Sr. Database Administrator

MySQL/DevOPS/Cloud Sr. Database Administrator Consultant

Be part of the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Database Services Team. As a MySQL DBA Contractor you will be working with other top notch DBAs and Architects in a technologically diverse environment in our best-in-class enterprise data centers and cloud based environments. You will be contributing towards helping migrating MySQL Database Replication systems to new hardware by ensuring zero down time. Be part of a team where best practices and standards are the norm and all are empowered to achieve success. Be part of a team that continually masters a high degree of collaboration and knowledge sharing and where members are able to excel in their accomplishments and realize their career goals.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems(MIS) or related discipline or equivalent work experience. 5 years DBA working experience on Linux and Unix environments. 5 years or more of experience in database environment life cycle management and support of production and development environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS – REQUIRED

• 5 years MySQL DBA working experience on Linux and Unix environments
• Extensive industry experience (5+ years) that include serving as a DBA in all facets of DBMS design, implementation, deployment, administration and maintenance, and project coordination
• 5 years or more of experience in database environment life cycle management and support of production and development environments
• Experience supporting Data Warehousing and ETL processing
• Experienced in database and disk system performance tuning
• Self-motivated detail oriented and highly responsible
• Capable of handling multiple assignments and additional responsibilities
• Expert level MySQL DBA knowledge and experience with MySQL 5.6, 5.7 and 8.0 - MySQL certification preferred
• Extensive MySQL technical experience in the following: High Availability solutions using replication, Disaster Recovery solutions Backup and recovery experience with Percona Tools [i.e., Xtrabackup] Performance tuning, production operations & support Security Administration
• Experience performing MySQL patches and Major version upgrades
• Experience in Linux Shell programming, SQL.
• 2 or more years using DevOPS tools. I.E., Terraform, Ansible, Chef, GitLab using one or more programming languages [I.E., Python, Perl, etc] on bare metal and virtual environments [I.E., AWS, OpenStack, Proxmox, Azure]

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the database management system and all related software.
• Design and Build Database Environments (Assist in developing estimates and schedules for new projects and/or extensions to existing systems).
• Technical Support for DBMS Environments (Provide technical support and perform database administration for all development and production databases on multiple environments).
• Willingness to be on call and support critical database issues that arise in the evening or on weekends.