Database Administrator

Perry Systems is looking for an experienced Database Administrator to lead our team! As a Database Administrator at our company, you will be responsible for designing, testing, planning, implementing, protecting, operating, managing and maintaining our company's databases. 

Main Responsibilities:

Database Management:

 

• Monitor database performance, conduct regular performance tuning, and optimize queries for maximum efficiency.
• Install, configure, and upgrade database software and related tools.
• Develop and implement database backup and recovery strategies to ensure data reliability and minimize downtime.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks, such as database backups, index rebuilding, and statistics gathering.
• Manage and optimize databases to ensure the availability and reliability of critical actual and future processes to ensure optimization and best practices.
• Apply any coding recommendations and optimizations.

Data Security and Compliance:

 

• Develop and implement data security policies, procedures, and best practices to protect sensitive information.

Performance Optimization and Troubleshooting:

 

• Identify and resolve database performance issues, such as slow queries, inefficient indexing, or resource contention.
• Conduct database capacity planning to anticipate future storage and performance needs.
• Implement and maintain database monitoring tools to proactively identify and resolve issues.

Documentation and Reporting:

 

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of database systems, including schema, configurations, and standard operating procedures.

Generate regular reports on database performance, usage, and security compliance for management and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

 

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of proven work experience as a Data Base Administrator, specifically in MySQL.
• Strong knowledge of database management systems, such as MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server.
• Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries and optimizing database performance.
• Knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure.
• Bilingual: knowledge of business English, written and reading.

Working hours:

Flexible with focus on NY timezone.