Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX (Remote). The role focuses on designing, deploying, and maintaining distributed Cassandra databases with strong cloud experience.

Candidates should have 5–7+ years in NoSQL environments, scripting and automation skills (Terraform, Ansible, Chef), and experience with related databases and cloud platforms. This contract position offers 6+ months of work and rapid impact on data infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years designing, building, maintaining, and administering NoSQL databases with Cassandra.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM DB2 UDB, Oracle DB or Graph DBs is required.
• Cloud experience (GCP preferred; AWS or Azure also acceptable).

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy highly scalable Cassandra clusters in cloud environments.
• Maintain and optimize database performance, backups, and recovery procedures.
• Develop monitoring and automation to ensure 24x7 availability.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver data solutions.
• Handle database upgrades, migrations, and incident response with root-cause analysis.

Skills

Cassandra

NoSQL databases

Cloud platforms

UNIX scripting

Performance tuning

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Job description

Now100 is seeking a Cassandra DBA for client projects in Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX (Remote). The role focuses on designing, deploying, and maintaining distributed Cassandra databases with strong cloud experience.

Candidates should have 5–7+ years in NoSQL environments, scripting and automation skills (Terraform, Ansible, Chef), and experience with related databases and cloud platforms. This contract position offers 6+ months of work and rapid impact on data infrastructure.