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Senior Cassandra DBA / Database Migration Specialist

techzone technologies llc
Dubai, UAE
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Senior
Onsite
AED 15,000/month
Discovered 3 days ago
Apache CassandraDataStax Enterprise (DSE)Cassandra Query Language (CQL)NodetoolDataStax OpsCenterReaper and Medusa

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About the role

Senior Cassandra DBA role supporting mission-critical platforms and distributed databases in a large-scale enterprise environment.

Requires hands-on Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise experience, with exposure to Oracle, PostgreSQL, and database migration initiatives.

Work location is stated as Saudi Arabia, onsite.

Database operations

  • Administer and support enterprise-scale Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise environments.
  • Manage and optimize multi-datacenter clusters; perform node additions, decommissioning, cluster expansion, repairs, and upgrades.
  • Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
  • Manage backup, recovery, replication, and disaster-recovery activities.
  • Monitor database health using OpsCenter, Prometheus, Grafana, Reaper, and Medusa.

Migration and automation

  • Support Oracle and PostgreSQL platforms in modernization and migration projects, including Oracle-to-PostgreSQL initiatives.
  • Develop automation using Ansible, Terraform, shell scripting, or Python.
  • Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams on platform reliability and scalability.

Required skills

  • Apache Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise, CQL, Nodetool, Reaper, Medusa, Cassandra data modeling, and cluster administration.
  • PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, Oracle RAC, Oracle Data Guard, and database migration knowledge.
  • Linux administration, distributed systems, NoSQL architectures, capacity planning, performance tuning, backup and recovery, multi-datacenter deployments, high availability, and disaster recovery.
  • AWS, Azure, or GCP; Ansible, Terraform, shell scripting, or Python; Prometheus and Grafana.

Experience and qualifications

  • At least 8 years of database administration experience and 5 years of hands-on Apache Cassandra/DataStax Enterprise experience.
  • Strong production-environment experience and practical distributed-systems and NoSQL knowledge.
  • Strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder-management skills; willingness to work onsite in Saudi Arabia.

Preferred qualifications

  • Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration experience; Ora2Pg, Patroni, ETCD, or PostgreSQL high-availability solutions.
  • DataStax or equivalent database certification; telecom, banking, financial services, retail, or large-scale digital-platform experience.
  • Kubernetes and cloud-native database deployment experience.

What the employer offers

  • Competitive salary, relocation support where applicable, and exposure to enterprise-scale distributed platforms.
  • Opportunity to work on modernization and cloud-transformation initiatives and pursue long-term career growth.

Compensation

  • Pay is AED 15,000–22,000 per month.

Work location

  • The description states Saudi Arabia, onsite.

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