MySQL DBA – Performance & Load Testing

Hybrid in New York, NY, US • Posted 6 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago
Contract W2
Contract Independent
Contract Corp To Corp
12 Months
50% Travel Required
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • MySQL
  • Performance Engineering
  • Database Administration
  • Database
  • Load Testing

Summary

MySQL DBA – Performance & Load Testing

Location: NYC
Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Job Description:

  • Seeking a Database Administrator with strong experience in Performance and Load Testing.
  • Strong hands-on experience with MariaDB and MySQL.
  • Analyze and tune database behavior under high-load conditions.
  • Perform query and index optimization to improve database performance.
  • Analyze locks, deadlocks, and replication lag during performance/load tests.
  • Monitor database saturation, including connections, IOPS, buffer pool, CPU, and memory.
  • Identify and troubleshoot database performance bottlenecks.
  • Work closely with performance engineering, application, and infrastructure teams to identify root causes.
  • Provide recommendations for database scaling and capacity planning, including instance upgrades, schema separation, and sharding.
  • Support performance benchmarking and capacity analysis for high-volume workloads.

Must Have:

  • MariaDB
  • MySQL
  • Database Performance Tuning
  • Query & Index Optimization
  • Lock/Deadlock Analysis
  • Replication / Replication Lag
  • Performance & Load Testing
  • Database Bottleneck Analysis
  • Scaling / Capacity Planning
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  • Dice Id: 91122985
  • Position Id: JPC-718
  • Posted 6 hours ago
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Naveen Kumar

Sr Technical Recruiter @ Fusion Global Solutions
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