Database Administrator (Cassandra/noSQL)

Full-time Company Description Orion Health is a global, eHealth software company with proven experience in delivering interoperable, connected solutions for healthcare facilities, organizations and regions. We are looking for a high energy, hardworking and passionate database engineer to join us in creating a product platform utilizing cutting edge big data technology. This big data platform will drive our new products and capabilities. This is a unique opportunity where you can be part of the team to build out the underlying big data platform itself. If this all sounds interesting to you, here are a few questions: Are you passionate about solving novel real-world problems? Would you like to change how healthcare systems and users, connect, integrate and interact with information and one another? Does the challenge of rolling up your sleeves and getting dirty building a world-class Big Data environment interest you? Are you someone that understands the mechanics of Cassandra soups to nuts and not someone that learned a few buzzwords from a white paper or training class professing to be an expert? Job Description Responsibilities for talented and motivated Cassandra Database Engineer: The Global Managed Services Cassandra Engineer is a Techno/operational that will help GMS architect, administrate, monitor, secure, backup and optimize/trouble‑shoot the Cassandra cluster environments in production and non‑production environments. You will also work closely with development teams to design, implement and support our customer’s data storage and reporting systems. The Cassandra Engineer will have a passion for Big Data and databases, and bring relational and non‑relational (NoSql) expertise to help build and implement top‑shelf products and services. Qualifications Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent technical training and professional work experience Cassandra Engineer with minimum 5 years experience in database engineering, administration and support and a minimum 2 years specifically in Cassandra processes and systems. Expertise in Cassandra administration in a production environment. Must have hands‑on noSQL experience from evaluation of new frameworks to deployment, maintenance, and performance tuning of clusters with at least two digit size. Proficient with Hadoop, Elastic Search and Redis is a big plus Solid understanding of noSQL landscape, available frameworks and CAP theorem Strong knowledge of how noSQL technologies interact and complement each other but also their limits Deep understanding of internals of noSQL frameworks Ability to build any noSQL open source framework from source Strong in Linux and network maintenance Proficiency in one or more scripting languages including Perl, Python, Shell JVM performance tuning experience Good prioritizing and time management skills Excellent interpersonal skills, including working with challenging and/or demanding co‑workers while under pressure. Does not require training nor guidance to evaluate new frameworks and easily comes up to speed as self‑starter Programming experience in at least one non‑scripting language Does not shy away to interact with open source community. Especially important when dealing with beta and alpha versions Willing to take on challenging tasks under pressure Provide 24x7 on‑call support in rotation Additional Information With a flexible and social, but professional company culture, Orion Health offers unique learning, travel and career growth prospects. Employees that are highly self‑motivated and adventurous thrive at Orion Health. #J-18808-Ljbffr Orion Health