Some free advice (from someone qualified but unavailable): Give a bit more of an idea as to how senior a person you want (i.e. willing to pay for). Indicate i

Some free advice (from someone qualified but unavailable): Give a bit more of an idea as to how senior a person you want (i.e. willing to pay for). Indicate if use of MySQL is inflexible, or if the ops person would have significant input into choice of tools. One could infer it from "as assigned," but clarity helps. Be less stealthy. At least a hint as to what the company is doing, or, barring that, who the early founders are, is more likely to garner the "right" kind of attention. Oh, and kudos on thinking about ops this early!