Senior Database Administrator

5+ years operating MariaDB/MySQL in high-volume production environments Strong understanding of high-availability patterns, distributed database behavior, and practical failure scenarios Hands-on experience with database proxies or load-balancing layers Practical experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows Solid cloud, Linux, and networking fundamentals Experience with containers and orchestration platforms Strong security instincts around access control, upgrade processes, and safe operational workflows Observability expertise: monitoring, alerting hygiene, and readiness for incident response Strong communication and collaboration skills

Scale and tune high-throughput MariaDB clusters Strengthen high-availability, disaster-recovery, and backup approaches Reduce manual operational work by building automation Improve observability and alert quality Enhance database security Contribute to modern platform initiatives (containerized environments, IaC) Partner with service teams to drive better performance patterns Participate in on-call rotations