MySQL Database Administrator

Job Description
– MySQL Database Administrator

A leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics is seeking a MySQL Database Administrator.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support the database management system and all related software.

Design and Build Database Environments (Assist in developing estimates and schedules for new projects and/or extensions to existing systems).

Technical Support for DBMS Environments (Provide technical support and perform database administration for all development and production databases on multiple environments).

Willingness to be on call and support critical database issues that arise in the evening or on weekends

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• 3 years or more of MySQL DBA working experience on Linux and Unix environments

• 3 years or more of experience in database environment life cycle management and support of production and development environments

• Experience in handling Linux based shell and other scripting environments

• Experience in database and disk system performance tuning

• Self-motivated detail oriented and highly responsible

• Capable of handling multiple assignments and additional responsibilities

• Deep MySQL DBA knowledge and experience with MySQL 5.6, 5.7 and 8.0

• Involved MySQL technical experience in the following: High Availability solutions using replication, Disaster Recovery solutions Backup and recovery experience with Percona Tools [i.e., Xtrabackup] Performance tuning, production operations & support Security Administration

• Experience performing MySQL patches and Major version upgrades

• Experience in Linux Shell programming, SQL.

• 1 or more years using DevOPS tools.

I.E., Terraform, Ansible, Chef, GitLab using one or more programming languages [I.E.

– Python, Perl, etc] on bare metal and virtual environments [I.E.

– AZ/AWS, OpenStack, Proxmox, Azure] will be added advantage

• Experience in supporting Postgres DBA will be added advantage.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems(MIS) or related discipline or equivalent work experience.

3 years or more DBA working experience on Linux and Unix environments.

3 years or more of experience in database environment life cycle management and support of production and development environments.

Candidates will be expected to work in one of the location strategies on a (2-3 day) a week hybrid model.

(Boca Raton/ Atlanta/ Chicago/ Minneapolis)