Database Administrator

You are an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) with a primary focus on MySQL and Unix/Linux servers. Your role involves ensuring the performance, integrity, and security of databases under your care. As a DBA, you will manage and maintain MySQL databases, ensuring their availability, performance, and security. This includes tasks such as database installations, configurations, upgrades, patches, and monitoring database performance for optimization. Regular database health checks and performance tuning are essential to ensure efficient operation. You will be responsible for implementing and managing backup and recovery strategies to safeguard data integrity. This includes performing regular backups and disaster recovery testing to ensure data availability and resilience. Ensuring database security is a critical aspect of your role. You will implement access controls, encryption, and auditing measures to protect data. Monitoring for potential security vulnerabilities and compliance issues is also part of your responsibilities. In case of database issues, you will diagnose and resolve them promptly, including performance problems and system outages. Providing technical support and guidance to development and operations teams on database-related matters is also expected. Collaborating with development teams to design and implement efficient database architecture and schema based on application requirements will be part of your responsibilities. Your expertise in MySQL database administration, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security practices, SQL, and database query optimization will be crucial. Key Skills & Competencies: - Extensive experience in MySQL database administration - Strong understanding of MySQL performance tuning, backup and recovery, and security practices - Proficiency in SQL and database query optimization - Experience with MySQL replication, clustering, and high-availability setups - Good problem-solving skills and ability to work in a 24-7 rotational shift environment - Excellent communication and documentation skills Qualifications: - Minimum 5 years of experience as a DBA with expertise in MySQL and Unix/Linux Join us at QnQ Pharmacy and contribute your skills to ensure the optimal performance and security of our databases.,