Urgent need - contract to hire for Sr. MySQL/Percona DBA in Englewood Cliffs, NJ

[Ken P]

LOCATION: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
DURATION: 1 year Contract to Hire
CLIENT: Large Media Client

POSITION SUMMARY
Client’s Digital Technology team is seeking a Senior MySQL Database Administrator to design, build, monitor and maintain database solutions across their Digital Platform. The lead DBA role requires hands-on production database administration skills, deep technical expertise on MySQL including various third party versions like Percona Server. The DBA will work closely with the development teams and operations team to manage, support and maintain more than 50 instances on MySQL Database across their Digital platform.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
• BS degree or higher in Computer Science with a minimum of 5+ years hands-on database administration experience on MySQL Databases deployed on linux servers
• Sound understanding on installation, configuration, patching, supporting and upgrading MySQL servers including Percona servers
• Strong understanding on MySQL backup and recovery strategies.
• Familiar with MySQL Enterprise backup and recovery tools including 3rd party backup solutions like Percona xtrabackup
• Strong understanding on MySQL replication including multi data-center replication for High Availability
• Should be good with query tuning and Performance Optimization
• Estimate database capacities, develop methods for monitoring and maintenance of database instances
• Minimum 3+ yrs experience as Production Database Administrator
• Should be good with MySQL Stored procedures and functions
• Good exposure to linux operating system
• Should have 2+ years of experience on writing linux shell scripts , perl scripts etc Languages and Software Packages:
• Languages : Linux shell scripting, perl, python
• Database : MySQL, Oracle, Redis
• Tools : Percona toolkit, MySQL Utilities
• Development Methodologies: Agile development

Please apply via email to [e-mail], interviews getting arranged quickly

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Warm Regards,

Ken - Account Manager
Tricon Solutions
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Website: www.triconitsolutions.com