Operational DBA Opening......

Hi, I am working for a company in Redwood City that is looking for a DBA. It is a great opportunity to join a growing and profitable company
that is still pre-ipo!

Ray: 415-533-2626

Operational DBA

*Immediate opportunity for a talented Operational Data Warehouse DBA to
join a team of software professionals on supporting a massive scale
parallel database. As a member of this team, you will be responsible for
the overall health, maintenance, and performance of one of the world’s
largest databases (hundreds of terabytes to multi-petabyte systems),
including 24x7 remote support.*

* *8+ years IT industry experience and 3+ years DBA experience

supporting production DWH databases.*

* *Expert knowledge in one or more of the SQL flavors and relational

database design concepts.*

* *Experienced in supporting OLAP / BI-DW workloads in a

multi-Terabyte environment.*

* *Experience with large scale, massively parallel, shared nothing

database architectures (Teradata/Netezza/ Greenplum etc.).

PostgreSQL background – a plus.*

* *Understands data warehouse concepts, practices, methodologies,

and architectural approaches.*

* *Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems quickly;

document issues from production problems, propose solutions and

implement them.*

* *Knowledge of Linux & Solaris 10 operating systems and scripting

language. Scripting skills in Perl/ Python/ MapReduce – a plus.*

* *Knowledge of DW Design (MPP architecture) is a plus.*

* *On-call support for production systems.*

* *Ability to work effectively in a team environment and able to

think strategically as well as execute effectively with a high

level of attention to detail.*

* *Good verbal and written communication skills.*

* *Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Computer

Science/Information Systems Engineering.*

Ray Galvin
Vantage Computer Associates,
718 26th Ave.,
San Mateo, CA 94403
415-533-2626 ( Cell )
ray(at)vantcom(dot)com