Senior MySQL Database Administrator

Senior MySQL DBA

 

Since its inception in 2002, World Avenue has been a leading provider of performance-based interactive marketing solutions, specializing in lead generation and customer acquisition.  Privately owned, profitable, debt free and rapidly expanding, World Avenue makes its headquarters in beautiful suburban Sunrise, just fifteen miles from the Fort Lauderdale Beach!

 

If you want to be challenged, love to be busy, then make your next career move to World Avenue!

 

As we continue to grow, so do our staffing needs.  World Avenue is seeking a MySQL DBA. This position is responsible for leading a team of database administrators and maintaining the integrity and security of internal servers and systems by performing the following duties.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

- Ensures the database environment is designed and managed to meet business and IT demands for availability, performance and manageability

- Ensures implementation of industry best practices in systems administration.

- Serves as the point of contact for advanced level troubleshooting issues, and performs hands-on systems administration as required.

- Manages lower level database administrators.

- Involved in application development projects to evolve the database architecture and design.

- Monitors database operations.

- Analyzes and responds to performance and other maintenance issues.

- Inventories and documents forms, reports, notices, etc.

- Participates in the creation of development, staging &  production database instances, and the migration of those instances from one environment to another.

- Tests and corrects errors and refines changes.

- Tunes the performance of all the staging and production database instances.

- Performs back-up and recovery.

- Plans and executes disaster recovery.

- Performs complex query development.

- Other duties that are within education and experience or the incumbent may be assigned for the betterment of the company.

 

JOB SPECIFICATIONS
-  Demonstrated exceptional database design and SQL programming skills to perform data

troubleshooting and data manipulation tasks.

- Administering of InnoDB and MyISAM table types.

- Experience with MYSQL replication.

- Experience with multi-master clustering (HA).

- Experience with MYSQL  performance tuning and optimization. (query optimization, index tuning, caching and buffer tuning).

- Experience with data profiling, meta data analysis, data modeling and relational schema design.

- Ability to troubleshoot problems in person, over the phone, or via email.

- Solid understanding and experience in disaster recovery, planning and implementation.

- Experience with backup and recovery process.

- Knowledge/experience creating automated reports using perl a plus.

- Must have hands on experience in Linux.

- Attention to detail.

- Ability to diagnose and resolve a broad range of technical problems.

- Strong teamwork, leadership and collaboration skills.

- Strong communication skills are necessary for interaction with other teams and departments.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

BS degree in Computer Science or related field from four-year college or university; and 5-7 years minimum MYSQL experience.

 

 

Our company provides an excellent benefits package and highly competitive compensation. The salary for this position will be commensurate with experience and the demands of the position. This position is also eligible for a performance related quarterly bonus.



Interested candidates, please submit a cover letter, resume and salary.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer that affords equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.

 

DISCLAIMER

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, behavior and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions