Database Administrator III
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Staff Database Administrator
Wikimedia Foundation
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $134,133 - $208,254 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
CassandraLAMPLinuxMariaDBMySQLOpen SourcePHPPythonRedisSQLSwift
About the role
- Ensure the health and performance of Wikimedia’s production relational database systems
- Deploy, maintain and troubleshoot relational database systems
- Design, implement, manage and automate replication topologies
- Consult in the design of database schemas and queries
- Monitor, debug and optimize database query performance
- Improve observability of database infrastructure
- Capacity and infrastructure planning
- Automation of common database management workflows
- Enable the reliable generation and timely restoration of database backups
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation
Requirements
- Advanced level of experience with MariaDB or MySQL database administration
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and query/schema optimization
- Experience with debugging query performance and schema design
- Experience with high traffic and highly available website architectures and operations
- Experience with MySQL high availability and replication management tooling
- Knowledge of Linux and IO/data storage concepts
- 6+ years experience in a hands-on DBA role
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
- Wellness programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
MariaDBMySQLSQLdatabase administrationquery optimizationschema designhigh availabilityreplication managementLinuxdata storage
Soft skills
troubleshootingconsultingmonitoringdebuggingcapacity planningautomationobservabilityreliabilitycommunicationteam collaboration
