Job Description
LivePerson, a global leader in enterprise conversations, is seeking a Senior MySQL Database Administrator to join their growing team. This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, with remote work options available. The Senior Database Engineer will play a crucial role in optimizing data storage, accessibility, and performance across LivePerson's applications. They will contribute to innovation in cloud database solutions and automation.
Role involves:
- Partnering with cross-functional teams to define database requirements and architectural strategies.
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining highly scalable, on-prem and cloud-based database systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Developing automation solutions using Terraform, Ansible, and Python to streamline database provisioning and management.
- Ensuring robust version control of infrastructure configurations for seamless deployments.
- Monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing database performance, addressing bottlenecks proactively.
- Establishing and enforcing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery protocols to protect data integrity.
- Collaborating with security teams to implement compliance and data protection measures.
- Leading incident resolution, analyzing root causes and driving long-term solutions.
- Staying ahead of industry trends in DevOps, cloud computing, and database technologies.
- Participating in on-call rotations, ensuring 24x7 support for mission-critical systems.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience managing large-scale production database systems handling terabytes of data.
- Expertise in MySQL administration & replication.
- Experience with anyone of Elasticsearch, Kafka, Hadoop, and Vertica is plus
- Strong background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS database deployments.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform & Ansible.
- Skilled in Python & Bash scripting for automation.
- Hands-on experience with Liquibase or Flyway for database automation.
- Knowledge of monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, PMM (Percona Monitoring and Management) and ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana & Logstash).
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to troubleshooting complex issues.
- Solid foundation in database architecture, optimization, and CI/CD concepts.
- Excellent collaboration & communication skills in a dynamic team environment.
- Highly accountable with a results-driven mindset.
- Able to create documentation, work on changes, incidents and jira tickets.
- Relevant certifications (AWS, GCP) are a plus.
LivePerson offers:
- Medical, Dental and Vision health benefits
- Vacation and holidays time off