BOSTON, MA, USA
7 days ago
Senior Systems DBA Cloud Operations - Cassandra
Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com Primary Skills: Cassandra, Sr. Systems, DBA Cloud operations, MongoDB, CouchDB

Description:
• Ensure maximum uptime of hosted environments, including production, staging, testing, authoring and the development environments. This includes, but is not limited to ensuring the HW is configured properly; is secure; is networked properly; is backed up per company standards; is monitored accordingly; is tested to ensure operability; and is built to company standards.
• Provide full lifecycle management of Cassandra, MongoDB, CouchDB Server implementation and administration in a clustered, Cloud-connected environment.
• Act as a consultative resource for our businesses to provide technical guidance, standards, knowledge and understanding of business and technology processes, and integration of technologies to deliver Internet facing learning products and services.
• Be part of an on-call escalation rotation schedule that includes carrying a cellular phone device 24/7. Respond to all alerts immediately and inform management of issues and work being performed to remedy the problem. Direct escalation to engage additional resources if required to troubleshoot and resolve a problem.
• Monitor, analyze, and report performance statistics for cloud hosted environments as a subject matter expert. Troubleshoot hosting environment failures and manage / assist in the development of solutions to these problems. This includes not only overall environment / platform problems, but also includes problems affecting individual client accounts (i.e. data integrity, reporting, security, etc.).
• Ensure security of hosted systems by monitoring security access to systems.
• Assume lead role in complex problem solving in hosted environments, offering meaningful solutions and implementation strategies. Engage other departments and direct their work on supporting systems such as network, firewall, load balancers, and external storage.
• Execute implementation/migration of new software and application versions across the development and staging and production environments and prepare back out plans on all platforms to be updated. Ensure adherence to established Change Management and QA procedures. Verify results with appropriate parties.
• Work with peers and other departments to analyze ongoing processes and procedures. Where relevant, propose / design improvements to operational processes.
• Keep up to date with developments in the e-Learning / web-based information technology field through educational and other information resources and make management aware of possible applications for new technologies.
• For new cloud hosting infrastructure projects, act as technical lead for planning and implementation. Mentor and train junior team members in all areas of IT expertise.
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