Cassandra Database Engineer
- Pay Rate: $120/hour on W2
- Contract Length: 12 months with a high possibility of extension and/or conversion
- Location: Austin, TX 78759
- Work Type: Hybrid – In-Office (Mon, Wed & Thu is a must)
Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.
Job Overview:
- The Cassandra Database Engineer is a hands-on NoSQL database operations specialist, with deep expertise in Cassandra database administration.
- This role focuses on production database operations, not architecture or design, and requires strong experience supporting high-availability environments in public cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP).
Responsibilities
- Perform database performance analysis and production operations reviews
- Manage day-to-day database operational activities, including:
- Incident response
- Database alert monitoring and resolution
- Coordination with third-party support teams
- Deploy and maintain database monitoring solutions
- Build, test, and maintain backup, restore, and recovery procedures
- Execute database platform:
- Deployment and installation
- Patching and upgrades
- Change management and third-party software updates
- Identify and implement database hardening procedures across:
- Public cloud
- Hosted environments
- On-prem platforms
- Provide database expertise and operational support to:
- Technical support teams
- Project delivery teams
- Participate in:
- Platform reviews and tuning exercises
- Security evaluations
- Benchmarking activities
- Proactive recommendations for production improvements
Minimum Requirements
- High School Diploma with 8+ years of hands-on Cassandra administration (Administration only – not architecture or design).
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred, with 8–10 years of experience
- NoSQL Databases:
- 8–10 years of Cassandra administration experience
- Strong experience with public cloud database deployment, management, and migration
- Expert-level understanding of database standards, processes, and deployment methodologies
- Extensive experience supporting high-SLA, high-performance production platforms
- Proven ability managing change in production environments (cloud, hosted, on-prem)
- Expertise in high-availability database architectures
- Strong leadership, collaboration, and proactive problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (fluent English required)
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Cassandra administration expertise
- DataStax Enterprise Cassandra experience (strong plus)
- Strong production troubleshooting and operations background
- Linux operating system expertise (required)
- Experience with public cloud tools and CI/CD:
- GitLab
- Terraform
- Datadog
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience with database performance benchmarking and tuning
Special Position Requirements
- Ability to multitask and respond quickly to production emergencies
- Comfortable managing tight deadlines and shifting priorities
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Experience working during:
- Outages
- Crisis situations
- War room / incident response scenarios
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