Senior MySQL & Cloud DB Engineer (Remote)

Relx Plc; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

RELX plc is seeking a Senior DBA II to manage large-scale MySQL production environments and design resilient, multi-region database architectures. The role emphasizes automation, cloud infrastructure, and strong collaboration with DevOps and engineering teams.

Candidates should bring deep MySQL and reliability engineering experience, plus proficiency in cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and observability tools. This position offers remote work within the USA and nationwide opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience as a MySQL DBA or Reliability Engineer.
• Deep knowledge of MySQL replication, HA/DR, backup/recovery, security, and performance tuning.
• Experience supporting cloud database platforms in Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong automation and scripting skills (Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform).
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices (GitHub Actions).
• Knowledge of observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Familiarity with SRE principles, SLIs/SLOs and incident post-mortems.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize MySQL databases in large-scale production environments.
• Design and support highly available, disaster recovery, and multi-region database architectures.
• Perform database upgrades, patching, backup/recovery, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Build automation and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and scripting tools.
• Support cloud-hosted databases in Azure and AWS environments.
• Implement monitoring, observability, incident response, and root cause analysis processes.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve database reliability, CI/CD, and cloud modernization.
• Participate in on-call rotations and production support.

Skills

MySQL replication

Database reliability

Cloud platforms

Automation with Python

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Observability tools

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Grafana

Datadog

ELK

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

Job description

RELX plc is seeking a Senior DBA II to manage large-scale MySQL production environments and design resilient, multi-region database architectures. The role emphasizes automation, cloud infrastructure, and strong collaboration with DevOps and engineering teams.

Candidates should bring deep MySQL and reliability engineering experience, plus proficiency in cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and observability tools. This position offers remote work within the USA and nationwide opportunities.