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# MySQL DBA

- **Company:** Ascii Group, LLC
- **Location:** Englewood Cliffs, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $104,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Databases, Database Queries, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Performance Tuning, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Redis, Ansible, Scripting, System Availability, Database Optimization, Cloudformation
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/85895635-18fb-4251-a290-571018f5e8f7

## About the Role

We are looking for an experienced MySQL DBA with 6-8 years of hands-on experience in MySQL database administration and Linux/Red Hat environments. The candidate will be responsible for installation, configuration, upgrades, performance tuning, replication, high availability, backup/recovery, and troubleshooting of MySQL databases across on-premises and AWS environments. Experience with AWS RDS/Aurora, Redis, PostgreSQL, monitoring tools, automation, and scripting is preferred. Candidates must be comfortable working 100% onsite in Englewood Cliffs, NJ and participating in F2F evaluation.

## Description

· Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain MySQL databases.

· Manage replication and high-availability environments.

· Perform database performance tuning and optimization.

· Manage backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.

· Administer MySQL on Linux/Red Hat and AWS environments.

· Monitor database health, performance, and capacity.

· Work with developers to optimize schemas and complex queries.

· Automate DBA tasks using Shell/Python, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

Must Have Skills

· MySQL DBA

· Linux/Red Hat

· Performance Tuning


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