Sr. Production Database Administrator

About this role

We are seeking a seasoned DBA to join our team. You will have extensive experience in a mission-critical environment as a database administrator over a successful career.  You will primarily work on the Supporting our Databases, AWS RDS (MySQL), and  MongoDB/ Cassandra.

What You’ll Do

• Provide leadership in database scaling & monitoring. Maintain runbooks for our 24x7 SRE team. 
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolution of database issues. Perform database upgrades and patches.
• Define and develop data pipelines between platforms in a mission-critical environment using DMS, Fivetran, Kafka, etc.
• Work with our developers to optimize and tune their SQL queries.
• Assist in application development, debugging, and optimization with respect to data concerns.
• Provide input in the design and implementation of backup, recovery, and DR strategy
• Review application and database design for compliance.

What You’ll Need

• Ability to script in a high-level language like Python, Ruby, etc for Automation. 
• 8+ years of experience in AWS database services like RDS (Mysql), MongoDB/ Cassandra.
• 4+ years of experience in database design and DevOps on AWS.
• Must demonstrate a clear understanding of logical and physical database design and standards. 
• Experience in columnar data warehouse solutions like Redshift or Snowflake. 
• Must have extensive hands-on experience with MySQL in a large scale 24x7 production environment with millions of records.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering; or equivalent work experience

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience with NoSQL solutions such as Cassandra/MongoDB etc.
• Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) in an agile environment
• Hands-on production experience with Big Data applications such as Spark.
• Knowledge of development best practices (source control with Git, continuous integration, automated testing).