Responsibilities Include:

• Manage our My SQL and No SQL (Mongo DB) database clusters and ensure they are working optimally.
• Continuous performance tuning and optimization.
• Aide the development teams in optimizing complex queries.
• Automate everyday DBA tasks.
• Identify, define, and drive changes to our existing processes to increase reliability.
• Script tools and automation for internal use to support continuous delivery of database updates and alters.
• Proactively seek opportunities to implement improvements for our DB infrastructure.
• Work on infrastructure design of cloud database services for microservices architecture on a global scale.
• Strive to improve how we operate, and to automated as much as possible.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in managing My SQL in a high traffic Saa S environment.
• Experience with recent My SQL versions 5.7, 8 etc.
• Solid Linux experience
• Some experience with other database engines. (eg Postgres SQL, Clickhouse)
• Have knowledge in Mongo Db or any No SQL database.
• Experience working in cloud services. (GCP, AWS)
• Strong understanding of My SQL replication technologies. (eg. Tungsten, Galera, Group Replication)
• Strong experience in My SQL sharding and partitioning.
• 3+ years experience with scripting languages (eg. Bash, python, ruby)
• 3+ years experience working with a LAMP stack
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Have knowledge in data warehousing and enterprise IT concepts

Bonus:

• A Python Code Ninja
• Experience with Chef, Puppet, Terraform
• Experience running My SQL in a microservices architecture (Kubernetes)
• PHP Development Background
• You feel more comfortable in a CLI than a GUI