MySQL Database Engineer

2 weeks, 5 days ago
Full-time
Senior
DevOps and Infrastructure
Entersekt

Entersekt

Entersekt is a pioneer in secure transaction authentication for financial institutions, offering innovative solutions that protect millions of transactions daily and drive revenue growth.

Diversified Financial Services
51-250
Founded 2008

Description

  • Design, implement, and maintain MySQL and MariaDB database clusters.
  • Ensure database availability, performance, and high availability through replication.
  • Perform database capacity planning and storage management.
  • Implement and maintain database security measures, user access, permissions, and auditing.
  • Develop, test, and execute backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures.
  • Monitor, optimize, and tune database and platform performance to resolve bottlenecks.
  • Plan and execute database upgrades, patching, and long-term upgrade strategies.
  • Diagnose and resolve database issues in production and development environments.
  • Support development teams by troubleshooting database-related problems.
  • Collaborate with production, development, and infrastructure teams to identify and resolve issues.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a Galera or Percona Cluster Database Administrator in a production environment.
  • Deep understanding of MySQL database architecture, administration, and performance tuning.
  • Hands-on experience with Galera or Percona Cluster.
  • Experience with data migration, backup and restore, recovery, performance issues, blocking, and deadlocks.
  • Experience implementing and monitoring MySQL clusters for high availability in mission-critical environments.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Perl for automation tasks.
  • Deep knowledge of one or more UNIX-like operating systems on the server side.
  • Experience with database security, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Familiarity with version control systems such as Git for database configurations and scripts.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred but not required.
  • Experience in FinTech or financial services is advantageous.
  • Experience with PCI DSS or PCI 3DS certification processes is advantageous.
  • Familiarity with Aurora DB and Global Databases is advantageous.
  • Experience with FreeBSD is advantageous.
  • Experience with ZFS is advantageous.

Benefits

  • Flexible hours.
  • Remote work.
  • Plenty of growth opportunities.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technology and leaders in the field.
  • Quick and seamless hiring process.
  • Inclusive and diverse workforce with local Employment Equity consideration for South Africa-based roles.

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