Permanent Direct MySQL DBA Opening in Dallas (OR Denver and St Louis)

[David Stokes]

Apex Systems is currently seeking candidates for a direct hire MySQL DBA
opening where candidates can sit in the Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, or St.
Louis, MO areas and I was wondering
if you or anyone you know would be interested in hearing about the
positions?



The Senior Database Engineer position is responsible for understanding the
strategic direction, priorities, and needs of our company and our
customers. With this understanding,
they are expected to design and refine IT-based solutions that meet the
needs of our clients while aligning with the technology strategy of the
company. Daily responsibilities range from developing product ideas into
standard products to researching the latest
industry technologies. An emphasis is placed on delivering highly
scalable, cost effective, reliable, and high performing designs for use by
the Operations organization while working closely with Vendors, Sales,
Operations, Software Development, Product Development
and Professional Services.



Position Objectives:


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Design, document and deliver application infrastructure software for IaaS
deployments.


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Design, document and deliver PaaS and SaaS Solutions.


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Design and deliver sound technical and functional solutions that are
thoroughly tested.


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Meet project deadlines on or before the expected completion date.


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Establish and maintain effective working relationships with business
partners.


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Define and implement consistent standards across systems.


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Subject Matter Expert providing mentoring and knowledge transfer to other
associates.



Essential duties:


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Work with the business and marketing departments to develop a complete
product solution within commercial guidelines.


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Provide guidance to extend the use of applications beyond core
architecture.


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Follow departmental standard processes for design, development, testing,
and deployment of Savvis application products.


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Create and maintain detailed documentation for functional or technical
design that can be understood and used by all project participants.


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Manage risk and issue resolution in coordination with internal teams or
external vendors.


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Provide subject matter expert advice to internal constituents and
customers.


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Perform technical tasks related to setup and implementation of applications
in multiple environments (development, staging and production).


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Provide regular status updates to project participants and management.



Required skills:


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Strong knowledge of Linux and Open Source technologies.


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Strong knowledge of relational database technologies, specifically MySQL.


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Strong knowledge of UNIX shell, Java or Perl scripting languages.


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Good knowledge of J2EE web and middleware technologies.


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Quick Learner and strong listening and communication skills with public
speaking abilities.


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Excellent Troubleshooting skills.


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5 years of complex database architecture and troubleshooting experience.


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5 years of designing IT hosting solutions, including technical
documentation, testing, validation, and problem resolution.


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5 years of overall system design and support experience.



Desired skills:


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Experience working with HP Server Administrator and Operations Orchestrator
or similar tools.


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Architectural understanding of: Linux operating systems.


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Security & hardening best practices.


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Systems performance tuning and load testing.


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Knowledge of Server virtualization technologies, such as VMware, Xen, KVM,
Hyper-V, etc…


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Monitoring and performance measurement technologies and practices.



Education or Equivalent Experience:


·
MySQL Certified Professional accreditation and Four years college degree or
equivalent experience.




If you are interested please send a resume to
[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> and let me
know when you would have some time available to talk in further detail. If
you are not available, we do have a referral bonus and I would appreciate
you referring others who
you feel would excel at this opportunity.

Dave Stokes
MySQL Community Team