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Job Summary
Instaclustr announced its acquisitions by NASDAQ giant, NetApp, and are now operating under the umbrella of, Spot by NetApp. This is an amazing advancement in our ability to provide career growth and opportunities for all our employees.
Instaclustr was recently named as one of Deloitte’s 2020 and 2021 fast 500 companies, after back to back monumental growth years. Since our foundation in 2013, Instaclustr has seen significant advancement with over 200 large scale customers spread across the globe and over 9500+ servers under our management. We have offices in Australia, the USA, and Europe and employ over 300 people worldwide. Keen to find out more? Read on.
Job Requirements
- Our Cassandra Database Engineers are the frontline team keeping our large fleet of cloud-hosted Apache Cassandra clusters up and running. Every day you will diagnose and solve challenging and interesting database problems relating to architectural & data modelling and providing a service that is relied on by some of the leading global names in tech to deliver for millions of end users.
We're hiring talented database engineers with strong Apache Cassandra skills. Not only will you be learning from some of the best and brightest minds in the field, you'll even get the opportunity to take it one step further and be paid to contribute code back to the Apache open source projects.
I'm interested. What else will I be doing?
• Provide expert Cassandra database support on incidents, diagnosing and solving data modelling and architectural issues by liaising with customer’s database engineers on Apache Cassandra and maintain a high standard of customer communication
• Undertake complex Cassandra database cluster tasks including but not limited to real time Cassandra migrations with no downtime, Cassandra upgrades (minor & major versions), Cassandra database performance tuning and maintain our Cassandra fleet of 5000+ nodes for our customers
• Provide expert Cassandra database support to our nodes running in the cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), using technologies such as Linux (CoreOS, Ubuntu), Docker, and languages including Java, Python and bash.
• Investigate issues and apply standard maintenance procedures to optimize the performance and stability of production and non-production Cassandra databases that we manage • Develop and continually improve our suite of internal automation tools, applications, and processes
• Be a proactive, reliable and supportive member of the Cassandra Database Support team, and participate in a 24/7 rotating shift roster
Education
Skills & Experience
We are looking for smart Apache Cassandra Database engineers with exceptional communication skills, a positive attitude, and a passion for continuous learning. We expect you to be, or quickly become proficient in the range of technologies we use.
You must have at least four (4) years working experience in addition to:
• Strong knowledge and experience in administrating Apache Cassandra clusters at scale • Strong knowledge and experience in administrating Cassandra migrations without downtime • Designing and maintaining database architecture, data structures, tables, dictionaries and
naming conventions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all data master files • - Testing Cassandra database systems and upgrades, such as debugging, tracking, reproduction, logging and resolving all identified problems, according to approved quality testing scripts, procedures and processes
• Have extensive experience in identifying data modelling and architectural issues with Apache Cassandra
• Implementing and administering database documentation, guidelines, policies, and procedures • Strong knowledge and experience with Linux and be comfortable working from the command line. This is essential, there are no GUIs here.
• Programming skills in Python, Java, bash scripting, SQL, and source code control using Git. • Exceptional ability to communicate clearly and professionally in written and verbal English (essential).
• Follow required processes and procedures to manage Cassandra databases in high availability environment.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask.
• Work as part of a team and use your initiative to get things done.
We expect a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time off per year to volunteer with their favorite organizations. We provide comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family. We offer educational assistance, legal services, and access to discounts. We also offer financial savings programs to help you plan for your future.
If you run toward knowledge and problem-solving, join us.
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