Job Description
Position Title: NoSQL DBA (Cassandra)
Work Timings/Shift: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM IST / 12:00 PM to 8:30 PM IST
Job Location: Bangalore
Required Experience : 5 - 8 years
Job Description
Seeking a highly motivated and experienced Cassandra DBA to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical support and maintenance for our mission-critical applications powered by Cassandra Server. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the stability, performance, and security of our Cassandra deployments.
Key Responsibilities
Manage and optimize Apache Cassandra (or similar NoSQL) clustersinstallation, configuration, and ongoing performance tuning.
Support data ingestion pipelines: monitoring, troubleshooting, and ensuring smooth data flow across distributed sources
Perform regular backups, snapshots, and recovery; manage restore procedures and document DR protocols
Collaborate with Dev/Ops teams to integrate Cassandra environments into CI/CD, automation, and monitoring frameworks.
Proactively monitor cluster healthdisk usage, latency, error logsand perform maintenance tasks like compaction, repair, and cleanup.
Diagnose operational issues; plan for capacity and scalability as data volumes grow.
Required / Preferred Skills
Proven experience as a Cassandra DBA or NoSQL DBA in productionhandling backup/restore, performance tuning, troubleshooting.
Familiarity with distributed data systems, cluster management, data replication, and partitioning strategies.
Comfortable with Linux environments, shell scripting, and basic automation.
Knowledge of DevOps practices: familiarity with tools like Ansible, Terraform, and monitoring dashboards (e.g. Prometheus).
Good communication skills and ability to liaise with engineering teams on schema design, data modeling, and performance considerations.
Education
B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA
