MySQL Database Administrator - TENTENS
Role Overview
This mid-to-senior MySQL Database Administrator role involves monitoring and troubleshooting high-load databases handling up to 100k operations/sec, collaborating with engineering and DevOps teams on schema design, data modeling, and performance optimization. The hire will work within a strong software development team of 10+ FTE, focusing on maintaining database health, slow query reporting, and supporting developers and QAs to ensure system reliability and scalability.
Perks & Benefits
The role is fully remote, likely with flexible hours, and offers career growth through internal training, seminars, and attendance at global IT conferences. Benefits include health insurance, an employee wellness program covering sports activities, in-house doctor support, and a dynamic, young team culture focused on creative problem-solving and professional development.
Full Job Description
SKELAR — is a Ukrainian venture builder that creates international tech businesses. Together with co-founders, we assemble strong teams to succeed in global markets.
We are currently looking for a MySQL DBA/Database Engineer to join our strong Software Development team (10+FTE) and work with our high-load products (up to 100k operations/sec).
Strategic challenges and objectives:
Database health monitoring and troubleshooting.
Work with massive amounts of data.
Key areas of responsibility:
Collaborate with engineers, DBAs, and DevOps teams on technical issues.
Provide support to developers and QAs as required.
Maintain system monitoring of the database servers. Slow query reporting.
Participate in database restructuring and management.
Work on schema design and data modeling.
Technical requirements:
Experience with administering MySQL server.
Basic performance, query, and index optimization.
Confident knowledge of MySQL backup solutions.
Good understanding of monitoring requirements.
Good understanding of replication principles.
Comfortable with collaborative tools, such as Slack, wikis, Subversion, and basic ticket tracking systems (YouTrack, Jira).
Non-technical requirements:
Fast learner and creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
Effective team member with a high level of motivation and ability to work with little supervision.
Dynamic self-starter with high attention to detail, highly responsible and reliable.
Desirable skills:
Previous work experience with Python, Golang, Shell, or other programming languages.
Previous work experience with relational databases, such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL DBs: MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, etc.
Good understanding of load balancers, DNS, networking, and/or client-side drivers.
By choosing us you get:
Opportunity to work with a multi-million audience.
Career growth and professional development with various internal training and seminars, access to an extensive book library, chance to participate in key IT industry events worldwide (attending the conferences).
Work in a great team. We pay special attention to the recruitment and development of talent. All the members of our team are young, active, and highly motivated for creative problem-solving.
Employee wellness program, which includes running sessions, football, basketball, and other sports. The cost of sports activities is covered by the company. In-house doctor support is also available on demand.
Health insurance is available for all employees.
Let's build the next big everything together!
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