Thursday, May 17, 2012

Job opening - Operations Engineer - MySQL Expert at Shopify Inc. (Ottawa, ON, Canada)

Responsibilities



  • Ensuring continued scalability and availability of backend data stores

  • Capacity planning & performance tuning of MySQL, Redis, and other data stores

  • Implementation of backup & recovery procedures

  • Planning and implementation of business continuity procedures for mission critical data


Requirements



  • Proven track record of maintaining and scaling MySQL databases in a large-scale HA web environment

  • Expertise with MySQL master/slave replication

  • Deep understanding of Linux internals and performance tuning

  • Proficient in at least one programming language

  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams

  • Participation in an on call rotation


Desired Skills



  • Experience with large-scale Ruby on Rails applications

  • Experience with redis or other nosql data stores

  • Experience with the Percona Toolkit

  • Familiarity with configuration management tools




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