Database Engineer

Participate in design reviews with Development to ensure a given release does not compromise the security, integrity or quality of the underlying data structures used by the application. Maintain high security and ethics, adhering to regulatory compliance such as PCI and SAS70/SSAE16 with respect to data storage, management, and access Automate tools and processes to establish trends in data growth and forecast capacity needs. Execute data migrations and database upgrades and ensure our automation is keeping up with our exploding database growth. Ensure all databases and processes follow best practices and fit into the strategy Initially perform, and longer term provide oversight for all MySQL administration including installation, configuration, replication, backups, and performance tuning. Work with the various Engineering groups and ensure database changes are in-line with operational standards and meet the strategies needed to scale Participate in on-call responsibilities, including at the database and storage tier. Work hand in hand with Release Engineering teams to support database changes required for new code deployment