MySQL Aurora Database Architect

Acunor; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Acunor is seeking a skilled MySQL Aurora Database Administrator for a long-term contract in Charlotte, NC. The ideal candidate will manage, monitor, and optimize AWS Aurora MySQL databases, ensuring performance, security, and compliance. In addition to hands-on database administration, the candidate will need strong communication skills, especially in managing offshore teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in MySQL database administration.
• Hands-on experience managing AWS Aurora MySQL clusters.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery strategies.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and manage MySQL Aurora database clusters in AWS.
• Analyze database performance and optimize queries.
• Monitor database health and backups.

Skills

Database Administration

Performance Tuning

Monitoring and Maintenance

Security and Compliance

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

MySQL Monitoring tools

Job description

Please take a moment to review the job description below. If you find it aligns with your skills and interests, I’d appreciate it if you could send me your updated resume along with your contact details to discuss this opportunity at [e-mail]

Location: Charlotte, NC

Long term contract

Note: Need a Senior candidate Architect level who can manage offshore team and has very strong communication skills.

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled MySQL Aurora Database Administrator to manage, monitor, and optimize our AWS Aurora MySQL database environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in database administration, performance tuning, security, and high availability setups. You will work closely with development, operations, and architecture teams to ensure the smooth operation of our database systems, meeting business requirements and maintaining system integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Database Administration:

• Install, configure, and manage MySQL Aurora database clusters in AWS.

• Perform database upgrades, patches, and migrations as required.

2. Performance Tuning and Optimization:

• Analyze database performance and implement tuning measures.

• Optimize queries, indexes, and schema designs for improved efficiency.

3. Monitoring and Maintenance:

• Monitor database health and performance using Enterprise monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Performance Insights, PMM, MEM, Performance Schema).

• Implement business and environment continuity procedures, regular backups & restore processes, and disaster recovery procedures.

• Maintain proper DB health through regular index and table maintenance, data archiving and various reliability related tasks

4. High Availability and Scalability:

• Design and maintain fault-tolerant and highly available database solutions using Aurora replicas and other AWS features.

• Support auto-scaling and other Aurora scaling configurations.

5. Security and Compliance:

• Ensure database environments meet security and compliance standards.

• Implement access controls, encryption, and secure configurations.

• Work closely with infrastructure and shared services teams, networking, system admins, etc. including other DBA teams

• Work closely with DevOps and development teams to integrate databases with CI/CD pipelines.

• Provide technical support for database-related issues in production and non-production environments.

7. Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for database configurations, processes, and changes.

• Provide regular status updates and performance reports to stakeholders.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

• 5+ years of experience in MySQL database administration.

• Hands-on experience managing AWS Aurora MySQL clusters.

• Strong knowledge of database design, indexing, query optimization, monitoring and tuning.

• Experience with MySQL Monitoring tools such as MySQL EM, PMM or MySQL Performance Schema based monitoring and tuning.

• Proficiency in AWS services related to RDS.

• Experience with high availability, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Familiarity with database security best practices, including encryption and access control.

• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell) for automation tasks.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of other AWS databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Redshift) or RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL).

• Experience with enterprise monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, Zabbix, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.

• Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native architectures.

• AWS Certified Database – Specialty or other relevant AWS certifications.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development, Consulting, and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting, Business Consulting and Services, and Insurance

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