Database Engineer with Memsql and singlestore // Hybrid New Jersey / Irving, TX / Tampa, FL

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Feb 23, 2026, 10:11:30 AMFeb 23
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Hello

 

My name is Suraj Mishra and I am a Staffing Specialist at Visionary Innovative Technology Solutions LLC. I am reaching out to you on an exciting job opportunity with one of our clients.

 

Job Title: Senior Database DBA – MemSQL / SingleStore
Location: New Jersey / Irving, TX / Tampa, FL

Duration: Long term

 

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior MemSQL / SingleStore Cluster Administrator to own and manage mission-critical, large-scale distributed database platforms. This role requires a pure Database Administrator (DBA) with deep expertise in handling petabyte-scale data, complex distributed clusters, and real-time latency-sensitive workloads.

Core Technical Expectations

Experience handling petabytes of data ingested every 15 minutes in large-scale environments.

Strong expertise managing large MemSQL / SingleStore clusters (multi-node, multi-TB to multi-PB).

Deep understanding of data distribution across aggregators and leaf nodes.

 

Expertise in:

  • Partitioning and shard key strategy
  • Data skew mitigation
  • Hot partition resolution
  • Worker node and leaf node optimization
  • Strong table-level knowledge including:
  • Index strategy
  • Thread management
  • Connection pooling
  • Memory limits
  • Query plan optimization
  • Strong understanding of different MemSQL/SingleStore versions and corresponding architectural/feature changes.

Key Responsibilities

  • End-to-end ownership of large MemSQL/SingleStore clusters (design, build, upgrade, operate, decommission).
  • Architect and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) setups including:
  • Redundancy levels
  • Availability groups
  • Cross-region replication

Plan and execute:

  • Cluster expansion
  • Downsizing
  • Online partition rebalancing
  • Leaf node management with minimal/no downtime
  • Proactively monitor cluster health, throughput, latency, and capacity; define and maintain SLAs.
  • Perform advanced performance tuning:
  • Schema design
  • Shard key design
  • Index strategy
  • NUMA and memory tuning
  • Workload management
  • Implement backup/restore strategies and regularly test DR & failover.
  • Lead incident response and perform deep root cause analysis.
  • Enforce database security best practices:
  • Authentication & authorization
  • Encryption
  • Auditing
  • Network controls
  • Drive automation using scripting (Python/Bash) and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Maintain documentation, operational runbooks, and standards.
  • Evaluate new MemSQL/SingleStore features and lead version upgrades and migrations.

 

 

Required Experience & Skills

  • 10+ years of total database engineering/administration experience.
  • 4–5+ years of deep, production-grade experience administering MemSQL/SingleStore clusters at scale.
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Aggregators & leaf nodes
  • Licensing and memory limits
  • Cluster expansion & partition rebalancing
  • Replication & failover/failback

Proven ability to diagnose:

  • Locking issues
  • Data skew
  • Hot partitions
  • Bad execution plans

Strong Linux system tuning knowledge:

  • CPU/NUMA affinity
  • Disk & I/O optimization
  • Networking
  • ulimits & OS-level tuning

Experience with monitoring & alerting tools:

  • Prometheus / Grafana
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • ELK
  • Strong SQL expertise and scripting (Python/Bash).
  • Experience in Cloud/Container environments (AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes) is highly preferred.
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to lead production calls and explain technical trade-offs clearly.

 

 

 

 

Thank You,

 

Suraj Mishra

Technical Recruiter

 

 

 

 

 

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