We are growing our Infrastructure team in Romania, so we are hiring a Database Administrator who will work closely with application and solution architects to design data services that are scalable, reliable and highly available to customers and internal business users. This position will be also responsible for the day-to-day production MySQL database administration tasks including maintenance, troubleshooting, scaling, tuning, optimization, installation, upgrades, backup/recovery, and data migration across multiple data centers and multiple database server architectures/systems.

What you’ll do:

Perform throughput and capacity analysis
Review and approve database changes
Advise development team regarding best RDBMS practices and patterns
Define, implement, and manage replication, backup and failover procedures
Optimize our existing applications SQL and related schemas
Maintain and synchronize database schemas between environments
Troubleshoot and resolve production database issues
Ensure the ongoing performance, security, and availability of databases
Profile server resource usage, optimizing and tweaking as necessary
Maintain database design/release documentation

What you need to apply:

Experience designing for large scale, highly available, fault tolerant data management systems in a dynamic environment.
Understanding of MySQL's underlying storage engines, such as InnoDB and MyISAM, and the caveats of each
Ability to quickly learn and comprehend existing complex systems infrastructures
Current knowledge of industry trends and technology advancements in data management
Ability to clearly articulate business and technical issues with senior management, peers, and outside parties (e.g. vendors, partners)
Strong administration skills with Linux
Strong experience identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks through the optimization of schemas and queries
5+ years of dba experience, with at least 2 with MySQL or derivatives
Expert knowledge in maintaining, building, supporting, tuning, and monitoring production MySQL database servers
High proficiency in all aspects of database administration, including backup/recovery/replication, clustering, advanced performance tuning, and proactive monitoring
Strong understanding of data locking concepts and the different levels of locking in MySQL
Readiness to support environments remotely while on on-call
Keen attention to detail
Good analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
Effective organizational skills
Very good documentation skills

Why you’ll love working with us:

International work environment in an exciting growth phase
Attractive compensation package with annual performance bonus
Trainings and individual development plan
Flexible business hours and work from home
Flexible benefits package with a monthly budget that you can use for different perks like: meal tickets, public transportation refund, travel, various gym subscriptions with 50% discounts, private pension funding, shopping vouchers etc.
Private medical subscription (with 2 different medical providers to choose from)
Bookster subscription
Fruits & coffee at the office