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Minneapolis MN (In-Person) Duration: 6+ months Top Three Skills: 1. 3+ years of experienced in MySQL performance tuning and database administration/support 2. In depth knowledge of MySQL Internal ...

Experience with MySQL performance tuning. * Experience with backup and recovery processes. * Experience with AWS cloud services preferred. * Experience with Grafana or CloudWatch beneficial.

... performance tuning skill on Oracle Database ,must be able to read and interpret AWR report and ... an expert . - Must have some work experience on PL/SQL and SQL tunning . -Able to work with ...

Job Title: MySQL DBA Location: Remote - USA We are seeking an experienced MySQL Database ... Monitor database performance and perform query optimization, indexing, and tuning. * Manage ...

... recovery, and performance tuning Create & review database metrics for capacity planning ... Expert in developing and tuning SQL Experience in one or more scripting languages; Python, Perl ...

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The ideal candidate will have strong experience with MySQL upgrades, AWS RDS and Aurora, database migration methods, high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and production support.

Expert-level knowledge of MySQL databases, including performance monitoring and tuning * Expert-level knowledge of SQL language (MySQL) * AWS knowledge (especially Aurora DB) * Good command of the ...

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MySQL DBA in Hoffman Estates, IL, 60179

Hoffman Estates, IL • On-site

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Role: MySQL DBA

Location: Hoffman Estates, IL, 60179

Duration: 12+months contract

Looking for a consultant with the ability to setup MySQL master/slave replication and automated backup and performance tuning.

Consultant must have experience with MYSQL database administration which includes:

SQL tuning, performance tuning, database administration, backup and recovery, User creation and management, use of MySQL enterprise monitor for monitoring and tuning databases

1. Environment size: 4 production DB servers, 2 DB servers.

2. Users: Team of about 10 devs

3. Version of MySQL: 5.5 and 5.6 (I recommend they upgrade)

4. Development vs Administration: 80% dev, 20% dba

5. Issues: SQL performance, training devs on best practices

6. What's most important for this role: solid understanding of MySQL performance and ability to communicate with dev team.

7. How many on the team? Is this the sole MySQL DBA? Only 1 DBA, but he/she works closely with devs.

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