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MySQL DBA
Job Location:
Job Location:
Englewood Cliffs, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
19 August 2026 (10 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
16 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
- Install configure upgrade and maintain MySQL Redis and PostgreSQL databases in on-premises and AWS environments.
- Manage database schemas indexing and performance optimization.
- Manage database replication and high-availability solutions.
- Administer AWS managed database services:
- RDS
- Aurora
- ElastiCache
- DynamoDB
- S3
- EC2
- Perform backup recovery and disaster recovery operations.
- Ensure data integrity reliability and minimal data loss/downtime.
- Automate routine tasks and infrastructure setup using Ansible and AWS CloudFormation.
- Design and implement monitoring and alerting using:
- CloudWatch
- PMM
- Datadog
- MonYog
- Perform daily maintenance health checks and capacity planning.
- Troubleshoot database and server issues.
- Optimize complex queries and database performance.
- Collaborate with application developers on efficient schema design and database optimization.
- Work with DevSecOps teams on security patches and upgrades.
- Strong hands-on experience with MySQL installation configuration and maintenance.
- Strong knowledge of MySQL internals and storage engines.
- Strong Linux administration skills.
- Experience with MySQL performance tuning.
- Experience with backup and recovery processes.
- Experience with AWS cloud services preferred.
- Experience with Grafana or CloudWatch beneficial.
- Experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI beneficial.
- Knowledge of MongoDB or Redis is a plus.
- Knowledge of Docker or Kubernetes is advantageous.
- Good Shell scripting or Python skills.
- Participate in on-call rotation for production incidents.
- Comfortable working onsite in New Jersey.
- Generate ad-hoc reports and provide insights as requested by internal teams or stakeholders.
