Open Source DBA - PostgreSQL and MySQL (Replication, Tuning, RCA) for NATO with security clearance
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- Install, configure, maintain and upgrade PostgreSQL 12+ and MySQL 8+, standalone and clustered.
- Run routine maintenance properly - schema housekeeping, index maintenance, statistics, retention.
- Manage users, roles, privileges and authentication on least-privilege lines.
- Forecast storage growth and advise on partitioning and archiving before capacity becomes an incident.
- Troubleshoot production problems: data corruption, replication failures, performance degradation.
- Monitor database health - lock contention, deadlocks, wait events, replication lag, resource use.
- Analyse and optimise query performance, with execution plans and InnoDB tuning as everyday tools.
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Requirements
- Solid production experience on both PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Replication, clustering and recovery experience that has been tested rather than documented.
- Real query optimisation practice on both engines.
- Capacity planning and monitoring instincts.
- The habit of coordinating with application and infrastructure teams rather than around them.
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