MySQL Database Administrator Job Listing at Robert Half Technology in Chicago, IL

Staffing/Employment

I have an immediate need for a top-tier Database Administrator to fill a direct-hire role with one of my financial services clients.

This role entails the building, support, tuning and monitoring of a robust, high-performance MySQL environment. You will be supporting both the production and non-production systems. In addition to the routine work, you will be analyzing and designing data structures to retain data integrity, setting up clustering for fail-over and managing replication for redundancy. You will be interacting with the Operations, Architecture and Development groups to increase stability, scalability and performance to suit the needs of the business and business unites.

This organization is several years old, 100 people-strong and is quickly becoming one of the all-stars of the proprietary trading community. They offer strong compensation and excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision and Paid Time-Off.

To be considered for this role, you must know or have the following experience:
- 5+ years of Database Administration experience
- 4+ years of DB design, architecture, data modeling and performance tuning.
- 2+ years of MySQL experience
- Experience setting up HA configurations: Replication, Mirroring, Clustering, etc.
- Experience working in a Linux/UNIX environment
- Shell Scripting for task automation
- Ability to communicate with both internal and external users.

Interviews are being conducted immediately. If you are the right fit, I will get you in directly with the CTO. For immediate consideration, please apply online. You may also reach out directly to Peter Giaimo at peter.giaimo@rht.com or 312.616.7974 via phone.