Cloud Database Administrator

You are a passionate and accomplished individual being sought to join the Database Performance and Operability team at Fanatics Commerce. As a Senior Cloud Database Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Being the go-to expert for NoSQL DBs and staying updated with the latest developments in the NoSQL space.
• Developing and maintaining working relationships with engineering leads across distributed teams to collaborate on initiatives.
• Reviewing data models created by application teams.
• Managing Cassandra and Scylla clusters with a focus on capacity management, cost optimization, high availability, and performance.
• Working with large database clusters handling 1M+ IOPS in aggregate.
• Creating automations to reduce toil, monitoring, and alerting.
• Creating runbooks for alert handling.
• Setting up backup and restore mechanisms.
• Troubleshooting and resolving various issues related to nodes, table data, high load, connectivity issues, etc.
• Being the on-call support engineer on a rotational basis.

Qualifications:

• Overall 8+ years of experience in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience managing large-scale Cassandra and Scylla clusters with an in-depth understanding of architecture, storage, replication, schema design, system tables, logs, DB processes, tools, and CQL.
• Experience with MySQL and/or Postgres databases.
• Experience with installation, configuration, upgrades, OS patching, certificate management, and scaling (out/in).
• Experience in setting up backup and restore mechanisms with short RTO and RPO objectives.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting using Terraform, Python, or Bash.
• Experience working with AWS, with AWS Certification preferred.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Datadog, etc.
• Experience with managed Cassandra solutions (InstaClustr, Datastax Astra) is a plus.
• Experience with Cloud-native distributed databases (e.g., TiDB, CockroachDB) is a plus.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, and resourcing to deliver for OKRs and Keeping The Lights On (KTLO) deliverables.
• Ability to mentor, develop talent, and drive technical excellence.
• Excellent communication skills. You are a passionate and accomplished individual being sought to join the Database Performance and Operability team at Fanatics Commerce. As a Senior Cloud Database Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
• Being the go-to expert for NoSQL DBs and staying updated with the latest developments in the NoSQL space.
• Developing and maintaining working relationships with engineering leads across distributed teams to collaborate on initiatives.
• Reviewing data models created by application teams.
• Managing Cassandra and Scylla clusters with a focus on capacity management, cost optimization, high availability, and performance.
• Working with large database clusters handling 1M+ IOPS in aggregate.
• Creating automations to reduce toil, monitoring, and alerting.
• Creating runbooks for alert handling.
• Setting up backup and restore mechanisms.
• Troubleshooting and resolving various issues related to nodes, table data, high load, connectivity issues, etc.
• Being the on-call support engineer on a rotational basis.

Qualifications:

• Overall 8+ years of experience in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience managing large-scale Cassandra and Scylla clusters with an in-depth understanding of architecture, storage, replication, schema design, system tables, logs, DB processes, tools, and CQL.
• Experience with MySQL and/or Postgres databases.
• Experience with installation, configuration, upgrades, OS patching, certificate management, and scaling (out/in).
• Experience in setting up backup and restore mechanisms with short RTO and RPO objectives.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting using Terraform, Python, or Bash.
• Experience working with AWS, with AWS Certification preferred.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Datadog, etc.
• Experience with managed Cassandra solutions (InstaClustr, Datastax Astra) is a plus.
• Experience with Cloud-native distributed databases (e.g., TiDB, CockroachDB) is a plus.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, and resourcing to deliver for OKRs and Keeping The Lights On (KTLO) deliverables.
• Ability to mentor, develop talent, and drive technical excellence.
• Excellent communication skills.