Consider a new opportunity in beautiful Burlington, Vermont. Check out our growing company and dynamic work environment (www.Dealer.com).
Dealer.com is seeking a MYSQL Database Administrator to join our Systems Engineering team supporting all of our database technologies (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, SolR, ElasticSearch) in our mission-critical web farm. We are looking for an individual with considerable MySQL savvy who has a proven track record designing, building, scaling, tuning, and maintaining databases found in a large web hosting environment. This individual needs to be a quick learner who is security-minded. The individual we are seeking will help us support our thousands of hosted customers utilizing the latest and greatest open source technologies.
In this role you will:
Create standards for database implementations
Work with engineering to ensure that queries are performant
Evaluate project requirements, and derive standards based solutions
Define KPIs and thresholds to trend and anticipate scaling needs
Mentor junior staff and lead by example
Contribute to the outstanding culture at Dealer.com
Requirements:
3-5 years Database Administration (some MySQL experience mandatory)
Minimum of 2 year degree, or equivalent, and 3 + years of relevant IT experience
Fluent in SQL, able to understand complex queries
Deep experience with the following technologies:
Database replication
Database tuning/optimization
High Availability
Disaster Recovery
SQL
Must be solid in one or more scripting languages
Must understand the appropriate use cases, advantages and disadvantages of:
RDBMS
Document Databases
Search and Index Servers
Data caching
Load balancing
You MUST:
be a good communicator - spoken and written - great documentation is critical
be able to manage complex projects from start to finish
be security-minded
be detail oriented
work well in a team environment
be accountable
Nice-to-haves:
Linux administration
Certifications a plus, MySQL, etc.
Web application development experience
To apply visit: www.careers.dealer.com or email your resume to
amy.kakalec@dealer.com
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/01/2012 01:54PM by Amy Kakalec.