We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DBA Consultant who is a recognized expert in PostgreSQL and MySQL, with deep experience managing mission-critical, large-scale databases in high-performance, low-latency gaming environments. The ideal candidate thrives in high-availability settings, excels at real-time data handling, and has a track record of scaling systems to support millions of daily transactions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Database Design, Tuning & Scaling
* Query Optimization & Workload Profiling
* High Availability, Replication, and DR
* Monitoring, Observability & Incident Response
Required Skills & Experience:
* 7+ years managing PostgreSQL and MySQL in production-grade environments.
* Hands-on experience supporting OLTP systems with millions of concurrent requests.
* Mastery in schema design, performance tuning, and deep query analysis.
* Proficiency with AWS (RDS, Aurora), GCP (CloudSQL), and hybrid deployments.
* Solid scripting knowledge (Bash, Python) for DB automation and incident tooling.
* Knowledge of multi-region replication, HA, and DR strategies.
Nice to Have:
* Prior experience in online multiplayer games, financial trading engines, streaming media platforms, or real-time logistics and telemetry services.
* Familiarity with Kubernetes, containers, and DB orchestration in microservices environments.
* Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, Puppet).
* Understanding of security, RBAC, AD, and compliance in cloud-hosted DBs.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Contract
Job Function
Administrative
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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