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Senior DBA/Architect
Job code: 545
Job Category: Software - Web
City: San Mateo

Job Description:


Required Experience/Qualifications:

  • An ideal candidate should have at least 5 - 8 years of experience in managing MySQL data bases
  • Must have experience w/ TB size databases and high volume.
  • Should be proficient in:
    • Setting up SQL databases with the optimal configuration parameters for a web application
  • Database design/modeling, performance tuning, partitioning
    • Managing the day to day operations
    • Setting up monitors for the system's health check
    • Replication, backup, recovery and optimization techniques
    • Setting up automatic data lifecycle management (archival, purging, index rebuilding, etc.)
    • Sound in DB design / E-R diagrams
  • Should be able to review application queries and suggest improvements for performance.
  • Should know script programming and basic UNIX administration.
Desired Experience:
  • Experience in working with MySQL (which we use) in web applications in a high traffic environment.
  • Experience with Oracle and clear understanding of the differences between Oracle and MySQL.
  • Experience with Oracle is a plus
  • Experience in storage systems administration.
You will be responsible for mentoring 2 Senior DBA's that are remote and may be on call in case of a crash.



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