Sr. MySQL Database Administrator - Chicago OR Denver - Onsite

Job Summary

Free Wheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.

Founded by a team of executives from the world’s leading technology companies, Free Wheel is building the media operations platform for the unified television market. Companies including ABC, AOL, DIRECTV, ESPN and NBC Universal depend on our robust advertising management/ monetization platform, leverage our private marketplace for premium television inventory, and seek out our advisory services, so they can generate revenue from their ad supported content.

We’re adding to our dynamic team of energetic and creative thinkers who enjoy coming to work everyday …because they get to do something great!

Free Wheel is seeking a Database Administrator who will report to the Operations DBA Manager to assist in managing databases that support critical line‑of‑business applications. This individual will own critical changes to production databases in collaboration with the Engineering team, offering guidance and ensuring seamless coordination of these changes while maintaining a high Service Level Objective (99.99% uptime, etc.) commitment. In addition to the technical responsibilities, the ideal candidate should be a valuable team member who is open to giving and receiving recommendations regarding the design of the production environment.

Lastly, this role requires adherence to all global DBA team conventions, processes, guidelines, priorities, cadences, tooling, etc., and providing support for all requirements from the US side ENG (and other stakeholders), executing key projects, handling BAU tasks, being on‑call, and bridging the gap between the different teams from different locations.

• Safely execute all database changes in compliance with release protocols, while addressing ad‑hoc requests from cross‑functional teams across global locations.
• Proactively optimize database performance, stability, security, and cost efficiency, including upstream/downstream application tuning.
• Review and implement database changes such as:
  • Data updates
  • Index tuning
  • Parameter adjustments
  • Schema migrations
  • Capacity planning
  • Application‑level enhancements
• Drive database architecture evolution, including topology design, engine/feature adoption, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), consistency strategies, and upgrade planning.
• Enforce data governance and security policies, and support implementation of DB‑related processes and enhancements.
• Continuously monitor and optimize database cost through data‑driven analysis and industry best practices.
• Design, implement, and enhance monitoring and alerting systems to support both BAU operations and project initiatives.
• Build and maintain automation tools, services, and portals to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
• Provide on‑call support on rotation to ensure database service meets SLA/SLO requirements.

• Experience with end‑to‑end database management experience, including installation, monitoring, performance tuning, backup/recovery, replication, and HA/DR solutions.
• MySQL expertise is required.
• Eager to expand your expertise to new database technologies as required by Free Wheel’s evolving business needs.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix systems (e.g., Rocky Linux, Red Hat, Debian, CentOS) is a plus.
• Familiar with cloud platforms, especially AWS or OCI.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana/Kibana, ELK, Nagios.
• Comfortable working with geographically distributed systems across WAN environments.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot, design, and build fault‑tolerant systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Free Wheel offers a dynamic, flexible work environment with competitive…