Database Administrator, Cloud
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Job Description
Remote Database Administrator providing expert-level DBA services and automating tasks for global customers. Collaborating remotely with customers on database monitoring and performance optimization.
Responsibilities:
- Perform DBA activities remotely with customers around the world
- Automate various DBA tasks
- Set up monitoring and other activities on customer servers
- Perform periodic health checks and reports on customer systems
- Participate in the community by blogging and other social media
- Help the MariaDB team build tools and enhancements around MariaDB
- Help improve practices and common methodologies for the Remote DBA team
- Ability to be on call as needed to guarantee customer SLAs
- Manage SkySQL customers across cloud environments
- Provide coverage during designated schedule
- Tues-Sat or Sun-Thurs shift preferred
- Ability to travel internationally for company-related meetings
Requirements:
- Passion for serving customers and solving technical problems
- Experience with MariaDB/MySQL and surrounding tools
- Knowledge of SQL query writing and optimization
- Knowledge of database design, administration, development or architecture
- Understanding of various high availability environments and technologies
- Very strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Tenacity with regard to customer communication & follow-up
- Comfortable working remotely (equipment provided)
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
- Experience with some sort of columnar database platform
- Previous usage of database proxying technology
Benefits:
- 25 days paid annual leave (plus holidays)
- Very competitive compensation package
- Equipment provided




















