Job Description

• Role: Cassandra Database Engineer
• Experience: 7+ Years
• Work Location: Phoenix, AZ
• Project Duration: 12+ Months Contract

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade database solutions supporting business-critical applications and services.
• Manage and administer NoSQL and open-source database platforms to ensure stability, availability, and optimal performance.
• Perform database lifecycle activities including installations, upgrades, migrations, patching, capacity planning, backup strategies, and recovery procedures.
• Monitor database environments and proactively identify opportunities for performance optimization, scalability improvements, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and implement database automation solutions to streamline administration, deployment, maintenance, and operational processes.
• Collaborate with architecture and business teams to translate data requirements into effective conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Support distributed and highly available database environments while ensuring reliability, resiliency, and fault tolerance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex database-related issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Work closely with application development, infrastructure, platform engineering, and support teams to ensure seamless integration of database services.
• Contribute to database standards, governance practices, operational procedures, and engineering best practices.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to improve visibility into database health and performance.
• Participate in cloud adoption initiatives and support database workloads across modern cloud platforms.
• Develop scripts, utilities, and engineering tools that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Support Agile delivery teams by participating in sprint planning, technical reviews, deployments, and continuous improvement activities.
• Contribute to CI/CD initiatives and help integrate database deployment processes into automated delivery pipelines.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of professional experience in database engineering, database development, or database administration.
• Strong hands-on experience with one or more database technologies, including:
  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle Database
  • Couchbase
  • Cassandra
  • MongoDB
• Experience managing operational activities such as:
  • Database upgrades and migrations
  • Patch management
  • Capacity planning and expansion
  • Backup and recovery
  • Performance analysis and tuning
  • High availability and disaster recovery implementations
• Strong understanding of database architecture, storage concepts, indexing strategies, replication mechanisms, and query optimization.
• Experience creating and maintaining conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with development, infrastructure, architecture, and production support teams.
• Experience supporting distributed systems and multi-tier application environments.
• Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as:
  • Python
  • Shell Scripting
  • Java
  • Go
• Understanding of API-driven architectures and modern application integration patterns.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and software delivery practices.
• Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience automating database administration and infrastructure processes using Ansible.
• Experience developing custom automation frameworks and operational tooling for database environments.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as:
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of cloud-native database deployment and management practices.
• Experience with database monitoring, observability, and performance management solutions.
• Familiarity with DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code principles.
• Exposure to modern web application development technologies and frameworks.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise database environments.
• Understanding of security, compliance, and governance considerations within database ecosystems.
• Knowledge of CI/CD automation tools and deployment frameworks.

• Strong passion for database engineering, automation, and platform reliability.
• Ability to solve complex technical challenges in fast-paced environments.
• Deep interest in performance optimization, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work across multiple technical teams.
• Capability to translate business and technical requirements into practical database solutions.
• Continuous learning mindset with enthusiasm for emerging database and cloud technologies.
• Commitment to engineering best practices, automation-first thinking, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to thrive in Agile environments while balancing operational support and strategic initiatives.