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Jonathan Miller

Bertram,TX

Summary

Dynamic performance and automation engineer with over 25 years of experience in database performance optimization, specializing in MySQL for more than 20 years. Proven expertise as the architect and lead developer of an in-house performance framework, complemented by the establishment of standard operating procedures and a robust production farm of test hosts. Strong leadership skills demonstrated through successful guidance of a team of performance engineers to achieve significant improvements in system efficiency and reliability. Committed to driving innovation and excellence in database performance management.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Principal Software Developer

Oracle (MySQL)
04.2005 - 09.2025
  • Designed, implemented, expanded and maintained an in-house performance change testing framework for MySQL.
  • Established and led a performance engineering department from the ground up – Mentored and led a team of performance engineers guiding them in using internal frameworks, handling testing requests, and following standardized procedures. Created ways for developer to have work tested before push, an automated farm of hosts looking for change in all commits and release testing. Expanded testing scope to include MySQL in Oracle Cloud, covering High Availability configurations and HeatWave creation.
  • Designed and constructed a specialized testbed of hosts integrated with a custom automation framework to enable efficient and comprehensive evaluation of MySQL performance changes across various configurations, workloads and operating systems (Linux/Windows)
  • MySQL Heatwave (Oracle OCI Service) Benchmark – Designed the merging of the performance framework and another in house framework responsible for OCI to combine the power of the performance change framework for testing MySQL cloud.
  • Designed and implemented multi-client benchmark architecture - Testing OCI Network Load Balancer performance with MySQL Read Replicas. Identified limitations of single-client load generation and scaled testing by integrating multiple benchmark client hosts.
  • Designed and implemented developer-triggered performance benchmark integrated with Gerrit review - Enabled developers to initiate basic performance tests by commenting on code reviews.
  • Performed rotational duties across production monitoring, request handling, and release validation. – Oversaw the performance production farm for several months each year, investigating anomalies and changes in benchmark results. - Collaborated with developers to address performance-related requests and troubleshoot regressions. Executed release testing to ensure stability and performance consistency across MySQL builds.

Senior Quality Engineer

PervasiveSQL
05.2000 - 04.2005
  • Developed and executed comprehensive performance testing strategies, resulting performance issues being detected and resolved improving software reliability and user satisfaction across major releases and service packs.

Education

AAS - Computer Programming

DEL MAR College
Corpus Christi, TX

Skills

  • Programming languages: Perl, Java, Bash, C, C, Python, Lua, XML, JSON
  • Tools: Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, Perf, Vtune, Make, bitkeeper, MySQL, MySQL Heatwave, OCI, AWS
  • Effective strategic leadership
  • Organizational development
  • Skilled in prioritizing concurrent responsibilities
  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Instructional leadership

Languages

English

Timeline

Sr. Principal Software Developer

Oracle (MySQL)
04.2005 - 09.2025

Senior Quality Engineer

PervasiveSQL
05.2000 - 04.2005

AAS - Computer Programming

DEL MAR College

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