Junior Database Administrator (MySQL)

No call center and no offshore help desk. When clients call, one of us picks up. We started in 2019 and have grown to about 39 people. Lunch is usually whatever is closest to the client site.

We need a Junior Database Administrator (MySQL). This is a contract position based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Database Services team supports about 200 production databases. We need someone who can handle both daily operations and longer projects. Hybrid: two days in the office in Cleveland, the rest from home.

In this role you will

• Support audits with evidence for encryption, access reviews and backup retention
• Tune queries, indexes and statistics using execution plans and Query Store
• Manage backups and run regular restore tests against RPO and RTO targets
• Migrate databases to Amazon RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL
• Respond to after-hours database incidents on a rotating schedule
• Install, configure and patch SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL or MySQL instances

Required qualifications

• Familiarity with SAN storage and VMware virtualization basics
• Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends for maintenance windows
• Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash or Python
• Proven query and index tuning ability

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Hybrid work

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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