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*** We need: A senior (10+ years) Casandra DBA will have hands-on experience managing Cassandra clusters in production Capital Markets environments, with an emphasis on performance, scalability, and availability. Experience with MongoDB is a strong plus.
**Candidates must have Long Projects/Good Tenure, Excellent communication skills and a State issued ID (Not Bills) showing they are Local.
Required Location: Hybrid/Midtown Jersey City, NJ | New York, NY | Charlotte, NC 2 days a week.
Candidates must be LOCAL to the Jersey City, NJ | New York, NY | Charlotte, NC area and COMMUTE into the office TWO TIMES A WEEK. NO RELOCATION CONSIDERED.
*** PLEASE Only send me candidates in the Jersey City, NJ | New York, NY | Charlotte, NC area Open to hybrid.
*** Please make sure that each submittal includes:
- Driver's license or State ID
- Link to the candidates LinkedIn account.
*** Candidate Must Have's on a resume and for submittal:
1. How many years working with: Cassandra DBA
2. How many years working with: Mongo is a huge plus
Job Description:
SMBC is seeking a talented and experienced Cassandra Database Administrator (DBA) to join our growing team supporting mission-critical data infrastructure. 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.
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
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
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
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, Google Cloud Platform, Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Work Locations: 2 days per week in office
- Jersey City, NJ
- New York, NY (Midtown Manhattan)
- Charlotte, NC