# Senior MySQL Database Administrator

**Company:** [NMI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nmi)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $130k – $160k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** MySQL, Mariadb, High Availability, Replication, Disaster Recovery, Backup, Galera, Mha, Orchestrator, Linux, Windows, TCP/IP, Microsoft Sql Server, Aurora Rds, Terraform
**Posted:** 2026-06-24

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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