MySQL DBA

Job description :

• Database administration including security, backup, performance-tuning, Disaster recovery and resolve a broad range of database related problems on a daily basis working along with a team of DBA's.
• Work with developers in defining optimal database architecture, optimizing SQL queries and overall performance tuning.
• Building strategy for maintenance and migration/upgrade from DEV to UAT and PROD.
• Thorough understanding of disaster recovery, planning and implementation.
• Have knowledge of monitoring MySQL instances, Innodb engine, capacity planning of databases and forecast required H/W, software licenses.
• Work with QA, deployment team and Product Management to understand requirements and work on database patch on UAT and production.
• Work on-call and be available as and when required along with a team of DBA's.
• Monitor and optimize MySQL database performance and capacity planning.
• Establishing and testing disaster recovery policies and procedures.
• Root cause analysis of database related issues.
• Ability to detect and troubleshoot DB Server related CPU, memory, I/O, disk space and other resource contention.
• Understanding of OS, network, Storage, memory, OS variables primarily on Linux Platform primarily. Thorough working experience in the Linux environment is mandatory.
• Should be able to do POC's on requirements and new releases independently.

Skill Sets Requirement :

• Should have 4+ years working experience in both MySQL Databases. Majority of the experience should be on MySQL 5.6.X and above.
• Experience working in large [50+] database instance environments with size ranging up-to 1TB having Master-Slave replications, group replication, InnoDB Cluster and DB Upgrades.
• Should have thorough knowledge of MySQL replication topologies.
• Familiar with InnoDB engine and performance tuning related to InnoDB engine.
• Understand existing Backup and Design and Implement various MYSQL backup/recovery strategies
• Should have thorough knowledge of shell scripting. Should have worked on complex shell scripts [any of bash/Perl/python/C]
• Should have working knowledge on one of Ansible/Chef/Puppet for automating DB related tasks.
• Should be capable to understand and Improve upon the existing and create/update new Documents, standards and best practices.
• Understand requirements and deploy specific configuration databases as and when required by the development team.
• Strong communication skills are necessary for interaction with other teams. Should have good presentation skills.
• Should be ready to work on weekend and after-hours deployment tasks as and when required