Description
MySQL Database Administrator - Contract - London
Square One are looking for a MySQL Database Administrator to come on board for an initial 3 month contract in London.
This is an initial 3 month contract, paying market rates.
Accountable for
- The confidentiality, availability and integrity of IIL data across multiple systems and environments
- The proper configuration of databases across multiple systems and environments
- The timely resolution of any issues affecting the systems for which you are responsible
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
- Designing, deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant database systems
- Manage confidentiality of IIL and customer data, in line with IIL policies and procedures
- System monitoring and remediation in line with customer SLAs
- Develop, maintain and document installation, configuration and maintenance procedures
- Carry out regular system maintenance, patching and backups
- Ensuring that best practices are applied as far as practically possible
Key Skills and Experience
- Percona Server
- Galera Clustering
- MySQL Replication
- Linux server administration
- Python and Bash Scripting
- AWS
- Cassandra
- Elasticsearch
Typical background
- High volume transactional database systems
- Large data sets
- MySQL certification advantageous
- Linux system administration highly beneficial
This is an initial 3 month contract, paying market rates.
MySQL Database Administrator - Contract - London
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to years of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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