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Cassandra DBA
Comcast
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Job Summary:
The Comcast TVX team is looking for experienced DBA who's excited about building large scale database systems that run across thousands of servers across multiple datacenters. You will own the design and development of significant system software components critical to our industry leading database services architected for the cloud.
This position is hands on with NOSQL (CASSANDRA) Technologies. Individual works with application development and external operations team
• Monitor availability and performance of production and development Cassandra Databases and servers
• Install new database releases and related software tools to evaluate in CI environment, eventually promote to production
• Apply software patches and upgrades to server software for Cassandra Database to stay in compliance with security standards and performance
• Analyze and resolve complex technical problems, including performance tuning, and debugging
• Monitor database backups and maintain automated disaster recovery procedures
• Plan database and server level capacity according to statistics and user requests
• Work through disaster recovery plans with other groups and departments
Position Requirements
• B.S. Computer Science or related engineering discipline
• 3+ year experience
Preferred Requirements
• Hands on experience in database administration; nosql Cassandra and strong CQL knowledge
• 3+ year experience with at least one of major database management systems such as Oracle, Sybase or MS SQL server
• Strong Linux skills, preferably with RedHat/CentOS
• Hands-on experience in NoSQL administration
• Experience in bash/Perl or ruby is a must
• Understanding of one high-level object oriented programming language e.g. C++,Java
• Working knowledge of at least a single configuration management tool preferably Ansible but can also consider puppet or chef
• Working knowledge of Splunk, Zabbix, or Nagios is a must.
• 24/7 on-call production support on a rotational basis.
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