Senior MySQL Database Reliability Engineer

NOTE: This is NOT a generic DevOps or infrastructure role. Candidates must have hands-on experience with MySQL schema versioning and production database change management.

AcmeMinds is hiring a Senior MySQL Database Reliability Engineer to own schema governance, database version control, and production change automation across multiple enterprise MySQL environments. If you have worked on production-scale MySQL systems and believe database changes should be versioned, validated, automated, and survivable this role is for you.

Why This Role Matters:

Our client operates multiple MySQL production environments. Without structured schema governance:

• Schema versioning using Flyway/Liquibase
• Schema drift detection across Dev/QA/Prod
• Automated database deployment pipelines
• Safe schema migrations on large production tables
• Backup, rollback & recovery strategy

This role ensures MySQL schema changes are predictable, validated, automated, and fully recoverable.

Key Responsibilities

1. Schema Governance & Standards

• Own MySQL schema change governance processes
• Define authoritative schema sources and expected state
• Establish naming conventions, standards, and review workflows
• Enforce change approval and documentation discipline

2. Schema Versioning & Drift Detection

• Implement schema versioning strategy
• Implement drift detection mechanisms between environments
• Ensure non-production environments mirror production schema state
• Coordinate remediation with DBAs and engineering teams

3. Automated Deployment Pipelines

• Design and operate automated MySQL deployment pipelines
• Integrate schema changes into CI/CD workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Enforce pre-execution validation:
• Syntax validation
• Dependency checks
• Performance safety checks
• Rollback simulation

4. Backup, Recovery & Rollback Strategy

• Define backup and restore strategies for schema changes
• Implement rollback procedures for failed deployments
• Design point-in-time recovery validation processes
• Work closely with platform and infrastructure teams to reduce operational risk

5. Documentation & Metadata Transparency

• Maintain centralized schema documentation
• Maintain metadata and schema catalogs
• Ensure change logs and deployment records are auditable
• Improve database transparency across teams

6. Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner with Engineering, Platform, DevOps, and Security teams
• Drive best practices in database reliability and governance
• Provide guidance during high-risk deployments

Qualifications

• 610 years of experience in MySQL database engineering
• Strong hands-on experience managing production MySQL environments
• Experience implementing schema version control tools

Strong understanding of:

• MySQL internals (InnoDB, indexing, query optimization)
• Replication
• Backup and restore strategies
• High-availability setups
• Experience integrating database changes into CI/CD pipelines
• Strong documentation and governance mindset

Preferred Background:

• Experience in SaaS, fintech, or enterprise product environments
• Experience working in multi-environment (Dev/QA/Stage/Prod) setups
• Familiarity with audit/compliance-driven environments

What we are looking for:

• Someone who treats database changes like application code
• Someone who believes automation reduces risk
• Someone who can move from reactive firefighting to structured governance
• Someone comfortable driving process change in enterprise environments

To Apply

Please send your updated CV to hiring@acmeminds.com with the subject line: Senior MySQL Database Reliability Engineer [Your Name].