Senior Nosql Technical Specialist

* Experience with multi-model NoSQL databases, MongoDB, DocumentDB, CosmosDB Wide-column (Cassandra) Graph (Neo4j, Neptune) * Time-series (InfluxDB, ScyllaDB, Timestream), Key-Value (Redis,Valkey, DynamoDB), Search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch), AI and Vector Database support etc. * In-depth understanding of NoSQL Internals * Proven experience in distributed data management systems, cloud-native architectures including database modernization with AWS, Azure and GCP * Knowledge of configuration management systems (e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet) * Knowledge and experience with Percona platforms, PMB and Percona Toolkit * We are looking for a sharp, disciplined, highly proficient and self-motivated database specialist with expertise in multiple NoSQL technologies including Design/Administration and passion for building cloud solutions with Amazon Web Services, Azure, and/or GCP * Self-oriented professionals with a high sense of ownership and accountability who can design scalable, resilient, and flexible architectures to accelerate the adoption of new services * Analyze, design, and build cloud-based solutions to address our clients' needs for IaaS, PaaS, and DBaaS solutions * Help the development of engaging, modern data solutions, strategies, migrations, and applications ### Responsibilities: * Delivery of distributed NoSQL solutions, including multi-model architectures combining document, graph, and time-series capabilities * Partner with our development team on database best practices and database design * Partner with engineering teams to provide optimal data designs, query construction * Design and Implement Data partitioning, sharding, and global distribution strategies * Support Event-driven and streaming integrations * Responsible for database configuration, implementation, and maintenance of database systems to ensure high performance with excellent reliability * Partner with business teams in gathering business requirements and developing database solutions * Design, Develop and implement large relational database systems and provide architecture guidance * Gather technical requirements, assess client capabilities, and analyze findings to provide appropriate data solution recommendations and adoption strategy * Define cloud, on-prem, and hybrid data architectures, including crafting multi-phased implementation roadmaps for High Availability, Scalability and Disaster Recovery solutions * Strong knowledge of Cloud native solutions and expertise in AWS, Azure and/or GCP cloud solutions, reference architectures in related technologies * Design strategies for database systems as well as set standards for operations, programming, and security * Perform Security assessment for potential risk gaps * Provide Technical leadership, work with the implementation team and operational support team as the subject matter expert to provide directions * Automate the ingestion, delivery, processing, quality of structured and unstructured data models * You will be responsible for monitoring day to day NoSQL database systems in terms of operations and management * Perform database capacity planning and maintenance, monitoring and performance tuning * Diagnose any database issues and employ measures to prevent recurrence * Work with engineering and operations team in building tooling to drive scalability, reliability, and performance * Research and develop new technologies and approaches for building highly available data persistence systems * Continuously improve the reliability and performance of existing open-source database platforms in hybrid data solutions * Adopt self-service tools to make it easier to use data store services to help the technical development team (or developer) succeed * Provide appropriate support to users of database systems and database code deployments * Provide database consulting to collaborating engineering teams (verifying database changes, database architecture solution, benchmark testing, collaborating on proof of concept, performance tuning, troubleshooting, etc.) * Troubleshoot database issues in production and investigate external services or other levels of the architecture to analyze root causes * Strategize on building proactive monitoring and alerting to pre-empt outages * Participate in the OnCall rotations * Skills/Abilities and Knowledge: * Experience with multi-model NoSQL databases, like Document, Wide-column, Graph, Time-series, Search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch), etc. * In-depth understanding of NoSQL Internals and data management systems structure principles * Knowledge building and maintaining largescale mission-critical production database systems * Proven experience in cloud-native architectures and database modernization * Knowledge analyzing issues from the application tier to database * Experience working directly with cross-functional teams, resolving data or/and database related issues * Knowledge of configuration management systems (e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet) * Knowledge and experience with Percona platforms, PMB and Percona Toolkit * Systems engineering experience, including Linux performance, memory management, I/O tuning, configuration, security, networking and troubleshooting * Expert level knowledge and experience with Cloud database technologies * Expert level knowledge and experience in performance monitoring and cost optimization methods * Experience in tuning database server configurations, queries, and indexing strategies * Expert level knowledge and experience with Virtualization, Networking, and Linux * Experience with strategic architecture and roadmap development * Professional Level Certified Specialist or Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer (or equivalent) * Strong knowledge of DevOps technologies and experience with CI/CD practices * Strong leadership, communication, persuasion, and teamwork skills * Experience with management of distributed databases in multi-cloud environment is a strong plus * Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify issues before they become problems * Possess working knowledge of agile development methodologies including DevOps concepts * Proficient in a relevant programming language for cloud platforms (e.g. Python, Shell, Go, Javascript, etc) * Preferably a degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields * Deep understanding of NoSQL engines internals would be good * Proficiency with Linux system administration * Extensive experience with installation, management, upgrades, backup and restore of large key/value, OLTP/OLAP database system * Experience benchmarking, clustering, and tuning the databases for performance, reliability and scalability Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)