Hi5.com needs PostgreSQL DBA in San Francisco - Mailing list pgsql-jobs
From | Kenny Gorman |
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Subject | Hi5.com needs PostgreSQL DBA in San Francisco |
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Msg-id | 0F9F2A1D-CE4E-46F2-B52C-6D5979A28FEF@hi5.com Whole thread Raw |
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Database Administrator About hi5 hi5 is one of the world's largest social networks. Our company is ranked as the #1 social network in 26 nations across Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. · 80+ million registered members · 50+ million unique monthly visitors · Currently available in over 23 languages · One of the top 20 most-trafficked websites worldwide · A founding adopter of OpenSocial · Headquartered in San Francisco, California Although our work is viewed and used every day by millions of people across the globe, the company is small (currently under 100 employees) and privately held. It’s a fun, bright, fast-paced and collaborative place to work. Located in downtown San Francisco, hi5 is just steps from major public transit lines, including BART and Muni. About the Team The Hi5 Database Operations team is maintaining one of the largest Postgresql installations in the world, with hundreds of databases and terabytes of data. We offer a dynamic, challenging environment, and a great opportunity to build and use a strong skill set in open source RDBMS. About the Position You will help to maintain a database layer of one of the largest websites on the Internet. Work in the Hi5 Database Operations team allows you to build strong skills in large-scale database environments. Job Responsibilities · Administer production, and pre-production Postgresql DB databases. · Perform database tuning and performance monitoring. · Work on ensuring sufficient capacity of the production databases. · Develop and run queries and data manipulation procedures. · Work as part of a team and be on- call rotation. · Perform general technical troubleshooting and give consultation to developers Requirements · At least 3 years of production, HA, scalable RDBMS Administration experience. · Unix, preferably Linux experience. · Shell or python scripting experience. · Strong SQL skills. · Experience within or interacting with operations teams. · Experience within or interacting with product development teams. · Applied knowledge of DBA best practices and concepts. · Strong problem solving skills · Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. · The candidate should be accountable, responsible person, self- starter, genuinely interested in all the aspects of production DBA work. Preferred · Experience with PostgreSQL is a big plus · If no PostgreSQL experience available, qualified candidate must possess production experience in any major proprietary or open source RDBMSs, preferably Oracle. · DB scripting (PL/pgSQL) . · Relational modeling . · JDBC . If interested please contact: Alexander Lawrence hi5 Networks Inc. 55 2nd St. Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94105 alawrence@hi5.com Thanks, Kenny Gorman Database Architect hi5 Networks, Inc. o. 415.979.0300 m. 925.577.3168 e. kgorman@hi5.com w. www.hi5.com
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