Senior MySQL Database Administrator

The Ideal Candidate

• Has experience across a broad range of technology stacks and is always interested in learning more.
• Enjoys being challenged to find creative solutions using both legacy and cutting edge technology.
• Gets excited about automating away the tedious parts of their job, and about observability into the systems under their purview.
• Has interest or experience in modern SRE shops, with a mixture of on-premise and public cloud infrastructure.
• Wants to work with a globally distributed team of similarly skilled professionals, and is comfortable building relationships with teammates up to thousands of miles away.

Key responsibilities

• Own the design, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of NMI’s MySQL database estate, including restructuring database resources to meet performance, redundancy, and reliability goals
• Maintain and administer Microsoft SQL Server environments (prior experience not required; willingness to learn is essential)
• Manages and monitors all databases across multiple platforms
• Contribute to the design and evolution of database architecture
• Participate in an on-call rotation for database related incidents
• Test, document and continuously improve database performance across the enterprise
• Perform incident root cause analysis, identify preventative measures, and participate in blameless post-incident reviews
• Collaborate with developers to resolve performance issues and support database-related enhancements
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the company
• There is an out-of-hours on-call rotation that will require the Senior Database Administrator to respond to and resolve or escalate any database-related problems within internal and customer facing SLAs.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

• 5+ years of DBA knowledge and experience with MySQL & MariaDB
• Experience performing database patches and major version upgrades
• Experience in the following: High Availability, Replication, Disaster Recovery, and Backup
• Production experience with the technologies mentioned below:
  • Galera, MHA or Orchestrator
  • Group and transactional replication
• Skilled in database design and architecture
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and instincts
• Foundational understanding of Linux and Windows in a production environment
• Foundational understanding of TCP/IP Networking

Preferred:

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2019+ strongly preferred, but not required
• Experience administering or provisioning cloud hosted databases such as Aurora RDS
• Experience with No-SQL, OLAP, or data streaming and data lakes
• MySQL or MSSQL certification