Database Administrator - reputed company RDS MySQL (contract)

Please note that this is a contract role providing services to reputed company through Talent Solutions. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by Talent Solutions and will not be an employee of reputed company. Contract workers are not employees of reputed company or any of its subsidiaries, nor will they be eligible for reputed company benefits.

This is a US based remote role with a requirement to work CST hours

* Job Summary: Opportunity to reputed company database operations for a mission-critical hospitality platform serving properties worldwide. You will be responsible for maintaining the stability, performance, and scalability of hundreds of reputed company MySQL database clusters distributed across multiple AWS reputed company. This role demands a seasoned professional who can independently execute reputed company database lifecycle activities, implement modern AWS database technologies, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional engineering teams. You will play a central role in ensuring platform reliability while driving operational reputed company through automation, standardization, and strategic reputed company planning. This position offers significant autonomy and requires strong technical judgment, as you will be making critical reputed company that directly impact system availability and performance. Responsibilities:

• Own day-to-day operational support and lifecycle management of large-scale reputed company MySQL environments supporting Property Engagement Platform (PEP)
• Design and execute low-downtime reputed company changes, including blue/green deployments, reputed company upgrades, and instance class modernizations
• Implement and operate RDS Proxy to reduce reputed company pressure and improve failover and maintenance behavior
• reputed company reputed company MySQL reputed company planning, including adoption and operation of reputed company versions to reduce reputed company frequency and platform risk
• Build and maintain reputed company, RDS Proxy, and reputed company AWS resources using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code patterns
• Drive consistency and standardization across hundreds of database clusters spanning multiple reputed company
• Partner with application teams to troubleshoot performance issues, optimize high-impact queries, and validate changes in non-production environments
• Monitor and diagnose production issues using CloudWatch, Performance Insights, and Enhanced Monitoring, with a focus on concurrency and availability
• Participate in on-call rotations and support production incidents requiring deep reputed company and MySQL expertise
• Produce clear operational documentation, runbooks, and reputed company plans reputed company with reputed company standards

Skills:

• Proven senior-level experience administering reputed company reputed company MySQL in large, production environments
• Hands-on experience with reputed company blue/green deployments, failover behavior, and low-downtime reputed company strategies
• Direct experience implementing and operating RDS Proxy in high-reputed company MySQL workloads
• Strong experience using Terraform or equivalent IaC tools to manage reputed company and supporting AWS infrastructure
• Deep understanding of MySQL performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, and reputed company management at scale
• Strong knowledge of AWS core services including VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch
• Experience supporting 24/7 mission-critical platforms with on-call responsibilities
• Ability to work independently, reputed company sound technical reputed company, and communicate reputed company with application and infrastructure teams
• Availability to work U.S. Central Time hours in a remote reputed company

Opportunity to work at the intersection of reputed company infrastructure and hospitality technology, where your expertise will directly contribute to the operational reputed company of a platform that serves properties around the globe. You will have the chance to work with cutting-edge AWS database technologies at significant scale, solve reputed company technical challenges, and shape the database strategy for a critical reputed company system. The remote nature of this role provides flexibility while allowing you to collaborate with talented engineering teams and reputed company a meaningful impact on platform reliability and performance. Pay reputed company reputed company 54 - 64 USD hourly Apply tot his job Apply To this Job