Contact: Carl.Coppadge at corp.aol.com or AIM: carlcoppadge11

Location: Dulles, VA

MySQL Database Administrator

AOL’s People Networks Operations, which operates AIM and ICQ, has an opening for a Sr. MySQL Database Administrator. This position would be responsible for managing large, highly scaled production MySQL databases as well as pre-production (QA/Dev/Staging) environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• All aspects of MySQL deployment, operation,and design to ensure high reliability and performance
• Collaborate with developers and architects to create high-performance, cost-effective designs
• Participate in an on-call rotation as part of a 24×7 operations team to resolve urgent production issues
• Ensuring data integrity with good process and a keen eye for detecting errors and misuses of data

  Desired Skills for this Position:

• Knowledge of database architecture concepts as well as MySQL-specific implementations
• Significant experience with MySQL in a high-volume production environment
• Experience with open source ETL packages and methods for large scale data migration
• Diverse technical background with awareness of concepts in networking, Linux, and storage
• Bachelor-level degree in Engineering, Computing, or Sciences orequivalent experience
• Replication: managing replication delay, scaling replication throughput, and designing resilient systems
• Configuration: tuning InnoDB, managing memory usage, and tuning file systems for maximum throughput
• Reliability: backups under load, failover strategies, and recovery from replication issues
• MySQL: familiarity with Percona and Google patches

  Our perfect candidate can manage many rapidly changing projects while maintaining professionalism and poise. Our environment is both highly exciting and highly demanding — those who thrive here adopt a “work smarter, not harder” attitude.