Senior Database Administrator (MySQL)

What you will do...

Participate in daily operations to support the business.

Optimizing database (SQL calls) for max performance

Collaborate with management in the development of performance goals and long-term operational plans.

Collaborate in operational processes and performance, recommend solutions for improvement.

Experience with SQL and stored routines.

Experience working with HA Proxy, ProxySQL or MaxScale will be a plus.

Working knowledge with AWS database technologies like Aurora, RDS.

Monitor day-to-day operational systems and processes that provide visibility into goals, progress, and obstacles for our key initiatives.

Maintain relationships with all technology team members, external partners, and vendors to provide input regarding operational activity and strategic goals.

Monitor and analyze key metrics for the day-to-day performance of the operations to ensure efficient and timely completion of tasks.

Perform technical troubleshooting to diagnose, isolate and correct data and database issues.

Qualifications

What you bring…

Required – 5 years of MySQL management experience.

Required – Experience in MySQL configuring HA and clustering solutions.

Required – Large scale MySQL deployments.

Required – MySQL sharding architecture and techniques.

Ability to work with Linux/Unix based OS Environment.

MS SQL experience is a plus.

Software as a service industry experience is a plus.

Cloud experience is a plus

Strong communication, interpersonal and professional skills.

Proven ability to plan and manage the operational process for maximum efficiency and productivity.

Demonstrated ability to solve problems and anticipate customer needs.

Demonstrated ability to organize, set, and implement priorities and manage multiple tasks.