Senior Engineer – Database Engineering

Jobtailor; Arizona; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a highly skilled DevOps/Platform Engineer to manage and automate large-scale data infrastructure in Arizona. You will work with Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Zookeeper, MySQL, MongoDB and PostgreSQL, ensuring robust, secure, and highly available data services.

Collaboration with engineering and customer support is essential to resolve production issues and keep services running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with large-scale datastores and diverse tech stack including Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Zookeeper, MySQL, MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Maintain deep understanding of data components and operate/auto­mate configured clusters.
• Develop infrastructure services to support a full DevOps model for the engineering team.
• Troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues with engineering and customer support.
• Protect petabytes of critical data ensuring safety, security, and availability.

Skills

Excellent communication

Decision-making

Team collaboration

Confidence

Independence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS

Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Cassandra

ElasticSearch

Kafka

Zookeeper

MySQL

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Ruby

Linux

AI Technologies

Chef

Salt

Kubernetes

Amazon Web Services

GCP

OCI

Job description

• Maintain a deep understanding of the data components - including Cassandra, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, Kafka, Zookeeper, MySQL, MongoDB and PostgreSQL, and use that understanding to operate and automate properly configured clusters.
• Develop infrastructure services to support the CrowdStrike engineering team’s pursuit of a full devops model.
• Work closely with Engineering and Customer Support to troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues, regardless of when they happen.
• Keep petabytes of critical business data safe, secure, and available.

Requirements

• Configuration management (Chef, Salt, Kubernetes) and/or strong Ruby experience.
• Experience with large scale datastores using technologies like Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Zookeeper, and MySQL.
• Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments
• Experience operating within the cloud, Amazon Web Services / GCP / OCI
• Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams
• Track record of making great decisions, particularly when it matters most
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• A combination of confidence and independence with the prudence to know when to ask for help from the rest of the team
• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field, such as CS, CIS or Engineering
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing and automating large-scale data components, including Cassandra, ElasticSearch, and Kafka, while ensuring data security and availability. Proficient in configuration management and cloud environments, with strong communication skills for effective collaboration across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Cassandra
• ElasticSearch
• Kafka
• Configuration Management
• Amazon Web Services

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Cassandra
• ElasticSearch
• Kafka
• Zookeeper
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• PostgreSQL
• Ruby
• Linux
• AI Technologies

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication
• Decision-Making
• Team Collaboration
• Confidence
• Independence

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in CS
• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Industry Keywords

• DevOps
• Cloud Computing
• Data Security
• Production Support
• Infrastructure Services

Tools & Technologies

• Chef
• Salt
• Kubernetes
• Amazon Web Services
• GCP
• OCI