Database Administrator (MySQL)

The Database Engineering team at Workday designs, builds, develops, maintains, and supervises database infrastructure, ensuring that all of Workday s data related needs are met with dedication and scale, while providing high availability that our customers expect from Workday. We are a fast paced and diverse team of database specialists and software engineers responsible for designing, automating, managing, and running the databases on Private and Public Cloud Platforms. We are looking for individuals who have strong experience in backend development specializing in database as a service with deep experience in Open-Source database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud Native database technologies. This role will suit someone who is adaptable, flexible, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. We would love to hear from you if you have hands-on experience in designing, developing, and managing enterprise level database systems with complex interdependencies and have a key focus on high-availability, clustering, security, performance, and scalability requirements! Our team is the driving force behind all Workday operations, providing crucial support for all Lifecycle Engineering Operations. We ensure that Workday s maintenance and releases proceed without a hitch and are at the forefront of accelerating the transition to the Public Cloud. We enable Workday s Customer Success- 60% of Fortune 500 companies, 8000+ customers, 55M+ Workers

• Basic Qualifications:
  • 4+ years of experience in managing and automating mission critical production workloads on MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud native databases.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one Cloud technology: AWS, GCP and/or Azure Experience managing clustered, highly available database services deployed on different flavors of Linux.
  • Experience in backend development using modern programming languages (Python, Golang,)
  • Strong scripting experience in multiple languages such as shell, python, ruby etc.
  • Bachelor s degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
• Other Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform, Chef, GitHub, JIRA confluence and Ansible.
  • Working experience in modern DevOps technologies and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), service deployment, monitoring and scaling.
  • Experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR
  • Strong analytical, debugging, and interpersonal skills. Self-starter, highly motivated and ability to learn quickly.
  • Excellent team player with strong collaboration, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills