My client, a leading provider of online grading and
originality services to educational institutions worldwide, is
looking for a senior Database Administrator to join their team
in Oakland, CA.
The company is profitable with stable growth. Located
in beautiful downtown Oakland, easy walking distance from
BART. Offer a friendly and fun atmosphere, quiet work
environment, flexible schedule, and other perks.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a Senior
Database Administrator who thinks in clever ways to
solve problems of scale and load with elegant
solutions.
Our database team supports
several Postgres databases up to 500+GB each over 50
database servers across four data centers. As a senior
member of this team, you will work closely with QA,
engineering, and project management to help us bring
automation, stability, and general awesomeness into
this architecture.
Responsibilities:
- Setup and maintenance of postgres
master-slave clusters utilizing streaming
replication (Slony a bonus, but not required)
- Cross-datacenter disaster recovery and backup
architecture
- Performance monitoring and optimization
- Query optimization and troubleshooting
- Close collaboration with engineering on
schema additions and updates utilizing Liquibase
- Participation in week-long on-call rotations
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of
experience administering PostgreSQL databases
- Experience
with automation tools such as CFEngine, Chef, or Puppet
- Thorough
understanding of normal forms, and when to break them
- Solid
scripting skills
- Experience
with Zabbix, Nagios, Cacti, Graphite or similar monitoring
tools
- Ability to
drive a project from inception to completion
- Enthusiasm for
solving challenging problems
- Undergraduate
Degree or equivalent experience
Local candidates are strongly preferred.
Sorry, we do not work with visas.
If interested, please contact me at
julia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you,
Julia Tverskaya
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtverskaya
Partner, Brain Gain Recruiting
http://braingainrecruiting.com/jobs/
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