DBA DataStax/Cassandra
On site 12575 Uline Drive, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 ( Must be local)
1 year + contract
SUMMARY: Responsible for the architecture, development, and maintenance of Database solutions by performing the following duties.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ansible Automation Experience; able to create, modify, and enhance existing playbooks; Gitlab or Jenkins or other DevOps automation tools
- Strong DataStax architecture knowledge including conceptual, logical and physical data modeling
- Work closely with application development project teams to ensure optimal application performance.
- Optimize DataStax through a number of techniques including but not limited to: indexing, query optimization, database design.
- In depth knowledge of DataStax Solr search and tuning
- Proactively monitor database performance, capacity planning and resource consumption.
- Provide day to day support for databases and database applications.
- Upgrade and patch DataStax clusters
- Ensure databases and database objects are backed up according to business requirements, and recovery procedures are tested and documented.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the activities enumerated above.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field.
- 5 plus years of experience in Database Management / Data Integration.
- Proficient in Database Management Systems DataStax
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Detail oriented. Can juggle multiple priorities.
- Strong analytical, problem solving ability
- Certifications are a plus