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Cassandra Database Administrator

  • Location: London
  • £ Salary: Negotiable per day
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted 10 months ago

  • Sector: Java & Dev Ops
  • Contact: James Dryden
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 22 February 2023
  • Job Ref: JN -012023-476699

I am looking for a strong Database Administrator with experience with NoSQL Databases - particularly Cassandra for a long-term 2 Year Contract which will be a hybrid of on-site in Central London and remote (1-2 days per week)

Required Experience

  • Must have a minimum of 3 years' relevant experience however, 5 years is strongly preferred
  • Database administration
  • Experience with more than 1 NoSQL database operations
  • 2+ years managing highly available, scalable production systems in a fast-paced production environment
  • Experience in Large data scale env, for example, 100+ nodes and Terabytes level per index
  • Experience building and developing in both a cloud environment as well as on the direct host level (non-cloud level).
  • Cassandra/ElasticSearch Administration
  • RDS/Aurora Administration
  • Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, Postgres, or MySQL
  • Experience building and developing in both a cloud environment as well as on the direct host level (non-cloud level).
  • Experience with Linux/Unix

Nice to have:

  • Proficiency with Python, ansible, Perl, shell, MapReduce or other languages
  • Knowledge of big data pipelines such as Hive, Pig, Spark, Kafka
  • Some knowledge of load balancers, DNS, networking, and/or client-side drivers.
  • BS/MS in Computer Science

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