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Sr Database Administrator

extra holidays - fully flexible

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Experience:

Senior (5-10 years)

Work from:

Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years in MySQL management., Exceptional knowledge of AWS RDS/AURORA., Deep SQL abilities required., Experience with high transaction workloads..

Key responsabilities:

Maintain AWS RDS/AURORA MySQL instances.
Troubleshoot performance issues and bottlenecks.

dLocal Financial Services Large https://dlocal.com/

501 - 1000 Employees

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Job description

Why should you join dLocal?

dLocal enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets. Global brands rely on us to increase conversion rates and simplify payment expansion effortlessly. As both a payments processor and a merchant of record where we operate, we make it possible for our merchants to make inroads into the world’s fastest-growing, emerging markets.

By joining us you will be a part of an amazing global team that makes it all happen, in a flexible, remote-first dynamic culture with travel, health, and learning benefits, among others. Being a part of dLocal means working with 900+ teammates from 25+ different nationalities and developing an international career that impacts millions of people’s daily lives. We are builders, we never run from a challenge, we are customer-centric, and if this sounds like you, we know you will thrive in our team.

What’s the opportunity?

As our DBA (Database Administrator), you will be responsible for the performance, integrity and security of our databases, planning and developing ways to improve them, as well as in troubleshooting cases.

What will I be doing?

Interact daily with software engineers and participate in the systems operation process

Maintain AWS RDS/AURORA MySQL instances with high workloads and zero downtime

Write functions and procedures in SQL Language

Troubleshoot slow queries and possible performance issues/bottlenecks

Migrate databases between platforms and versions

Apply fixes, manage user access rights and privileges

Ensure data integrity and availability

Support BI, DW, Report, and DataLake Teams by optimizing queries and helping to define better strategies for data replication

Planning split of huge and monolithic database instances to lower, performative and optimized ones

Proposing improvements on the most common aspects related to maintenance, usage, and monitoring

What skills do I need?

Minimum of 5 years of experience managing MySQL database environments

Exceptional knowledge of AWS RDS/AURORA MySQL

Exceptional knowledge of MySQL RDBMs Architecture (versions 5.6, 5.7, and 8)

Database Instance configuration, performance, and tuning

Database objects optimization (table indexes, table statistics, table partitioning procedures, and function revision/code)

Deep SQL abilities (Query Optimization and proper indexing)

Experience working with HA solutions supporting high transaction workloads (Multi- Primary. Primary-Replica, Cluster, etc)

A clear understanding of database metrics and available monitoring tools on:

AWS Cloud: AWS CloudWatch, RDS Performance Insights, and Common Metrics on AWS Console

MySQL: information_schema, performance_schema, error logs, audit logs, slow query logs, and general logs, show engine innodb status

Proactivity to propose improvements on the team’s day-to-day and all current processes adopted

Ability to multi-task and flex when priorities change

Ability to influence peers and drive results through teamwork and collaboration

What happens after you apply?

Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible, so don’t worry, you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!

Also, you can check out our webpage, Linkedin, Instagram, and Youtube for more about dLocal!