Job Title: Cassandra DBA Role

Location: Jersey City, NJ | New York, NY | Charlotte, NC- Hybrid

Visa: USC/GC Only

Industry: Financial Services

Job Summary:

• The ideal candidate will have 5–6 years of hands-on experience managing Cassandra clusters in production environments, with an emphasis on performance, scalability, and availability.
• Experience with MongoDB is a strong plus.
• You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of Cassandra databases supporting enterprise-scale applications in a highly regulated financial environment.

Qualifications:

•             5–6 years of hands-on experience as a Cassandra DBA in production environments

•             Strong understanding of Cassandra internals, replication, consistency levels, and data modeling

•             Proficiency with CQL (Cassandra Query Language)

•             Experience with performance tuning and troubleshooting distributed databases

•             Familiarity with Linux-based systems and scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python)

•             MongoDB experience is a plus

•             Experience working in highly regulated environments (e.g., financial services) preferred

Preferred Skills:

•             Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or DataStax OpsCenter

•             Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines

•             Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Key Responsibilities:

•             Install, configure, and maintain Cassandra database clusters across production and non-production environments

•             Monitor and optimize system performance, replication, and query performance

•             Perform capacity planning and implement backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies

•             Work closely with development and DevOps teams to support application performance and reliability

•             Conduct routine database maintenance, patching, upgrades, and tuning

•             Troubleshoot complex issues related to database availability, data integrity, and system performance

•             Document database procedures, policies, and best practices

•             Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal security standards