Sr Database Administrator -MySQL/MariaDB

DXC Vietnam
Expired
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eTown 5 Building, 364 Cong Hoa, Tan Binh, Ho Chi Minh
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Top 3 reasons to join us

  • English incentive
  • DXC University for training
  • Onsite opportunity

Job description

**Working from home applicable. Candidates in other provinces may apply.

As a ServiceNow Database Engineer and Administrator, you'll work closely with the ServiceNow development and support teams making sure the service, performance and availability is meeting the demanding needs of our customer base. Working with the ServiceNow team will help develop the understanding of how the application works from an internals perspective and drive the appropriate performance and capacity functions.

Seeking an experienced, self-motivated, and passionate MariaDB/ MySQL engineer to be focused on database design, development, and administration. The individual will work closely with Engineering and Technical Operations teams to build/deploy scalable and highly efficient implementations in our 24x7 environment. Deploying to a real-time transaction processing environment, the ideal candidate will apply a solid understanding of database design principles, indexing design strategies, and robust SQL development skills. Also, that candidate is expected to be a self-starter who can operate well under various situations and types of projects, ranging from a team of one to a team of many.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work with engineering teams on logical/physical database design to support new and existing application development. Maintain data models and keep them current.
• Design and develop schema, indexes, SQL queries, and stored procedures.
• Develop database specifications, data dictionaries, design/coding standards, and complementary documentation.
• Perform problem resolution and root cause analysis along with recommending and implementing preventive techniques.
• Analyze SQL query plans and leverage diagnostic tools to identify performance bottlenecks and take appropriate corrective actions to remediate.
• Commit to achieving 5 9's up-time of all OLTP production databases.
• Ensure all database servers are backed up in a way that meets the business's Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
• Test backups to ensure we can meet the business' Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).
• Conceptualize, plan and design installations in standalone and clustered environments.
• Evaluate the merits/ benefits of available system upgrades and enhancements - implement as necessary.
• Build HA and DR systems using multi-site clusters and replication across geo-diverse data centers.
• Work with Engineering teams and Technical Operations in reviewing and preparing database deployments.
• Identify points of failure for Database technologies, either on-premise or in the cloud, and develop test plans to simulate the failure.
• Be the primary driver for making recommendations to improve database environments related to patching and upgrades, security, performance, and disaster recovery.
• Standardize, automate, and document the setup of development and production database environments.
• Evaluate, build, and configure tools for internal use for supporting software engineering best practices.
• Own and drive improvements for building and releasing scripts, tools, and processes, specifically relating to managing our databases in the cloud.
• Understand and contribute to creating system support documents, operational run books, and building recipes for server configuration.
• Keep abreast of industry best practices, services, and supporting tooling.
• Provide hands-on design, development, and code reviews.
• Work as part of a team and provide after-hours support when required.

** Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Your skills and experience

• 5+ years of experience with database administration, support, optimizations, and monitoring.
• 5+ years of experience as a MySQL DBA in a high volume, high impact transactional environment. Experience with MariaDB would be a plus.
• 5+ years working in a LAMP environment
• Strong knowledge of administering, designing, and deploying MySQL databases, AWS Outpost would be an significant advantage
• Strong knowledge of MySQL/MariaDB engine, query processing, query optimization, locking, etc.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL/MariaDB migrations and upgrades.
• Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements.
• Experience with replication and active-active environments is required.
• Majority of experience must be associated with supporting 24x7 OLTP
• Experience automating the execution and notification of database-related processes and alerts.
• Experience in ServiceNow would be a significant advantage
• Knowledgeable regarding storage systems.
• Experience in automation and testing via scripting/programming
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code principles (repeatable, scalable, resilient).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Why you'll love working here

Why We Are Different?

At DXC Vietnam, we acknowledge that our associates are the greatest asset and we make sure to provide our talents an exciting job and work/life balance.

  • A Great Place to Work: We provide our associates a range of programs in the workplace to help maintain healthy and work life balance (Sport/Tournaments/Yoga, Music Band, etc.).
  • Various Recreation Activities: We offer our associates a great number of recreation activities through-out the year include sports, yoga practices, internal contest, etc. which greatly promote the unity and team spirit (DXC Amazing Race, DXC Got Talent, etc.)
  • Extra Healthcare & Insurance Programs: We wish to bring our associates the best for their health by offering superior benefits that support health and wellness.
  • Incentive for Learning Achievement: We encourage our associates to strive for more learning achievements with the attractive incentive programs (Technical/ English Incentive Awards, etc.)
  • Recognition Award Programs: We always acknowledge the significant contributions of our associates who constantly deliver greater value to our clients and contribute significantly to the growth of the company by the attractive recognition awards (Tech Global Award, Individual/Team Excellent Awards, etc.)
  • Tech6 Program: A frame work to foster digital technology engagements through 6 key activities that inspire, connect, educate, build, give and inform.
  • Training & Development: Our global environment promotes lifelong learning. We invest in both infrastructure and content to ensure that employees all over the world have access to high-quality learning opportunities through DXC University & extensive Training Workshops which are regularly organized weekly.
  • Overseas Transfer Program: A great number of our associates have been selected to work with our clients in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Dubai, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, etc. This is really a great opportunity for our associates to fully improve their understanding and outlook of other cultures, global life style, and enabling them to develop a truly global vision and gain a rich perspective of experience life-changing insights.
  • Corporate Responsibility: Our associates make the company and our CR efforts successful. We have demonstrated our full commitment to sharing and building the local community by organizing a wide range of charity activities in Vietnam throughout the year (Charity visits, Fun Run, Blood Donation, Disaster relief efforts, House Donation, etc.)

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Company type
IT Outsourcing
Company size
1000+ employees
Country
United States
Working days
Monday - Friday
Overtime policy
Extra salary for OT