SENIOR DATABASE ENGINEER

Your Roles
Leads the design planning, impact analysis, administration, implementation and maintenance of the organization's application Cassandra databases. Consults with and advises senior management and multiple clients on high impact data or database management issues, influencing strategic direction. 
Handles and leads various large-scale or highly complex data/database management activities including one or more of the following: designing highly complex logical and/or physical database data model; large volume data transformation and migration; capacity planning; developing database design policies, procedures and standards; and security requirements identification, analysis and development. 
Provides mentoring, guidance and general oversight to lesser experienced staff in a variety of database design, performance tuning and/or administration activities.

Candidate will be required to :
Lead or participate in Cassandra database management activities including designing highly complex logical and physical databases
Installation and administration of Cassandra databases
Documentation of guides for production database administrators
Defining standards for installation, deployment, security, authentication and authorization, management policies and best practices
Defining and implementing backup and restoration strategies
Defining and implementing monitoring and alarming strategies
Perform the planning, research, design, implementation, maintenance, and control of server class databases
Consult with and advise management and multiple clients on high impact data or database management issues, influencing strategic direction

Minimum Qualifications:
4+ years of experience with implementing and administrating Cassandra database
Experience with Data tax Cassandra
Experience with Data tax Ops Centre backup/restoration and monitoring/alarm implementation
Experience with Ansible automation tool or equivalent
4+ years of Shell or Python or Perl experience
Preferred Skills
Proven experience with Mongo dB or other SQL and NoSQL databases a plus
Experience with Agile methodology
Demonstrated experience with UNIX and Shell Scripting
Demonstrated experience in designing for high volume OLTP applications 
Demonstrated experience in Change Management and SDLC 
Experience with Version Control System such as Git
Experience with Issue and Tracking software such as Jira