Senior Cassandra Database Engineer

YOUR ROLE

Senior Cassandra Database Engineer (Senior DBA) manages, secures, and optimizes enterprise database platforms to ensure high availability, integrity, and performance for business-critical applications

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Design keyspaces, tables, partition keys, and clustering columns based on application query patterns.
• CQL (Cassandra Query Language) : Write commands to create, read, update, and delete data using CQL and cqlsh.
• Cluster Management: Manage replication, consistency levels, repairs, node additions/removals, and cluster maintenance.
• Query DSL : Perform full-text search, filtering, aggregations, and complex search queries using Elasticsearch APIs.
• Mapping & Indexing: Configure mappings, manage Elasticsearch indexes, and understand Cassandra-to-Elasticsearch data synchronization.
• Mapping & Indexing: Configure mappings, manage Elasticsearch indexes, and understand Cassandra-to-Elasticsearch data synchronization.
• Ecosystem Tooling: Connect and manage data streams using Kibana
• Investigate latency issues, tombstones, large partitions, compaction, and garbage collection. Use Grafana, Kibana, and
• OpenSearch Dashboards to monitor performance and investigate incidents.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Bachelor’s degree related to computer studies
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in maintaining Cassandra NoSQL Database systems
• With experience of working with global enterprise environment
• With experience in deploying Cassandra 6.x infrastructure
• Kubernetes
• Intermediate Performance optimization skillset
• High availability and disaster recovery
• Good troubleshooting skills. Logical thinker and good analytical skills.
• Understanding of computer software, databases and programming
• Excellent written/spoken English language
• Able to work off own initiative. Ability to multitask and excellent time management skills. Able to own an issue and see it through to resolution
• Certificate is an advantage.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive basic salary
• HMO w/ 2 free dependents from day 1 of hiring
• Medical reimbursement (includes eyeglasses)
• Life insurance
• 20 annual leaves + bereavement leave + wedding leave
• Hybrid set up w/ 3 days a week onsite and 2 days WFH. This will depend on the business needs and agreement with the manager.
• Annual Performance Reviews w/ a chance of a salary alignment
• Annual Company Performance Bonus
• Retention Bonus (similar to a signing bonus)
• Retirement Fund

ABOUT TOMORROW

We value your professional and personal growth. That’s why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. This role can be the first step on your career path with us. You can stay in the same job family, find a new family to grow in (an almost limitless number of options) or find your own path. Join CEVA for a challenging and rewarding career.