Title: MySQL DBA
MySQL DBA with over two years of experience in designing and administering MySQL database servers. Day-to-day activities include supporting multiple software teams with their MySQL needs, including schema review, index optimization, general optimizations, data migrations and server management.
As data sets continue to grow we will also need to migrate our backup and recovery strategies to more sustainable solution (LVM, MySQL Master-Master, etc.). The candidate should also possess a desire to work with large statistical data sets and help make sense of them using technologies such as MapReduce/Hadoop/etc.
Additionally, the individual should be creative when designing MySQL and other data related solutions with the ability to "think outside the box"
The ideal candidate will posses a working knowledge of:
- MySQL 5.0, 5.1
- MySQL Replication -- 5.0 and 5.1
- MySQL Management & Administration
- MySQL internals (not code-level, but in principle)
- RedHat/CentOS Linux (required) and Solaris (preferred)
- Linux Kernel optimization/tuning
- File Systems & File System Management
- General UNIX/Linux System Administration skills
- Systems Automation
- FOSS monitoring tools (Nagios, Cacti, Monit, Munin, etc.)
- EC2 and Cloud Computing
- MapReduce, Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, PIG, ZooKeeper
- Bachelor degree or equivalent experience
