impact.com
MySQL Database Administrator
$150K–$170K
Columbus, OH +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- Columbus, OH
Columbus, Ohio, United States - Experience
- Minimum 3+ years as a production Database Administrator; 4+ years with MySQL / Percona Server and listed cloud services; 2+ years with Postgres and 2+ years with Clickhouse; 3+ years writing Linux shell scripts, perl scripts, Python etc.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science or a related field, or relevant professional experience
About the job
Administers and scales large MySQL and other database clusters, optimizing performance, capacity, availability, and recovery while collaborating with developers on database design.
What you'll do
- Administer MySQL and sharded MySQL clusters, as well as other database clusters; manage capacity and plan proactively.
- Monitor, benchmark, and optimize database performance, queries, and schema design; identify bottlenecks and risks.
- Develop backup and recovery procedures and support databases throughout the application development lifecycle.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or relevant professional experience.
- Minimum 3+ years’ experience as a production Database Administrator.
- 4+ years experience with MySQL / Percona Server and specified cloud MySQL/Postgres services; 2+ years each with Postgres and Clickhouse.
- Experience with ProxySQL, Orchestrator, Percona XtraBackup, high-availability MySQL/Percona, large data volumes, and InnoDB tuning.
Nice to have
- Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA
- Experience with SingleStore, MongoDB, Percona XtraDB Cluster, Puppet, or Terraform
Pay
$150,000 - $170,000 per year (base salary); additional 5% variable annual bonus (amount not specified; contingent on Company performance)
Tools
MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Clickhouse, ProxySQL, Orchestrator, Percona XtraBackup, Linux
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