Sr. Database Administrator with Cassandra - 6+ Months Contract - San Bruno, CA

1. POSITION DETAILS:
Role: Sr. Database Administrator with Cassandra.
Duration: 6+ Months Contract
Location: San Bruno, CA
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Monitor and optimize system performance using index tuning, disk optimization, and
other methods. Install, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain a database system.
Implement, configure, and troubleshoot database instances, replication, backup,
partitions, storage, and access. Set user privileges within the database environment.
Typically requires 7-9+ years of experience and a Bachelor's Degree.
ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:
As a DBA for @Client’s, you’ll have the opportunity to
 Engineer and support mission critical databases
 Work on Oracle versions 11g/12c, Golden Gate, Cassandra, Exadata, MySQL
 Work on projects like database upgrades, data migrations, database engineering,
performance tuning, etc.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Build and support mission critical databases
 Work closely with the application engineering team to model and build databases
 End to end responsibility to engineer, build and maintain databases
 Mentor peers and other engineers across the division in DB engineering best
practices
 Consult with engineering stakeholders regarding data insights
 Do PoC on new technologies/features that will enhance DB scalability, availability
and performance
 Liaise with other technology counterparts including storage, network for a
comprehensive solution to build a scalable DB infrastructure.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
 Bachelor's with ? 6 years of relevant experience
 Unix troubleshooting commands. Shell/awk/perl - one of these is mandatory
 Complete understanding of Oracle database architecture
 Experienced at performing all routine DBA activities including install, upgrade,
patching and database management.
 Database migration using EXPDP,IMPDP, DB backup using RMAN
 Should have done 2-5 RAC setup
 Should have done 2-5 DR setup using Data Guard
 Should have performance troubleshooting skill, AWR report generation and detailed
analysis
 High level of confidence to perform DB switch overs, failovers, recovery
 Should know to monitor database for performance bottlenecks
 Operational experience in Golden Gate
 Must have working experience in MySQL and NoSQL databases like Cassandra
 Must have experience setting up Golden Gate