Database Administrator – MySQL | Mid to Senior Level

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Database Administrator – MySQL | Mid to Senior Level

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Salary: From MXN $41,766.67 to $60,141.67 gross per month , depending on the candidate’s experience and position level.

Annual gross compensation: From MXN $501,200 to $721,700 per year .

About the Role

We are seeking a Database Administrator with strong MySQL experience to support a major U.S.-based education technology company.

This position focuses on the administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance, availability, backup, recovery, and continuous improvement of production database environments.

The idóneo candidate has hands-on experience supporting MySQL databases in production and understands database performance, SQL troubleshooting, indexing, replication, high availability, backup and restore procedures, and incident resolution.

Key Responsibilities

- Administer and support production MySQL database environments.
- Monitor database availability, performance, capacity, security, and resource utilization.
- Troubleshoot slow queries, locking, connections, indexing, memory, CPU, storage, and database performance issues.
- Analyze SQL queries and execution plans and recommend performance improvements.
- Manage database upgrades, patching, maintenance, and configuration changes.
- Support backup, restore, disaster recovery, replication, and high-availability procedures.
- Investigate database incidents and participate in root cause analysis.




- Work with Software Engineering and Cloud Operations teams to improve application/database performance.
- Develop scripts and automation for recurring database administration activities.
- Maintain database documentation, procedures, and operational standards.
- Participate in production support and scheduled on-call rotations when required.
- Senior candidates may mentor other DBAs and contribute to architecture, standards, capacity planning, and technical decision-making.

Required Qualifications

- 4+ years of professional database administration experience.
- Strong hands-on MySQL administration experience .
- Experience supporting databases in production environments.
- Strong SQL troubleshooting and query optimization skills.
- Knowledge of indexing, execution plans, transactions, locking, constraints, and database performance.
- Experience with backup, restore, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery concepts.
- Knowledge of database monitoring and performance troubleshooting.
- Experience with Linux, Windows, Ubuntu, or similar operating systems.
- Scripting experience with Bash, Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, or similar technologies.
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
- Professional English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications





- MySQL 8.x
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle
- MongoDB
- AWS RDS or other managed database platforms
- Azure SQL
- ETL and data warehouse environments
- Database modeling
- Stored procedures, functions, views, and triggers
- CI/CD or SRE environments
- Database automation

Preferred Candidate Background This opportunity may be a strong fit for professionals currently working as:

- Database Administrator
- MySQL Database Administrator
- SQL Database Administrator
- Production DBA
- Senior Database Administrator
- Application Database Administrator
- Database Engineer
- Database Operations Engineer

Candidates whose primary background is Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server are welcome to apply provided they also have meaningful hands-on MySQL experience .

Eligibility

Candidates must be currently located in Mexico, legally authorized to work in Mexico without employer sponsorship, able to work under the hybrid model in Guadalajara, and possess professional English communication skills.

When applying, please include your current location, expected monthly gross salary in MXN and approximate years of MySQL experience

We are committed to building a workforce that represents the users and communities we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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