Database Administrator

Mindlance is a national recruiting company which partners with many of the leading employers in the Life Sciences, IT, and Financial Services sectors, feel free to check us out at Job Description Job Title: DBA Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ DURATION: 12+ Months Local candidate only on W2. Responsibilities The lead DBA role requires hands‑on production database administration skills, deep technical expertise MySQL including various third‑party versions like Percona Server. The DBA will work closely with the development teams and operations team to manage, support and maintain more than 50 instances on MySQL Database across Digital platform. Qualifications BS degree or higher in Computer Science with a minimum of 5+ years hands‑on database administration experience on MySQL Databases deployed on Linux servers. Sound understanding of installation, configuration, patching, supporting and upgrading MySQL servers including Percona servers. Strong understanding of MySQL backup and recovery strategies. Familiar with MySQL Enterprise backup and recovery tools including 3rd party backup solutions like Percona xtrabackup. Strong understanding of MySQL replication, including multi data‑center replication for High Availability. Proficient in query tuning and performance optimization. Ability to estimate database capacities and develop methods for monitoring and maintenance of database instances. Minimum 3+ years experience as a Production Database Administrator. Proficiency with MySQL stored procedures and functions; good exposure to Linux operating system. 3+ years of experience writing Linux shell scripts, Perl scripts, etc. Languages: Linux shell scripting, Perl, Python. Databases: MySQL, MySQL Cluster, Oracle, Redis. Tools: Percona Toolkit, MySQL Utilities. Development Methodologies: Agile development. Personal Skills Strong experience working with multi‑site development teams. Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with an ability to work in a highly collaborative, multi‑country/time zone environment. Good organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous tasks. Proactive personality with a proven track record of following through and delivering on responsibilities. Highly adaptive and capable of being an individual contributor and working as part of an extended team. Additional Information Shipra Chauhan | Team Recruitment | Mindlance Inc | View phone number on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr