NMI
Senior MySQL Database Administrator
US (remote) · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$130k-$160kDetected 27 days ago
SQLNoSQLMySQLTerraformAnsibleLinuxDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringTCP/IP
About the role
- NMI is seeking a Senior Database Administrator with MySQL experience who is passionate about running applications in an exceedingly high availability environment within our SRE organization.
- This opportunity to work with similarly skilled professionals in a rapidly growing environment offers opportunities to level-up observability and automation skills while maintaining a series of databases across multiple key products.
- The SRE team is responsible for the operation of all hardware and software within the production and office environments.
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
- Manages and monitors all databases across multiple platforms
- Contribute to the design and evolution of database architecture
- 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
- NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments.
Requirements
- Has interest or experience in modern SRE shops, with a mixture of on-premise and public cloud infrastructure.
- 5+ years of DBA knowledge and experience with MySQL & MariaDB
- Experience performing database patches and major version upgrades
- Maintain and administer Microsoft SQL Server environments (prior experience not required
- Production experience with the technologies mentioned below:
- Experience with No-SQL, OLAP, or data streaming and data lakes
Nice to have
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2019+ strongly preferred, but not required
Skills
- Galera, MHA or Orchestrator
- 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
Compensation
- $130,000 - $160,000 USD
- Salary range, depending on experience:
Benefits
- Annual salary + bonus
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- We democratize the latest payments technology so that everyone can realize the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce.
Equal opportunity
- NMI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity, genetic information, citizen status (except those that do not have the legal right to be employed in the United States), disability, military service, service member, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
- Please be aware that all offers of employment are made subject to receipt of satisfactory background and financial checks.
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- Salary range, depending on experience:
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