Remote Senior MySQL DBA & Platform Reliability Lead

Partnerize

Newark (NJ)

Remote

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off
Enhanced parental leave
Regular company events
Health & welfare benefits
401k plan – 4% match
Wellness program

Job summary

Partnerize is seeking a seasoned Database Engineer to own the database stack end-to-end, including daily operations, backups, performance tuning, and security. You will lead upgrades, migrations and system improvements across on-premise and cloud environments, while mentoring engineers and coordinating with product and development teams.

You will thrive in a fully remote role, collaborating with teams in the US and UK, and you will drive technical excellence, reliability, and scalable data

Qualifications

  • Advanced MySQL administration in production, on-premise or cloud.
  • Independent owner for large SaaS database infrastructure.
  • Experience with high availability and replication (GTID, failovers).
  • Knowledge of database monitoring patterns and tools.
  • Expertise in query tuning and schema optimization.
  • Experience with upgrades, migrations, and automation (Python/Bash).
  • Database security, encryption, access control and backups.

Responsibilities

  • Own day-to-day database operations, backups, and performance tuning.
  • Design and secure underlying Linux servers supporting databases.
  • Plan and deliver large upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime.
  • Mentor engineers and share best practices.
  • Collaborate with development, product owners, and IT.

Skills

MySQL administration
Linux administration
Replication & HA
Query optimization
Scripting (Python/Bash)
Disaster recovery planning
Monitoring
Stakeholder communication
Mentorship
Security & compliance

Tools

Ansible
Kubernetes
GitLab
Jira
Confluence
Prometheus
Grafana
PMM
Snowflake
Apache Druid

Job description

Partnerize is seeking a seasoned Database Engineer to own the database stack end-to-end, including daily operations, backups, performance tuning, and security. You will lead upgrades, migrations and system improvements across on-premise and cloud environments, while mentoring engineers and coordinating with product and development teams.

You will thrive in a fully remote role, collaborating with teams in the US and UK, and you will drive technical excellence, reliability, and scalable data

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