Junior Database Administrator, MySQL

The company

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The position

This hire will own performance tuning, high availability and restore testing for our core business systems. Tamarackpath IT is looking for another Junior Database Administrator, MySQL to keep our SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases backed up, patched, fast and secure. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET.

What you'll do

• Manage backups and run regular restore tests against RPO and RTO targets.
• Document configurations, runbooks and disaster recovery procedures.
• Plan capacity for storage, memory and CPU growth.
• Respond to after-hours database incidents on a rotating schedule.
• Automate maintenance with PowerShell, SQL Agent jobs or Bash.
• Install, configure and patch SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL or MySQL instances.

About you

• 1+ years of hands-on database administration experience.
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Familiarity with SAN storage and VMware virtualization basics.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery setups.

Perks and benefits

Pay: UGX 2,700,000 - UGX 3,100,000 a month

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Paid time off.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Uganda.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Tamarackpath IT.