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NMINMIUnited States

Senior MySQL Database Administrator

Senior DBA responsible for designing, maintaining, and improving MySQL database infrastructure in a high-availability SRE environment. Requires 5+ years MySQL/MariaDB experience and on-call participation.

130k – 160k
Remote5+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

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)
  • Manage and monitor 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

Requirements

  • 5+ years of DBA knowledge and experience with MySQL & MariaDB
  • Experience performing database patches and major version upgrades
  • Experience in High Availability, Replication, Disaster Recovery, and Backup
  • Production experience with Galera, MHA or Orchestrator, and 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
  • Participation in out-of-hours on-call rotation

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2019+
  • 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 certifications
  • Understanding of Infrastructure components and requirements outside of the database environment such as systems or networking
  • Experience working with toolchains such as Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, and GitLab

Benefits

  • Annual salary + bonus
  • Remote first culture
  • Flex PTO
  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 13 Paid Holidays
  • Company volunteer days

Skills

MySQLMariadbHigh AvailabilityReplicationDisaster RecoveryBackupGaleraMhaOrchestratorLinuxWindowsTCP/IPMicrosoft Sql ServerAurora RdsTerraform

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