REDIS Administrator

REDIS Administrator

100% Remote

6 months Contract (with possible extension)

Interview Process : Two rounds of interviews.

Description:

This senior role requires expertise in Redis database administration and the ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative environment.

Our Client provides support for on-premises and cloud databases (IaaS and DBaaS) including critical Tier 1 and Tier 2 systems that utilize high availability solutions with clustering, shards, and replication.

This resource will support the design, implementation, and maintenance of Redis caching databases.

You will ensure integrity and high availability of the Redis environments in your charge.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, on-prem VM and as-a-service cloud implementations, monitoring/alerting setup and admin, application consulting, performance tuning, version upgrades, automations, Redis architecture, access methods and reviews, backup/recovery, vendor coordination/ticketing, and team mentoring and knowledge sharing.

As part of the Redis DBA team you will work with peer DBAs, project teams, application contacts to support and maintain current implementations as well as new builds/requirements.

The role will assist in assuring the Redis caching implementations are secure, compliant, and adhere to minimum security requirements as set by the client.

You will use your knowledge and experience in the Redis space to support application requirements and make recommendations for improving existing and future processes.

You will aid in reviewing new Redis enhancements, features, products for future use and planning.

Required Qualifications:
5+ years of experience with Redis Opensource
5+ years of experience with Redis Enterprise – clustering, sharding, replication, high availability, multi-region
3+ years of experience with Azure Cache for Redis and/or GCP Memory Store
8 years of combined experience in Database Administration / Engineering
Advanced knowledge of performance tuning, monitoring/alerting, observability, dashboarding
Advanced knowledge of process/query analysis
Advanced knowledge of maintenance routines, upgrades, patching
Ability to collaborate with DBA peers and mentor, work well in a team and independently
Experience with automation via Ansible, Terraform
Experience with deployments (CI/CD) with GHA, GitHub, Jenkins
Ability to work off-hours for application release support, Linux patching support, maintenance windows

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with other Redis features besides caching (i.e., vector database)
Experience with DevOps and the role database administration
Familiarity with Flyway/Liquibase
Standards for configurations of databases based on T-shirt sizing
Healthcare IT experience

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Have you worked on experience with Redis Opensource?
• Do you have experience with Redis Enterprise ?

Experience:

• Redis: 5 years (Required)
• azure: 3 years (Required)
• Database administration: 10 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote