Wikimedia Foundation
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
Non-Profit • Free knowledge • Open Source Culture • Internet • Technology
501 - 1000
Senior Database Administrator
September 10
🏡 Remote – Anywhere in California
Wikimedia Foundation
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
Non-Profit • Free knowledge • Open Source Culture • Internet • Technology
501 - 1000
Description
• Responsible for ensuring the health of database systems including availability and performance. • Troubleshooting issues, database maintenance, performance tuning, high availability, replication, backups, and optimization. • Benchmarking and testing new MariaDB and MySQL builds. • Participation in incident response and on-call rotation.
Requirements
• Advanced level of experience with MariaDB or MySQL database administration and replication topologies at scale. • Proficiency in SQL. • Experience with debugging query performance and schema design. • Experience with MySQL high availability and replication management tooling. • Knowledge of Linux and IO/data storage concepts, internals and troubleshooting. • Experience with managing remotely both bare-metal servers and virtualized environments. • 5+ years experience in a hands-on DBA role as part of a team. • Experience with high traffic and highly available website architectures and operations. • Strong English language skills. • Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, as an effective part of a globally distributed team, including ticket tracking systems and asynchronous communication tools. • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Benefits
• Competitive, equitable salaries based on skills and location. • Remote-first organization working across 40+ countries. • Inclusive and diverse workplace culture.
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