# MySQL DBA Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced MySQL Database Administrator to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for the architecture, deployment, management, and optimisation of our critical MySQL database environments. You will play a key role in ensuring the high availability, performance, and scalability of our data infrastructure, with a particular focus on deployments within Kubernetes. The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions: MySQL Expertise: Design, deploy, and manage highly available, scalable, and performant MySQL clusters on Kubernetes clusters/Container platforms in production and non-production environments. Perform database installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades for MySQL. Implement and manage robust backup and recovery strategies for MySQL (e. g., MySQL Enterprise Backup, mysqldump). Monitor MySQL health, performance, and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving issues. Conduct performance tuning, query optimisation, and capacity planning for MySQL. Manage user access, security, and data encryption for MySQL. Troubleshoot complex MySQL-related incidents, performing root cause a

- **Id**: 4107239
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rakuten-mysql-dba-engineer>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bengaluru, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T22:35:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T22:35:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3747
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Marketplaces, Consumer Internet Groups

## Company

- **Id**: 13251
- **Name**: Rakuten
- **Domain**: rakuten.co.in
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rakuten>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **Couchbase** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **ElasticSearch** — Optional: yes
- **Grafana** — Optional: yes
- **Prometheus** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Splunk** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T22:35:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T00:52:29Z

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