AWS/Azure - Cassandra and Scylla DataBases

AWS/Azure Cassandra & Scylla DB (5+ Years) - Hyderabad

Job Description:

Be the DB expert to reach out regarding NoSQL DBs.

Stay up to date with the latest developments in the NoSQL space.

Review data models created by application teams.

Manage our Cassandra and Scylla clusters with a focus on capacity management, cost optimization, high availability and performance.

Work with large database clusters handling 1M+ IOPS in aggregate.

Create automations to reduce toil.

Create automations for monitoring and alerting.

Create runbooks for alert handling.

Setup backup and restore mechanisms.

Troubleshoot and resolve various issues with cluster related to nodes, table data, high load, connectivity issues from clients, etc.

Be the on-call support engineer on a rotational basis.

Qualifications Mandatory:

Bachelors/master s in engineering from reputed institutions.

Overall 5+ years of experience in SQL and NoSQL databases.

Experience managing large-scale Cassandra and Scylla clusters within depth understanding of architecture, storage, replication, schema design, system tables, logs, DB processes, tools and CQL.

Experience with installation, configuration, upgrades, OS patching, certificate management, scaling (out/in) for Cassandra and Scylla clusters.

Experience in setting up backup and restore mechanisms with short RTO and RPO objectives.

Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting using Terraform, Python or Bash.

Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Datadog, etc

Experience with managed Cassandra solutions (InstaClustr, Datastax Astra) is a plus.

Experience with Cloud native distributed databases (eg: TiDB, CockroachDB) is a plus.

Experience with MySQL and/or Postgres on Linux is a plus.

Experience working with AWS, with AWS certification preferred.

Excellent communication skills.