MySQL Database Administrator C2C Sunnyvale, CA or Austin, TX
Listed on 2026-06-17
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IT/Tech
Database Administrator, Systems Administrator, IT Consultant, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations
MySQL Database Administrator
Sunnyvale, CA or Austin, TX (5x/ week onsite) – 6-12+ months C2H
MySQL Database Administrator responsible for managing MySQL databases across production, staging, and development environments. The DBA handles installation, configuration, upgrades, monitoring, performance tuning, backup and recovery, replication, high availability, security, and troubleshooting. The position also involves optimizing slow queries, tuning indexes and memory, managing replication setups and failover, enforcing access control and security policies, and using monitoring tools such as MySQL Enterprise Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Knowledge of backup tools like mysqldump, mysqlpump, and Percona Xtra Backup is important. In addition, the DBA works closely with developers, Dev Ops, and infrastructure teams to support schema design and query optimization. Automation skills in Shell, Python, or Ansible are considered a plus.
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