Senior Database Administrator Analyst

Analyst MySQL Database Administration Job Description ? Perform all technical research, analysis, design and architecting of IT Database systems ensuring that the documented business and technical requirements are met and implemented to industry best practice standards. ? Drives short & long term architecture strategy for IT Database systems. Communicates and validates database architecture with the technology services and development management teams. ? Lead technical design discussions working closely with Development and project team members to ensure documented requirements are being met within proposed solutions. ? Install, configure, maintain, and database systems, schema, tables, indexes, procedures, and permissions. ? Create backup / recovery of databases for MySQL. ? Ensure SQL Transactional Replication (Create / monitor / resolve) is occurring successfully. ? Track performance metrics of maintained databases; identify potential capacity / performance issues and resolve or recommend changes to meet business requirements. ? Conduct regular performance tuning, indexing, and normalization of database systems. ? Develop and test SQL scripts for task automation and reporting. ? Provide monitoring support for critical database servers and supporting services. ? Meet project deliverables for new and / or changes to existing technology within project requirements. ? Install/Migrate/Administrate MySQL to Mariadb. ? Ensure server downtime resulting from maintenance and improvements are limited to non-production hours whenever possible. ? Identify new opportunities that reduce costs while maintaining adequate functionality and support, improve technology performance and / or stability and improve existing processes therefore reducing effort or increasing productivity. ? Db patching and db upgrade/migrate. Resource monitoring and requirement analysis. ? Develop and document issue resolution knowledge base. ? Provide second and third level support for all database systems. ? Availability for on-call 24/7 support. Position Requirements ? Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or other related discipline a plus. ? Minimum of five (5) years of experience in database administration. ? Minimum of four (3) years of administrator experience in an IT Enterprise organization which practiced ITIL methodologies. ? Thorough training and demonstrated analytical and technical skills in installing, configuring, integrating and administering MySQL within the Linux / LAMP stack. ? Experience including, but not limited to, MySQL, Mariadb, Linux RedHat, Apache, and PHP or other scripting languages. ? Hands-on experience supporting Highly Available (HA) database environments with solutions such as clustering. This should include supporting a (3) node MySQL cluster. ? Experience in systems engineering design, analysis, integration, and life-cycle engineering in support of large information systems projects. ? Excellent written and verbal communication skills. ? Ability to work as a team member in a fast paced environment. ? Ability to manage and communicate project tasks, status, and deadlines. Preferred Qualifications ? Experienced in working within a multi-tiered architecture environment, supporting B2B and/or hosting operations. ? Experience with open-source software, including LAMP software bundle. ? Working knowledge in NoSQL/MongoDb