Senior MySQL DBA — Scale Massive Datasets in Hybrid Role

impact.com; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

RSUs and equity grants

Flexible PTO and parental leave

Coursera access

Job summary

impact.com is seeking a Database Administrator to manage high-volume data processing across MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, and ClickHouse clusters. You will optimize queries, monitor performance, and develop robust backup strategies while collaborating with development teams.

The role emphasizes scalable architectures, capacity planning, and experience with ProxySQL and cloud environments. A strong scripting background is required, with a focus on reliability and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a quantitative field or related experience.
• 3+ years as a production Database Administrator.
• 4+ years experience with MySQL/Percona on AWS RDS, Aurora, or CloudSQL.
• 2+ years with Postgres and with ClickHouse.
• Experience with ProxySQL, Orchestrator, and backups.
• 3+ years writing Linux shell scripts, Python, or Perl.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support multiple MySQL database clusters.
• Administer and support sharded MySQL clusters.
• Manage capacity planning and usage; proactive monitoring.
• Query optimization and performance tuning.
• Develop backup and recovery procedures for DB clusters (MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, ClickHouse).
• Collaborate with developers during schema design and application lifecycle.

Skills

MySQL

PostgreSQL

ClickHouse

ProxySQL

Shell scripting

Python

Linux

Cloud SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

ClickHouse

Job description

impact.com is seeking a Database Administrator to manage high-volume data processing across MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, and ClickHouse clusters. You will optimize queries, monitor performance, and develop robust backup strategies while collaborating with development teams.

The role emphasizes scalable architectures, capacity planning, and experience with ProxySQL and cloud environments. A strong scripting background is required, with a focus on reliability and efficiency.