Database Administrator - Perm - Large firm

Responsibilities:

Develop high performance relational databases to store content, user personalization information, and billing/tracking data, etc.

Develop and implement maintenance and administration procedures for the database systems.

Ensures that backups are performed regularly on all databases and that database systems are adequately monitored.

Troubleshoot databases, implement and execute disaster recovery plans and maintain synchronization configurations.

Work closely with software engineers to develop and maintain stored procedures, compiled SQL, etc.

Ensure that data access methods, database kernel patches, APIs, etc. are kept current.

Develop a system for gathering database performance metrics.

Using these metrics, develop a plan to ensure that database systems are correctly configured for optimal performance.

Manage and/or participate in implementation of database system tuning, to ensure optimal performance.

Develop and implement a plan to ensure maximum reliability and availability of database systems.

Pro actively monitor database system status to determine early warning signs of problems.

Author and maintain scripts to perform various aspects of administration. The DBA will document these scripts and maintain them in the source repository.

Applicant should have worked with a customer-facing data-driven web app with a medium to high level of complexity

Be prepared to demonstrate the site and show which sections specifically were coded .

Requirements:

5 years experience as a senior level DBA
3 years experience of Postgres administration and tuning in a Linux environment, will consider Oracle 10g experience
Must have strong knowledge of data relationships, data normalization
SQL, Perl, python, ruby, bash, C, AppleScript or other scripting experience
Understanding of LVM, SAN and RAID, Cacti, Nagios, or other monitoring and metrics tools
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast paced growing and evolving service delivery system
Ability to manage projects through their entire life cycle
Excellent communication skills
Strong work ethic

Apply for this great position as a database administrator today! We are an equal employment opportunity employer.