W2 Contract- C2H - Fully Remote Position- MYSQL DBA

MYSQL DBA Fully remote-contract to hire Operational maintenance and support of 120+ database instances across 15 environments. Patches, upgrades, proactive/reactive maintenance, supporting the app dev team (performance tuning, SQL dev), war rooms and incident restoration Top skills • Self-motivated with great communication written and verbal as well as time availability to maintain the relationship with India team • Strong proficiency in MySQL database management in managing large scale MySQL databases. 5+ years • Deep understanding of replication and clustering. Experience with replication configuration in MySQL. 5+ years Ideal candidate background: 5+ years of MySQL DBA experience Required skills/attributes • Team is split between US and India. Candidate must be self-motivated with great communication written and verbal as well as time availability to maintain the relationship with India team • Strong proficiency in MySQL database management in managing large scale MySQL databases • Deep understanding of replication and clustering • Experience with replication configuration in MySQL • Good knowledge on MySQL architecture & advanced knowledge on InnoDB internals • Understanding of MySQL’s underlying storage engines, such as InnoDB and other engines • Experience in MySQL installation and upgrade process • Hands on experience with designing and implementing database high availability solution strategies • Experience on backup solutions and strategies • Knowledge of standards and best practices in MySQL • Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements • Knowledge of limitations in MySQL and their workarounds • Experience administering in Linux • Experience in MySQL user management Preferred skills/attributes: • Jenkins pipeline development • UNIX scrip