MySQL Database Administrator

The Database Administrator will implement new database systems and maintaining existing MySQL systems. This position requires a proven ability to create, understand, and implement business requirements for new systems, and to design enhancements to existing systems in an Agile environment.
 
 Responsibilities:
  • Perform all aspects of database administration, including hardware and software evaluation and installation, database design and implementation, structured testing, maintenance, security administration, capacity planning, continuous backup and point in time recovery, archiving, database versioning, database replication and clustering, and performance tuning
  • Write SQL statements, stored procedures, and functions, and work with the Engineering team to modify as needed
  • Perform routine and customary operational and monitoring activities to ensure the database environment is stable and capable of meeting ongoing business needs
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation

Minimum Qualifications:
  • 3-7 years of database administration experience
  • Experience in the administration of a database system
  • Management of MySQL instances required (incl: backup/restore methodologies, etc.)
  • Experience with MySQL stored procedures, ETLs strongly preferred
  • Management of AWS RDS/Aurora instances running with in an AWS VPC
  • Ability to create and maintain Linux shell scripts for automating day to day DBA tasks

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working with NoSQL Technologies such as MongoDB or Dynamo DB
  • Experience working with PostgreSQL 
  • Experience working with product teams on database modeling, schema design strongly preferred
  • Experience with Kafka/Apache Spark/SparkSQL a plus

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