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Cassandra Specialist
Callsign
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Posted on Friday, October 13, 2023
Russian hacker, Vladimir Leonidovitch Levin, attempted the biggest bank heist the world had ever seen via dial-up internet in 1994, Zia Hayat, Callsign CEO and founder, was hooked - armchair fraud became a real possibility. From this moment, Zia knew he wanted to play a part in stopping the bad guys and securing the internet for all. Founded In 2012, Callsign's mission has been to make Digital Identity simple and secure for everyone and everything. In that time, we've grown to over 200 employees, opened offices in Singapore and Abu Dhabi, been recognised as a WEF Global Innovator and our technology is being used by many of the world's leading financial institutions to keep millions of consumers safe.
But we aren't stopping here. The identity revolution has only just begun, and we are looking to hire the brightest and inquisitive minds to help us make every web, mobile and physical Interaction seamless and secure. If this sounds like you, lets chat.
As a Cassandra Database Administrator here at Callsign, you will be responsible for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the Apache Cassandra Database Management System (DBMS) on Public cloud within Kubernetes. Your role will involve handling the overall system administration, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring the smooth functioning of the Cassandra clusters. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize the database infrastructure and implement best practices, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance.
Responsibilities:
Design, Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade Apache Cassandra DBMS on Kubernetes for multiple environments.
Define and establish best practices with Cassandra clusters, including performance, configuration and monitoring health.
Implement backup and recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and minimizing downtime.
Manage storage capacity of the cluster and help plan for growth based on future project goals.
Diagnose and troubleshoot production issues as needed.
Analyse data access patterns and identify hotspots and bottlenecks.
Design and review data models, and help developers plan high performing queries.
Provide 24/7 on-call support for critical production systems and participate in the resolution of emergencies.
Working on Cassandra cluster migrations to support Kubernetes upgrades.
Experience with Cassandra, including installing configuring and monitoring a Cassandra cluster.
Hands-on experience with Cassandra database hosted on Amazon cloud is a must.
Previous experience as a DevOps/SRE or equivalent
Experience in deploying, scaling, and managing containerised applications on AWS EKS(Kubernetes).
Strong knowledge of Cassandra architecture, and NoSQL concepts.
Proficient in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Cassandra clusters.
Solid understanding of Cassandra database, data modeling, and CQL (Cassandra Query Language).
Experience in performance tuning, capacity planning, and cluster optimization.
Experience with Linux Operating Systems.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to handle multiple tasks with minimal supervision.
Knowledge of backup and recovery strategies, high availability solutions, and disaster recovery planning.
Experience with monitoring tools like DataStax OpsCenter, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
Basic understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
Understanding of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, AlertManager, Grafana, NewRelic
Expertise in design, analysis and architecture of large-scale distributed systems
Extensive knowledge of AWS. Experience in GCP is a plus.
Certifications like Certified Apache Cassandra Administrator or equivalent will be a plus.
- Health Insurance
- 3 months full pay maternity & 2 weeks full pay paternity
- 25 days of annual leave + Callsign Bank Holiday (not included in holiday allowance)
- Competitive Salary
- Gratuity as EOSB
If you feel you have the above skills we would love to hear from you!
This job is no longer accepting applications
See open jobs at Callsign.See open jobs similar to "Cassandra Specialist" AllegisCyber Capital.