Job Description:

Ebay Marketplaces is looking for a Sr. NoSQL DBA. This will be a significant contributor and team player in driving technical vision and strategy for ebay’s NoSQL data platforms supporting our marketplace and internal database needs.

The successful candidate will have* deep technical expertise working with NoSQL technologies. In this role you will be expected to lead initiatives at a technical level laying strategic direction for all NoSQL platforms.

Expectations:

- Demonstrated expertise in NoSQL databases including MongoDB, Couchbase, Cassandra, Hadoop and In-memory caches.
- Deep expertise in a Linux environment.
- Hands on Scripting, Database and Systems Skills.
- Has managed the full operational life cycle of NoSQL databases including sizing, technology selection, deployment, monitoring & decomissioning.
- Has conducted query performance tuning for at least one of MongoDB, Couchbase or Cassandra clusters.
- Has setup distributed database systems with varying degrees of consistency.

Required Skills:

- Expertise in one of MongoDB, Couchbase or Cassandra.
- Expertise in JSON document modeling.
- Expertise in Linux System performance tuning.
- Expertise in Shell Scripting, preferably Python.
- Authorization Management in Mongo, Couchbase and Cassandra databases.
- Great problem solving skills are a must.

Additional Areas:

- Be equally adept in traditional technologies such as Oracle & MySQL.
- Be fluent in Bash, Perl and/or Python script development.
- Be knowledgeable in Open Source technologies such as NoSQL, Kafka, Storm and the Hadoop ecosystem.

Responsible for supporting NoSQL technologies including but not limited to MongoDB, Couchbase & Cassandra.

Driving technological solutions and advancements in each of the NoSQL database areas, ensuring configurations are optimal to meet performance needs.

Staying current on new NoSQL initiatives and driving their adoption and operational readiness at ebay.