My SQL DBA

MySQL DBA-
– Eden Prairie, MN
6 Months Contract to Hire
*Must pass a drug test and background check once offered position*

Projects the candidate will be working on:

• Supporting Cirrus databases.

Team and Team size:

• Team is 5 DBAs

Top Responsibilities:

• Operational maintenance and support of 120 database instances across 15 environments.
• Patches, upgrades, proactive/reactive maintenance, supporting the app dev team (performance tuning, SQL dev), war rooms and incident restoration

Software tools/skills:

• Experience in PXC environment & Knowledge /experience with Percona tools and PMM

Skills/attributes:

• Team is split between US and India. Candidate must be self motivated with great communication written and verbal as well as time availability to maintain the relationship with India team.
• Strong proficiency in MySQL database management in managing large scale MySQL databases.
• Deep understanding of replication and clustering. Experience with replication configuration in MySQL .
• Good knowledge on MySQL Architecture & Advanced knowledge on InnoDB internals. Understanding of MySQL’s underlying storage engines, such as InnoDB and other engines.
• Experience in MySQL installation and upgrade process .
• Hands on experience with designing and implementing database high availability solution strategies.
• Experience on backup solutions and strategies
• Knowledge of standards and best practices in MySQL
• Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements.
• Knowledge of limitations in MySQL and their workarounds .
• Experience administering in Linux
• Experience in MySQL user management.

Nice to have:

• Jenkins pipeline development
• UNIX scripting
• ProxySQL
• Data partitioning
• Experience with GitHub
• Experience with MongoDB, Postgres or Oracle

Working Time:

Standard business hours usually starting by 8am CST

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $65.00 - $70.00 per hour

Experience:

• Percona tools and PMM: 4 years (Preferred)
• PXC: 4 years (Required)
• SQL DBA: 6 years (Preferred)
• My SQL : 6 years (Required)
• Linux: 2 years (Required)

Location:

• Eden Prairie, MN (Required)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19