Redis / KeyDB Cloud Administrator

Mandatory skills.

Primary - AWS ElastiCache Redis,

Secondry - Azure Cache for Redis or KeyDB clusters.

Role Summary

Seeking an experienced Redis/KeyDB Cloud Administrator (L3) to manage, optimize, and support cloud-hosted Redis and KeyDB environments across multiple enterprise projects. The candidate will be responsible for high availability, performance tuning, security, monitoring, automation, and incident management in AWS/Azure cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain AWS ElastiCache Redis, Azure Cache for Redis, and KeyDB clusters.
• Configure and manage replication, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and memory optimization.
• Monitor availability, latency, replication lag, and resource utilization.
• Manage backup, restore, patching, upgrades, and migration activities.
• Implement security controls including ACLs, IAM integration, encryption, and network isolation.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis (RCA).
• Automate operational activities using Shell/Python scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, and infrastructure teams to support business-critical workloads.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call support for critical incidents.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Redis and/or KeyDB Administration.
• Expertise in:
• Redis Cluster & Sentinel
• KeyDB Active-Active Replication
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Performance Tuning & Memory Management
• Backup & Recovery
• Security & Access Management
• Experience with:
• AWS ElastiCache Redis
• Azure Cache for Redis
• AWS IAM, VPC, Security Groups
• CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus
• Strong Linux Administration knowledge.
• Scripting experience in Shell/Python.
• Understanding of ITIL Incident, Change, and Problem Management.

Preferred Skills

• Kubernetes/OpenShift exposure.
• Experience with MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MariaDB.
• AWS/Azure Cloud Certifications.