MySQL DBA

Written By Brian Hughes
  • Salary, Bonus, Comprehensive Benefit and Retirement Programs. 
  • Local candidates preferred. Client will consider a non-local candidate only if they have very strong ties to the position location and are committed to moving.
  • This is direct hire role.


Location:  Natick, MA
 

This MySQL DBA Position Involves the Following Responsibilities:

  • Participate in database design and architecture to support application development projects
  • Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for database modifications
  • Develop best practices for database design and development activities
  • Research and recommend  application/database products, hardware and software   in support of development efforts
  • Diagnose and resolve application and database access and performance issues
  • Develop and maintain views, functions, scripts, stored procedures and triggers to support application development
  • Identify and contribute to performance tuning of key queries
  • Analyze trends in key database metrics and provide solutions as necessary
  • Ensure database performance meets the needs of the business
  • Contribute to the maintenance and support of data setup/teardown for our testing infrastructure
  • Suggest development and testing tools to help with maintaining well performing systems
  • Perform space management and capacity planning for database systems
  • Ensure back-up and archival processes meet the needs of the business
  • Monitor and analyze databases to achieve optimum performance and high availability
  • Coordinate and support upgrades to existing databases
  • Provide training on query development best practices and query tuning from both an application coding and database perspective
  • Provide rotating on call support in a 24 x 7 production environment


Who Will Be a Great Fit?  

  • 3+ years experience with MySQL database administration
  • Experience with MySQL rel. 5.5 or later
  • Experience with software application server variables  
  • Knowledge of stored procedure writing, query optimization, and indexes
  • Knowledge of database performance tuning techniques
  • Experience working in Linux / Unix operating system environments
  • Experience with scripting and automation
  • Experience with best practices around database operations
  • Knowledge of principles of database design

 

email us directly to:  resumes@GreatBayStaffing.com

Brian Hughes

Brian has considerable experience as a street-smart headhunter, who utilizes technology to achieve high-quality hires in a timely manner. While leveraging his deep network of contacts and resources across the nation, he is a power user of the telephone, his proprietary database, social media, job board resume databases, and internet search queries to attract top talent for his clients.


Working in the staffing marketplace since 1997, Brian founded Great Bay Staffing LLC in 2008, bringing a fresh approach to the business of matching successful companies with quality people. His success as a recruiter includes previously working for large national firms where he achieved million dollar sales marks supplying candidates to Fortune 100 clients. 


Brian is proud to say that clients and candidates find his professional, personal, and relaxed approach refreshing. Many of his new business relationships are generated from his referrals.

http://www.greatbaystaffing.com/
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