Job Description :
Position: Couchbase DBA
Location:- Houston TX
Contract Duration:- 12+ Month
Database Administrator - Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity/Replication
In this role, you will be part of a talented database operations team looking to add a Database Administrator to our team to assist, maintain, and progressively improve the existing database infrastructure; also support DR and business continuity initiatives, and contribute to the overall technical capability of the team.
Responsibilities
Manage primary and replica databases across multiple data centers
Document policies, procedures, and technical standards related to disaster recovery planning and execution
Work with engineering and operations teams to define multi-data center replication strategy
Essential Database Administration – install, configure, upgrade, back up, and monitor databases
Serve as point-of-contact for any defined database questions regarding performance, security, or ongoing maintenance
Automate and script DBA tasks
Work with application developers and systems engineers to troubleshoot and optimize queries, and performance bottlenecks for current and future implementations
Engagement with Linux administration/operations and virtualization engineers
Integrate instances with enterprise monitoring and alerting tools
Outages and alert response to ensure availability of database and infrastructure
Refine processes to improve high performance and high availability
Create instrumentation/monitoring solutions to gain insight into existing application and database performance and to understand emerging issues
Maintain and create automation and deployment software and tools
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
4-8 years of experience in MySQL database management and scripting in a professional environment.
Recent experience implementing multilayer, high-availability replication topologies
Exposure to NoSQL platforms and conceptual understanding
3+ years of experience in one or more of: PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, C, C++, C#, JavaScript
Understand virtualization and creating performant virtualized environments
Ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Some experience with Database sharing and partitioning
Experience with Linux is required
Experience with database backup, restore and recovery models
Excellent written and verbal communication skills