Cassandra Database Engineer

Cassandra Database Engineer

Austin, Texas

Hybrid

Contract

We are seeking a Cassandra Database Engineer for a long-term contract in Austin, TX (hybrid- M/W/Thu).

Responsible for the operational management, performance, and reliability of critical Cassandra clusters. This hybrid role requires in-office presence on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with no flexibility. You’ll lead efforts in database monitoring, restoration, patching, and problem solving, while collaborating closely with technical and project teams.

• Performance analysis and operational review of production Cassandra platforms
• Manage operations: incident response, alert resolution, and third-party support engagement
• Deploy and maintain monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Datadog preferred)
• Build and test database recovery procedures
• Oversee deployments, installation, patching, change management
• Implement database hardening across public cloud, on‑prem, and hosted platforms
• Provide operations support and expertise to support/project teams
• Participate in platform reviews, security evaluations, tuning, and proactively recommend improvements
• Act as a go-to Cassandra resource for internal teams

• HS diploma required;
  Bachelor’s in Computer Science preferred
• 5+ years current hands‑on Cassandra cluster administration
• Extensive NOSQL experience, especially Cassandra
• Must be maintaining Cassandra clusters currently: specify clusters/nodes/version in use, years of recent experience
• Must have operations experience and speak to environment challenges: patching, upgrades, crisis management, performance tuning, backup/recovery, monitoring
• Adaptable to context switching and stressful situations
• Hybrid role, in‑office Mon/Wed/Thurs required
• Significant experience in public cloud database deployment/management (AWS/GCP)
• Expertise in performance evaluation, high availability, operations support
• Skilled in change management and platform upgrades
• Strong Linux OS background
• Hands‑on with Git Lab, Terraform, Datadog
• Comfortable multitasking and thriving under pressure (outages, crisis, war room scenarios)

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long‑Term & Short‑Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post‑tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre‑tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full‑time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre‑employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy.

Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Posted by: VMS Sourcing

• Database Engineer