Senior Database Engineer

Base Pay Range

$80.00/hr - $100.00/hr

Location: Austin, Texas 78759 – Hybrid role. In office on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday is a must. (No flexibility on these days)

Contract: W2 only

The Cassandra Database Engineer is an expert across NOSQL database technologies, specifically a specialist on Cassandra database administration.

For this position, NOSQL database expertise is mandatory, with a primary focus on Cassandra databases, as well as expertise in Public Cloud technology (AWS and/or GCP).

The engineer will primarily be responsible for database operational activities.

• Database performance analysis and operations review for production database platforms.
• Manage database operations activities including incident response, database alert resolution, and managing third‑party support engagement.
• Deploy and maintain database monitoring solutions.
• Test and build database restore and recovery procedures.
• Database platform deployment, installation, patching, change management, and third‑party software upgrades.
• Responsible for database hardening procedures on public cloud, hosted, and on‑premises platforms.
• Provide database expertise and operations support to the technical support teams and project delivery teams.
• Participate in database platform reviews, benchmarking, tuning exercises, security evaluation, and provide technical analysis and proactive recommendations for improvements and/or design changes for production platforms.

• HS diploma with 8+ years experience in Cassandra administration (not architecture or design).
• College degree in Computer Science (preferred) + 8–10 years experience.
• Extensive background with public cloud database deployment, management, and migration.
• Expertise in database concepts, defining standards, processes, and procedures in deployment methodologies.
• Expert in operations of high‑profile production database platforms with high SLA and high‑performance expectations.
• High level of experience in managing change on production database platforms on hosted, on‑premise, and cloud platforms.
• Expert in deploying high‑availability database architectures.
• Proactive, team player, and leadership qualities with a strong technical background.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Highly skilled in Cassandra database administration.
• Strong production operations and troubleshooting skills.
• Skilled in public cloud deployment methods/tools (Gitlab, Terraform, Datadog).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker.
• Database performance evaluation and platform bench participation.

The candidate must be able to multitask and quickly switch to work on emergency incidents on production platforms. The role requires managing tight deadlines, visibility on project delivery goals, and effective communication with project teams and management. The candidate should thrive in a fast‑paced work environment.

Email: shivam.

Reach out directly to Shivam.