We believe in the power and joy of learning

At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose - driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

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Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through inclusive programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity/.

What You'll Do Here:

Working in a highly collaborative, multi-functional Agile environment, this engineering role is responsible for building, maintaining and supporting our critical Cassandra environments. Working with the development teams to implement standards around data modeling and access patterns and with the operations team to supervise and support healthy Cassandra rings, this role will take direction from senior level members of the team on upcoming projects, including the implementation of Cassandra at Cengage.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Build, monitor, support & maintain company-critical data on MongoDB and DSE Cassandra rings: Work includes and is not limited to: ensuring the operational well-being of the clusters, engage in active troubleshooting in the event a ring experiences
  issues, support the creation and operational viability of new Mongodb and DSE clusters as needed.
• Collaborate with development resources to recommend improvements and or best approaches for interfacing applications with the Mongo and Cassandra clusters, data
  modeling recommendations and new application updates/deployments.
• Continuously learn and grow with industry-leading practices, processes, and technologies
• Work with the AWS cloud on Linux based systems
• Learn and champion operational standards such as automated installs as well as no downtime upgrades and deployments
• Work with operations frameworks such as Dynatrace, Mongodb Atlas/Cloud Manager, DSE OpsCenter, Splunk, OpsGenie and AWS monitoring for the goal of 24/7 uptime

Skills/knowledge/experience

• 2+ years working with DSE Cassandra in an enterprise setting, including AWS cloud.
• Experience using source code control systems, such as Git, Stash, Subversion, or CVS and build/integration tools like Maven and Jenkins.
• Comfortable with think-ahead releases to guarantee 24/7 uptime.
• Understanding of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SLDC).
• Preferred - bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience

Cengage Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason. You may view Cengage's EEO/Affirmative Action Policy signed by CEO Michael Hansen and Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notice by visiting their corresponding links.

Cengage Group is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] or you may call us at +1 (617) 289-7917.

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About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.