MySQL DBA for Profitable Pre-IPO

Positions with a Pre-IPO based in Santa Clara that has been profitable for almost three straight years. They have doubled in revenue and profit each of the last two years. The company is founded by and an opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley, including executive and founder-level members of Netscape, Borland, WebEx, Tellme, EBay and CMEA Ventures including the COO that took EBay Public as their CEO.

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Seeking an experienced Database Administrator. This position will be primarily responsible for managing and providing active support for MySQL implementations in all environments and will report to the Infrastructure Manager.

Responsibilities:

Managing MySQL on Linux platform in Production, Staging, QA, and Development environments including installation, configuration, optimization, automation, backup, recovery, upgrades, schema changes, etc. -- All that you would expect in a pure DBA role

Assistance in developing homegrown MySQL tools

Creating processes to ensure data integrity and identify potential data errors. In other words, help figure out appropriate monitoring techniques

Quickly troubleshooting server problems and development and deployment of preventive measures to maintain high availability

Estimating project duration, effort, resource load and cost

Qualifications:

B.S. Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Proficient in SQL (knowledge of MySQL quirks a plus)

Proficient in at least one scripting language – Ruby, Python, Perl, etc

3+ year experience with database administration; MySQL experience preferred

Experience working on a Unix/Unix-like platform; Linux preferred

Performance tuning experience

Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with other staff members, to complete short and long-term projects

Verbal and written communication skills

Additional Desired Qualifications:

Experience with replication

Familiarity with web-based application integration

Telephony architecture experience

Experience with monitoring infrastructures; Nagios preferred



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