Rashmi Misal
@rashmimisal
Senior Cassandra DBA and Cloud Administrator driving scalable, automated data platforms and production reliability.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Database Administrator with 9.5+ years of experience specializing in Apache Cassandra administration, Azure/AWS cloud services, production support, and infrastructure automation. I have led multi-datacenter Cassandra operations, major upgrades and migrations, performance tuning, and cost-saving cloud deployments while maintaining high availability.
I build automation with Terraform, Ansible and Puppet, implement monitoring and backup solutions (Prometheus/Grafana, Medusa/Reaper), and provide L3 support and technical leadership. My work has reduced data retrieval times, cut infrastructure costs, and improved incident response and system reliability.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Cassandra Database Admin
Myntra
Nov 2025 - Present (1 month)
Led optimization and migration efforts for user and transaction data, reducing retrieval times by 30% and enabling a 50% increase in peak transactions while cutting infrastructure costs by 40% and maintaining 99.9% uptime.
Senior Distributed Administrator
Ouro
Mar 2025 - Sep 2025 (6 months)
Led DataStax Cassandra upgrades with zero downtime, implemented automated repairs with Reaper, and deployed Grafana/Prometheus monitoring and Medusa backups to improve reliability and recovery capabilities.
Senior Database Administrator
TSYS
Dec 2022 - Mar 2025 (2 years 3 months)
Administered multi-datacenter Cassandra clusters, automated provisioning with Terraform, executed quarterly OS patching via Ansible, and managed Azure IaaS/PaaS networking and incident resolution for production environments.
Software Engineer
Cerence
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 1 month)
Performed end-to-end Cassandra installations and environment setup, managed Azure storage and database provisioning, and migrated PostgreSQL from IaaS to PaaS with zero data loss and security compliance.
Senior DBA
Tech Mahindra
Sep 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 2 months)
Upgraded Cassandra clusters (3.0.13 → 3.11.10) with zero-downtime strategy, managed backups/recovery and LVM/disk monitoring, and served as primary on-call for Cassandra and Hadoop environments.
Performed Hadoop administration, maintained HBase/HDFS/Thrift services, created MOPs for production changes, and supported automation using Puppet, Ansible, GitHub, and Terraform to ensure stable operations.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
MGM's College of Engineering, Nanded
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication
2011 - 2015
Grade: 82.20%
Completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunication with a GPA of 82.20% focused on electronics systems and telecommunications fundamentals.
JNV Gadhi, Beed
Higher Secondary Certificate, Senior Secondary (Class 12)
Grade: 78.20%
Completed 12th grade under the CBSE curriculum with a GPA of 78.20%.
JNV Gadhi, Beed
Secondary School Certificate, Secondary (Class 10)
Grade: 85.20%
Completed 10th grade under the CBSE curriculum with a GPA of 85.20%.
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Location
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