I have a job opportunity in the Bay Are for a PostgreSQL DBA.
Please send your resume with salary requirements to: Mary Mansfield Business Development Manager (P) 208-287-4158 Fax 208-343-2593 mmansfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linkedin.com/in/rethinkingbusiness We are looking for a talented multi-tasking individual to
work in a fun and innovative team environment utilizing open source databases
of MySQL and PostgreSQL powering cutting edge web applications. Job Title: MySQL/PostgresSQL DBA Architect/Administrator; Position Type; Full-time regular employee with full
benefits; Job Description: This person is ultimately responsible for the integrity
of company high-volume databases and improving the overall system to increase
fault tolerance system and high performance. The position involves both
administration activities supporting mission-critical products and
architectural skills contributing to the design of next-generation
applications. The position is highly technical but involves a day-to-day
communications with business customers and partners. Potential candidate should
be comfortable working in Agile (project development methodology) environment.
A good candidate should have a "can-do" attitude, work well in a
cross-functional environment, must be able to work without tight supervision
and lead others. Candidate should be a self-starter, quick learner and great
team player. Architect responsibilities include data modeling, design
of the data storage hardware infrastructure, optimizing and tuning systems for
OLTP performance, and query analysis and profiling. A key task will also
involve designing applications with developers to ensure optimal use of data
storage systems. The person in this role will be expected to use define
and enforce best-practices in data management based upon standard industry
practices. Candidate must have proven skills operationally in
managing multiple production server environments, including system monitoring,
security management, schema deployment and lifecycle, system upgrades,
troubleshooting, disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, file system
maintenance, and replicating databases. Candidate must have 5+ years experience supporting large,
replicated databases in a 24x7 geographically distributed production
environment. Required Skills and Experience: Architect; .Expert knowledge of RDBMS concepts including query and
data model optimization covering indexing, bitmaps, query plans, data file
organization, etc. .Work with developers to understand applications and
operational system parameters and contribute to engineering designs .Experienced
working with large data warehouses .Data modeling and refactoring .Owns the
design and implementation of the data storage tier Administration skills for MySQL, PostgresSQL and Sybase
.Ensures availability and integrity of data .Hands on day-to-day maintenance
and backups. Oversees replication processes with MySQL 5 and
PostgreSQL 8.x with Slony 1.x to data warehouse .Linux administration
experience with RHEL4 Preferred skills: .Nagios, Moodss and Cacti monitoring (or other comparable
tools), .Data Modeling tools experience (Erwin, ER Studio, or other comparable
tool), .Proficient with generating data analysis reports .Scripting and
programming skills in a Linux environment with PERL, Java, SED, AWK |