MySQL Database Support Engineer
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Requirements
- Good hands-on knowledge of both MySQL and InnoDB
- Be skilled with some of the MySQL ecosystem of tools and technologies
- Knowledgeable about performance tuning, query optimization, & index tuning
- Know-how of backup solutions such as Xtrabackup, mydumper, etc, and also of Point-in-Time-Recovery
- Some experience with High Availability solutions (replication, routers, proxies, etc)
- Exposure and practice with zero-downtime procedures
- Good understanding of monitoring requirements
- Demonstrable experience of administering Linux based systems
- Ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors, and when necessary, capacity to think outside of the box to resolve complex issues.
- Be self-taught and enthused to grow your skill set with new technologies as the industry continues to evolve
- Availability to travel for the occasional team meeting, conference or customer visit
- Experience working with customers in English
- What Will Make You Stand Out:
- Experience working in SLA-bound operations
- OpenSource Community contributions (could be a blog)
- Good practice with working over screen-sharing/phone
- Knowledge of any of the following technologies
- Galera / XtraDB Cluster / ProxySQL / Orchestrator
- Cloud Services such as AWS and RDS, Azure, GCP
- Percona Monitoring & Management (PMM) and other monitoring tools
- Configuration management solutions such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef
- Percona Toolkit suite
- MySQL DBA, Professional Certifications
- Kubernetes / OpenShift / Docker
- Advanced Linux troubleshooting tools (gdb, perf, strace, bpftrace, tcpdump, etc)
- Location: Remote, work from home position anywhere. 5 day work week, including weekend. Participation with the on-call team schedule. You will need to be able to travel to company events, conferences, etc.
- Your legal agreement will be with Percona Staffing LLC, a USA corporation and a subsidiary of Percona LLC.
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Responsibilities
- Good hands-on knowledge of both MySQL and InnoDB
- Skilled with some tools in the MySQL ecosystem for performance tuning, query optimization, & index tuning.
- Knowledgeable about backup solutions such as Xtrabackup, mydumper, etc., Point-in-Time-Recovery (PITR), and High Availability solutions like replication, routers, proxies, etc.
- Good understanding of monitoring requirements for database infrastructures.
- Demonstrable experience administering Linux based systems with troubleshooting skills to identify known errors or complex issues requiring out-of-the-box thinking.
- Ability and willingness to grow your skill set by self-teaching new technologies as the industry evolves, including knowledge of Galera / XtraDB Cluster, ProxySQL, Orchestrator, Cloud Services (AWS, Azure, GCP), Percona Monitoring & Management tools.
- Experience working with customers in English and understanding SLA requirements for operations.
- Ability to work over screen sharing/phone during occasional team meetings or customer visits.
Benefits
- Equity options mentioned as part of compensation.
- Paid time off (PTO) is a benefit provided to employees.
- Perks such as remote work opportunities and the ability to travel for occasional meetings or conferences can be considered perks of the job.
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