£60K/yr to £65K/yr
Trafford, England
Permanent, Variable

MySQL DBA

Posted by Lorien.

MySQL DBA - Manchester (Hybrid) £65,000 p.a.

This is a great opportunity for a DBA with MySQL or MariaDB experience to work for a well-established Northern organisation with consistent turnover and a high volume user base.

Based in Manchester (2 days a week in office), the role offers £65,000 p.a. with an added annual performance bonus.

Day to day:
You will be working with an established team on everything relating to all databases whether this is infrastructure, performance optimisation, monitoring live databases or working on development of new features.

  • Ensuring the performance, availability, and security of databases
  • Supporting the live system and understanding all elements of the platform
  • Handling common DBA tasks such as upgrades, backup, recovery, migrations etc.
  • Monitoring and managing multiple data replication streams
  • Handling large-scale data transfers, always ensuring performance
  • Resolving issues within agreed SLAs and liaising with Support Desk and Development teams to achieve resolution
  • Carrying out RCA on all new issues
  • Carrying out peer reviews and enabling Release process
  • Writing and executing test plans for all changes
  • Ensuring that solutions and processes are documented to a high standard

Essential Skills and experience:

  • Significant experience as a DBA with previous roles focusing on MySQL or MariaDB
  • Experience in a 24/7, high traffic OLTP environment
  • Strong understanding of database performance monitoring and analysis
  • Working knowledge of RDBMS systems with an emphasis on MySQL
  • Experience in handling database performance optimisation via query or DB optimisation

On offer:

  • Hybrid remote working (2 days a week in Manchester office)
  • Flexible start times (7am-10am)
  • Annual bonus
  • Pension
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay

Interested? Please apply via the link or if you have any questions e-mail

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