Sr. Lead MySQL DBA

• IPsoft is a global autonomic services provider, delivering Managed Services, Platform-as-a-Service, Automation-as-a-Service and Autonomic Cloud Orchestration. The company’s mission is to power the world with expert systems.

• IPsoft leverages advanced autonomics that remediate, on average, more than 56 percent of IT Operations tasks including: event management, incident management, change management, request fulfillment and standard operating procedures. We globally support a wide range of enterprise customers, service providers and telecommunications companies. IPsoft’s autonomic technologies enable clients to realize lowered costs, reduced human errors and enhanced service levels.

• Headquartered in New York City, IPsoft has operations in 10 countries across North America, Europe and Asia. IPsoft aims to be a true partner helping businesses achieve better outcomes.

Role Overview:

• This position plays a critical role in supporting existing data systems and implementing new ones. This position will require you to work with multiple technical groups in helping them use MySQL databases in developing and supporting software solutions. The role also includes production support for MySQL, PostgreSQL and Mongodb databases.

Responsibilities:

• Perform database administration activities to support all phases of development, testing and production

• Incident Management, Problem Management support for Clients

• Design, develop and deploy data systems

• Design, develop and manage cloud infrastructure

• Support existing data infrastructure to manage data in several database environments

• Design, develop and manage next generation of cloud infrastructure

• Perform periodic review and confirm database security controls are correctly implemented

• Routine tasks include database design, creation, maintenance, backup/recovery, and performance tuning

• Create & review database metrics for capacity planning, performance tuning, and operational efficiencies

Technical Skills:

• Strong working experience with Linux and MySQL

• Strong working experience with MySQL (v5+) DBA and Development technologies

• Experience with Postgresql, MongoDB and other open source and Nosql database

• Expert in developing and tuning SQL

• Experience in one or more scripting languages; Python, Perl, Shell, Ruby

• Experience in cloud based server administration

• Experience is agile development environments is plus

• Experience in reporting and data mining technologies is a plus

• Knowledge with Java development is a plus

• Knowledge with Nagios or other monitoring tools

• Experience in reporting and data mining technologies is a plus

• Knowledge with Java development is a plus

• Knowledge with Nagios or other monitoring tools

Required Background:

• Minimum 5 years of experience managing MySQL DB servers including replication, performance management, backup, and recovery

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information System or equivalent experience

• Passionate about data and making sense out of data

• Ability to quickly learn new concepts and technologies and adapt to changing needs

• Organized, detail oriented and capable of working independently with minimal supervision

• Strong analytical and organizational skills and attention to detail

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary

• Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance and Vision Care 

• Life Insurance

• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance 

• 401(k) Plan

• Flexible Spending Accounts: Health Care, Dependent Care, Transit

• Paid Time Off Bank