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About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Database Administrator to assess and stabilize database operations for a client engagement spanning MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server. This role starts with a clear-eyed look at what's actually in place — access models, backup posture, monitoring coverage, and operational ownership — and moves quickly into fixing what's fragile and documenting what's not.
The ideal candidate has run production databases under real pressure, knows the difference between a backup that exists and one that's been proven to restore, and can turn a messy current state into a prioritized, actionable plan.
What you'll do
Assess the current state
- Review database management practices, access model, and operational ownership
- Evaluate monitoring coverage, backup posture, and routine maintenance
- Identify performance concerns and the issues that need stabilizing first
- Turn the findings into a clear, prioritized picture the client can act on
Implement the improvements
- Put agreed operational hygiene practices in place across both platforms
- Recommend and apply performance tuning
- Verify backups and test recovery — confirm they work, don't assume it
- Improve monitoring and alerting so problems surface before users report them
- Triage and resolve incidents as they come up
- Document what exists, what changed, and how to run it
What you'll bring
- Solid production DBA experience with both MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server
- Backup and recovery: design, validation, and real restore testing
- Query and index tuning, execution plan analysis, wait statistics
- Monitoring and alerting setup on either platform
- Comfort with database security and access models — roles, least privilege, auditing
- Clear written documentation. Runbooks that someone else can follow
- The ability to work inside a client's constraints and escalate rather than improvise when scope is unclear
About Nimble Gravity
Nimble Gravity is a team of outdoor enthusiasts, adrenaline seekers, and experienced growth hackers. We love solving hard problems and believe the right data can transform and propel growth for any organization.
Nimble Gravity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Nimble Gravity considers all qualified applicants.