This is a remote role, so you can be located anywhere in the world. All you need is a decent, stable internet connection.
What Have You Done
Good hands-on knowledge of both MySQL and InnoDB
Be a skilled with some of the MySQL ecosystem of tools and technologies
Knowledgeable about performance tuning, query optimization, & index tuning
Know-how of backup solutions such as Xtrabackup, mydumper, etc, and also of Point-in-Time-Recovery
Some experience with high-availability solutions (replication, routers, proxies, etc)
Exposure and practice with zero-downtime procedures
Good understanding of monitoring requirements
Demonstrable experience in administering Linux-based systems
Ability to troubleshoot methodically, identifying and applying fixes for known errors, and when necessary, capacity to think outside of the box to resolve complex issues
Self-taught and enthused to grow your skill set with new technologies as the industry continues to evolve
Availability to travel for the occasional team meeting, conference or customer visit
Experience working with customers in English
Very desirable to have related Kubernetes knowledge
What Would Make You Stand Out
Experience working in SLA-bound operations
OpenSource Community contributions (could be a blog)
Good practice with working over screen-sharing/phone
Galera / XtraDB Cluster / ProxySQL / Orchestrator
Cloud Services such as AWS and RDS, Azure, GCP
Percona Monitoring & Management (PMM) and other monitoring tools
Configuration management solutions such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef
Percona Toolkit suite
MySQL DBA professional certifications
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
MyRocks
Kubernetes / OpenShift / Docker
Advanced Linux troubleshooting tools (gdb, perf, strace, bpftrace, tcpdump, etc)
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Why Percona?
At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely, by providing the best open source database software, support, and services. We make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB.
Percona is proud to be a remote-only and globally dispersed workforce – we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.
Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also have benefits that support a healthy work/life balance such as The Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility. We also support being socially responsible through our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology.
If you love the idea of working with a high-growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a leader in the open-source database space, let’s talk!
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