Senior MySQL Architect - Remote USA | HA/DR & Performance

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartRecruiters, Inc. is seeking an experienced Oracle MySQL Database Architect to design scalable MySQL architectures and drive performance tuning in production environments.

This role offers remote work within the USA and requires hands-on expertise in replication, HA/DR, backups, and migrations. Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to ensure best practices, monitor health and security, and troubleshoot complex production issues.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of MySQL DBA/architecture experience.
• Hands-on MySQL installation, configuration, upgrades, migrations.
• Experience in replication, HA/DR, backups and recovery.
• Strong Linux/Unix knowledge and cloud experience (AWS/Azure) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable MySQL database architectures.
• Provide hands-on MySQL installation, configuration, upgrades, and migrations.
• Perform database performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Design and manage HA, replication, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams on database design.
• Monitor database health, capacity, security, and availability.
• Troubleshoot complex production database issues.

Skills

MySQL Database Administration

Query optimization

Performance tuning

HA/DR design

Replication

Linux/Unix

AWS/Azure

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Job description

SmartRecruiters, Inc. is seeking an experienced Oracle MySQL Database Architect to design scalable MySQL architectures and drive performance tuning in production environments.

This role offers remote work within the USA and requires hands-on expertise in replication, HA/DR, backups, and migrations. Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to ensure best practices, monitor health and security, and troubleshoot complex production issues.