Onsite NJ MySQL DBA – Cloud, Replication & Tuning

Centraprise; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Centraprise is seeking a skilled MySQL DBA to join our Englewood Cliffs, NJ onsite team. You will own provisioning, tuning, and operational support for MySQL environments, including AWS RDS/Aurora, Linux servers, and replication.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on experience, strong scripting skills, and a mindset for reliability and security. You will collaborate with DevOps and development teams to ensure high availability and performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on MySQL DBA experience.
• Strong Linux administration skills.
• Experience with AWS RDS and AWS cloud services.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis databases.
• Familiarity with MongoDB and CI/CD workflows.
• Ability to work with DevOps and application teams.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain MySQL 5.7/8.0 on Linux.
• Perform database performance tuning, slow query analysis, and index optimization.
• Manage backups using mysqldump and Percona XtraBackup.
• Configure and support MySQL replication (Master–Slave, GTID).
• Work on high availability setups (MySQL Cluster, InnoDB Cluster, Galera).
• Maintain and optimize AWS-hosted databases: EC2 MySQL instances, AWS RDS/Aurora MySQL.
• Troubleshoot database performance, latency, and resource issues.
• Patching, upgrades, and engine maintenance.
• Implement and manage user access, privileges, and security best practices.
• Collaborate with DevOps and application teams for schema changes and deployments.
• Participate in on‑call rotation for production support.

Skills

MySQL

Linux

AWS RDS

PostgreSQL

Redis

MongoDB

CICD

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

PMM

Grafana

Prometheus

Datadog

Job description

Centraprise is seeking a skilled MySQL DBA to join our Englewood Cliffs, NJ onsite team. You will own provisioning, tuning, and operational support for MySQL environments, including AWS RDS/Aurora, Linux servers, and replication.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on experience, strong scripting skills, and a mindset for reliability and security. You will collaborate with DevOps and development teams to ensure high availability and performance.