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Subject | Perpetual Entertainment - NEED TO POST |
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PERPETUAL ENTERTAINMENT www.perpetual.com San Francisco We are looking for a sharp individual with good Production DB administration experience who wants to become a member of a growing community of PostgreSQL users and architects. Perpetual is taking it to the next level, Massive Online Gaming! Perpetual Entertainment is an innovative, San Francisco-based developer, publisher, and operator of networked, multiplayer, and massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). Founded and staffed by industry veterans dedicated to the vision that playing games together is simply more fun, more challenging, and more rewarding than simply playing alone. Perpetual Entertainment is realizing this vision with two AAA titles, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising and Star Trek Online. Both games utilize the Perpetual Entertainment Platform, another core product and the answer to the traditional struggles of developing massively multiplayer online games. The Platform allows game developers to focus on their game's potential rather than its technology. Perpetual has partnered with EnterpriseDB, a provider of an optimized and enhanced PostgreSQL. Full training will be provided. See www.enterprisedb.com for more information. CURRENTLY HIRING - PRODUCTION DBA Here's the official job description. We look forward to hearing from you! ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Responsible for the daily administration of our data servers; management of game, platform (ecommerce, customer service) and OLAP/reporting DB instances. * Installs, maintains and upgrades database software. * Perform maintenance and upgrades of application schema components and database structures. * Maintain database backup and recovery environment; verify operation of backup strategy and data integrity; develop recovery procedures; support recovery from loss of data. * Monitor database replication; conduct recovery, failover as needed. * Run database consistency checks and maintenance procedures and fix as needed. * Maintain data security through appropriate access controls. * Monitor data server performance, availability, capacity, and error logs. * Identify, troubleshoot and resolve real-time database issues. * Involved with performance tuning to improve performance. * Monitor database growth and provide input to overall system capacity plan. * Maintains knowledge with respect to relevant state-of-the-art technology, equipment and systems. * Participate in on-call DBA rotation. QUALIFICATIONS * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field * 3 or more years relevant experience including implementation, administration, and support of production database systems * Thorough knowledge of DBMS protocols; Experience with relevant scripting or programming languages (Perl, JavaScript, Python, C/C++, Java, etc) a plus. * The ideal candidate will have primary expertise with PostgreSQL 8.X on Linux. (Equivalent Oracle experience considered, must be willing to learn PostgreSQL) * Linux scripting skills. * Experience with optimization and troubleshooting techniques to address performance problems on SQL Server * Proficient in installing, monitoring and tuning database management systems. * Proficient in the coding of SQL and database stored procedures. * Able to use Linux operating systems and utilities to assist in the implementation and management of database management systems. * Proficient in appropriate testing methods. * Must be a self-starter and an excellent communicator Perpetual offers a fun, energetic work atmosphere, competitive salary and benefits and really cool co-workers. We'd love to hear from you and respond to each and every inquiry (assuming it's somewhat related to this post). Please no phone calls. We look forward to receiving your resumes. Please send them to resumes@perpetual.com Perpetual Entertainment Attn: Recruitment 149 New Montgomery St., 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 www.perpetual.com resumes@perpetual.com
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