Principal DBA

Summary

We are looking for passionate engineers with deep experience in MySQL, as well as AWS DMS, RDS, Aurora and other SQL and No-SQL data stores, to help us optimize and automate our infrastructure and deployment processes around our databases. We are currently involved in several types of systems re-architectures. As a Senior Staff DBA/Principal DBA, you will be involved in designing and implementing how we optimize perform those migrations, testing those migrations, and then performing them. In addition, you will have a major role in evolving the infrastructure as code and configuration management. This is a business-facing role, and as such, significant leadership and communication experience is required.

What You'll Do

Infrastructure Automation: Design, implement, and maintain automated infrastructure to ensure consistency and scalability. Strong programming skills in these areas is a must have.

Monitoring and Alerting: Set up monitoring and logging systems to proactively detect and address potential issues, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.

Database Management: Manage tens of Aurora/MySQL databases, including performance tuning, backups, disaster recovery strategies, and their active/passive counterparts in AWS.

Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including application team developers, infrastructure teams, TPM's to improve the overall development and deployment processes, and keep everyone in sync as to deliverables and timelines.

Troubleshooting and Incident Management: Assist in identifying and resolving operational issues and participating in on-call rotations.

Skills & Experience

At least 10 years of expertise in database operations with a focus on building and maintaining scalable infrastructures around data.

At least 10 years of working directly with MySQL at a Senior level.

At least 5 years of experience working on NoSQL data stores such as Dynamo DB, etc.

At least 5 years of experience in leadership and communicating with the business.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Solid understanding of AWS-based data management technologies.

Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform.

Understanding of CI/CD tools.

Understanding of networking concepts such as load balancing and DNS is also a plus.

Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes is a plus.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).