Cassandra Database Administrator (USC,Gc,TN)

Sonsoft Inc

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Northbrook, IL, us on site Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted February 23, 2026 Last posted February 23, 2026
Job description

Sonsoft , Inc. is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. Sonsoft Inc. is growing at a steady pace specializing in the fields of Software Development, Software Consultancy and Information Technology Enabled Services.

  • Cassandra Administrator: As a Cassandra Database Administrator you will be responsible for
  • assisting with the design, implementation, and on-going support of Cassandra operational
  • data.
  • 5+ years of solid Cassandra DBA experience in managing critical 24/7 applications
  • Hands-on experience with Cassandra database hosted on Amazon cloud is a must.
  • Setup Nodes, Work on foundations, data models, etc • Implement a Cassandra Database in
  • an enterprise, Design and Support data migration.
  • Cassandra database administration on a multi-datacenter cluster. Must have hands-on
  • experience in setting up Cassandra cluster.
  • Must have experience in monitoring, performance tuning and managing Cassandra cluster.
  • Strong understanding of complex inner workings of Cassandra, such as the gossip protocol,
  • hinted handoffs, read repairs, Merkle trees.
  • In depth knowledge of architecting and creating Cassandra/no SQL database systems.
  • Solid understanding of No SQL Database
  • Solid experience in writing Cassandra queries, materialized views
  • Expert in data structure design, Data Modelling in Cassandra
  • Expert in performance tuning
  • Solid experience in solr
  • Experience in handling big data
  • Knowledge experience with other NoSQL (MongoDB) and RDBMS database technologies
  • is a plus
  • Proven experience with identifying hardware and software related issues.
  • A deep understanding of Cassandra design principals, cluster connectivity, security and the
  • factors that affect distributed system performance.
  • Expert experience with at least one of the following languages; perl, python, java, spark or
  • bash.
  • Knowledge of best practices related to security, performance, and disaster recovery
  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
  • At least 7 years of experience within the Information Technologies.

** U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

This is a Full-Time / Permanent job opportunity.

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Only US Citizen, Green Card Holder can apply.

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** All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.


About this role

Summary

Manage Cassandra databases, optimize performance, support data migration, ensure security and availability.

Job title

Cassandra Database Administrator

Experience level

7+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Northbrook, IL, US; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

CassandraAmazon clouddata modelingperformance tuningSQLNoSQLsecurity

Preferred skills

MongoDBRDBMSsolrbig datapythonjavabash

Specializations

CassandraNoSQLbig dataperformance tuningdata modeling
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Northbrook, IL 60062, USA

On-site City