Job Description:
The Database Administrator is responsible for the enterprise-wide administration of the Cassandra, Elastic Search and MariaDB database Infrastructure. Responsibilities including database administration, architectural design, development, integration, and support. The ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and adapt to new technologies is necessary.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and manage data on various databases
- Database performance tuning
- Conduct database training
- Software installation, configuration, database patching and upgrading
- Troubleshoot various issues with other dba’s/developers
- Point of Contact for Vendor escalation
- Point of Contact for professional service to Customers
- Ensures project documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately
- Identifies potential security issues and recommend strategies to ensure database security
- Research and evaluate new technologies
- Proactively monitor systems for optimum performance and capacity constraints
- Establish standards and best practices for database implementation and operation
- Perform database backup and recovery
- Provides 24×7 support for enterprise database systems
Qualifications
- Must have a college degree or equivalent experience
- 3+ years hands-on DBA experience with either MariaDB or MySQL
- 2+ years hands-on DBA experience with Cassandra or other big database technologies
- Advanced knowledge of database security, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards
- Strong experience with Linux is required, including command line editors, scripting (shell, Python, Perl, etc.)
- Strong trouble shooting and problem resolution skills
- Experience in public cloud (AWS, OCI or GCP) is preferred
- Knowledge of ServiceNow, or similar Ticket Management Software
- Good knowledge of Data Modeling is preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Impeccable attention to detail