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MySQL DBA

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Datavail http://www.datavail.com
1001 - 5000 Employees
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Job Description

Qualifications:

  • Highly skilled, self-motivated, and passionate MySQL and MariaDB DBA
  • As a DBA, you will be working on the latest Opensource technologies in the industry
  • This role requires strong technical database skills, but also requires excellent communication and collaborative skills to help drive customers and internal teams

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Continuously improve the reliability and performance of existing open source database platforms (including but not limited to MySQL), both cloud and on-premises solutions
  • Adopt self-service tools to make it easier to use data store services to help the technical development team (or developer) succeed
  • Provide appropriate support to users of database systems and database code deployments
  • Plan the growth and manage the capacity and life cycle of open source database platforms currently in production
  • Provide database consulting to collaborating engineering teams (verifying database changes, database architecture solution, benchmark testing, collaborating on proof of concept, performance tuning, troubleshooting, etc.)
  • Troubleshoot database issues in production and investigate external services or other levels of the architecture to analyze root causes
  • Strategize on building proactive monitoring and alerting to pre-empt outages
  • Participate in the OnCall rotation, including L1 OnCall for the overall enterprise database stacks, and provide support during scheduled ticketing OnSale hours

Knowledge/Skills/Technical Skills

  • Knowledge administering and managing OpenSource, MySQL, MariaDB, AWS Aurora, or Percona
  • Knowledge building and maintaining mission-critical database production systems
  • Knowledge and experience in designing and maintaining MySQL databases
  • Knowledge analyzing issues from the application tier to database
  • Experience working directly with cross-functional teams, resolving data or/and database related issues
  • Working knowledge of at least one scripting language (Shell, Python)
  • Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, DMS, Lambda, EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, etc.)
  • Knowledge of configuration management systems (e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet)
  • Knowledge and experience with Percona platforms, Xtrabackup and Percona Toolkit
  • Systems engineering experience, including Linux performance, memory management, I/O tuning, configuration, security, networking and troubleshooting
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills in English
  • Experience working in a remote environment
  • Natural willingness to learn new technologies, participate in proofs of concept and provide the best data storage solutions to meet business needs
  • Willingness to regularly document acquired knowledge or processes and share them within the team, so that others can also contribute, freeing you up to work on other projects
  • Proficiency in Linux and Unix Shell systems.
  • Ability to work independently
  • Understand and willing to adopt SDLC and Agile best practices

Required profile

Experience

Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Organizational Skills
  • Willingness To Learn
  • Teamwork
  • Self-Motivation
  • Problem Solving

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