Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Thomson - Senior Oracle Systems Database Administrator

Title: Senior Oracle Systems Database Administrator
Skills: * Expert in Oracle 9i/10g RDBMS; experience in a 24x7 high availability environment a must * Strong RMAN skills * Experience with Oracle RAC * Experience with Disaster Recovery desig...

Date: 1-30-2007
Location: Greenwood Village, CO
Area code: 000

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: -
Length: FULLTIME

Position ID: GRE00000001
Dice ID: thony004

Job description:
Perform Oracle Systems Database Administration across multiple Oracle database environments and ensure continuous 24x7 operation and availability in support of mission critical production applications.

* Ensure continuous 24x7 availability, reliability and optimal performance of production Oracle instances and databases
* Ensure contingency plans for each database system (backup, recovery, failover) are documented and tested
* Propose and develop strategic database improvements in technical areas of database implementation, support and enhancement
* Design, document and enforce data security and disaster recovery plan with consideration for key dependencies. This includes the periodic testing of DR site switchover
* Work with development team to coordinate and promote new versions of Oracle DBMS, new installations, upgrades and patches
* Act in a consulting capacity supporting development teams during application design and implementation phases
* Develop, document and enforce application database standards and procedures
* Ensuring the quality and consistency of data and database systems by following a defined set of procedures (change control, security procedures, user passwords, backups, etc)
* Collect and interpret data to identify and correct instance and database performance issues
* Coordinate database cloning, schema, and table level data refreshes with development team and support staff
* Write/maintain OS level scripts (i.e., UNIX shell) for system DB maintenance
* Work with cross project teams to resolve technical performance issues/bottlenecks (e.g., network, storage, application). Provide 24x7 on-call support

* Expert in Oracle 9i/10g RDBMS; experience in a 24x7 high availability environment a must
* Strong RMAN skills
* Experience with Oracle RAC
* Experience with Disaster Recovery design, implementation and testing using DataGuard or other DR replication tools
* Strong PL/SQL skills
* Experience with UNIX/LINUX trouble shooting and security
* Strong UNIX/LINUX scripting skills
* Strong database performance tuning and trouble shooting skills
* Experience with SAN and Replication tools such as EMC, BCV and SRDF
* Team player who has a customer focus and excels at bringing their professionalism and expertise to the team
* Ability to initiate a project and follow it through to conclusion
* Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
* Ability to work effectively in a fast paced implementation environment
* Strong communication skills
* Experience with Application load balancers like F5 Big IP is a plus.
* BS Computer Science; 10 years systems database administration experience

Travel required: none
Telecommute: no

Friday, January 26, 2007

Corporate Express - Oracle DBA, Data Warehouse Data Quality Analyst

Title: Oracle DBA
Skills: Oracle; Unix; Linux; SQL; PL/SQL ;Netbackup; data modeling

Date: 1-26-2007
Location: Broomfield, CO
Area code: 303

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: DOE
Length: Full - Time

Position ID: 77872
Dice ID: corpexp

Job description:
To see all Corporate Express jobs, go to the Employment section of the Corporate Express website (www.CorporateExpress.com)-look for the CE Jobs icon.

Job Requisition Number: 77872
Employment Status: Full-Time
Division: Headquarters
REPORTS TO: Manager, Database Services

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The ideal candidate will be skilled in the areas of data modeling, physical database design, troubleshooting, performance tuning, monitoring, maintenance, migrations, recovery methodologies and contingency options. The job will also involve the challenge of auditing the current environments, capacity planning, and providing best practices for the future production/development/test environments, which may include establishing new standards and procedures.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
* Requires a minimum of two (2) years of experience supporting Production/Development Oracle databases in a UNIX/Linux environment.
* Data Modeling, SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX Shell, PERL & JDBC programming skills
* Oracle 9+
* Recovery Manager (RMAN)
* BSCS or equivalent experience
* Excellent problem solving skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

PREFERRED SKILLS:
* Knowledge of AIX & Linux
* Embarcadero or ERWin
* OLTP/DSS
* Design and Tuning
* Peoplesoft Application DBA Experience
* Netbackup
* Clustering Solutions
* J2EE
* Persistence Solutions
* XML
* NAS/SAN
* MySQL
* SQL Server DBA Experience

TRAVEL: Not required for this position.

RELOCATION: Not available for this position. Local Colorado candidates only, please.

Corporate Express is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Travel required: none
Telecommute: no




Title: Data Warehouse Data Quality Analyst
Skills: Data Warehouse; Testing; Quality Assurance; Ab Initio; SQL; Unix; scripting; MS Access

Date: 1-26-2007
Location: Broomfield, CO
Area code: 303

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: DOE
Length: F

Position ID: 77968
Dice ID: corpexp

Job description:
To see all Corporate Express jobs, go to the Employment section of the Corporate Express website (www.CorporateExpress.com)-look for the CE Jobs icon.

DATA WAREHOUSE DATA QUALITY ANALYST

LOCATION: Broomfield, CO (North American Corporate Headquarters)

JOB SUMMARY:
Join the Data Warehouse Development Team by participating and owning a variety of reporting and batch process application testing tasks across projects, releases and applications owners. Experience in data warehousing and decision support testing is a must, coupled with data setup work and relational databases.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES &RESPONSIBILITIES:
o Coordination of the Test Environment creation and setup, including data elements, third party applications and scripts
o Create and maintain system test plans, scorecards and go live documents
o Support and maintenance of daily rotations in test environments
o Participate in functional/technical design meetings
o Perform System, Regression, Assembly, Integration and Performance testing
o Maintain defect status and description in ClearQuest.
o Provide feedback to developers on data quality issues and performance.
o Prepare Integration Test Strategy Plans & Integration Regression scorecards for a Release
o Partner with systems development teams for large-scale load testing projects
o Develop automated testing scripts to improve testing effectiveness and productivity
o Ensure good team communications within QE and across IS department

Data Warehouse Team General Responsibilities
o Recommend, develop, document and implement process improvements
o Document, educate & train others in processes & standards
o Escalate critical software quality issues to departmental and release management

KNOWLEDGE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS: Technical
o Excellent written and oral communication skills are required
o Must have prior testing experience and/or programming experience
o System testing and/or quality assurance experience is required
o Minimum one (1) year of experience in Unix, Oracle SQL, scripting, MS Access required.
o Experience with Business Intelligence reporting tools a plus.
o Ability to work with large volume tables and create queries using MS Access & Oracle SQL.
o Working knowledge of relational databases and Data Warehouse concepts
o Ability to navigate and work in both UNIX and Windows environments.
o Experience with trouble-shooting data and software issues.
o Strong analytical skills a must.

EDUCATION & OTHER:
o 4-year college degree in Information Systems or Computer Science, and a minimum of 3 years experience
o Must be able to work in a team environment yet be self-directed, proactive, and action-oriented

RELOCATION: No relocation is available for this position.

Corporate Express is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Travel required: none
Telecommute: no

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Corporate Express - Oracle DBA

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 2512

JOB: Oracle DBA (77872) - Broomfield, CO
Posted by: "Sarah Polli" sarah.polli@cexp.com clemsongirl97
Date: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:35 am ((PST))

Title: Oracle DBA
Skills: Oracle; Unix; Linux; SQL; PL/SQL ;Netbackup; data modeling

Date: 1-18-2007
Location: Broomfield, CO

To apply online:
http://corpexp.kenexa.com/corpexp/cc/CCJobResultsAction.ss?
command=ViewJobDetails&job_REQUISITION_NUMBER=77872

Job Requisition Number: 77872
Employment Status: Full-Time
Division: Headquarters
REPORTS TO: Manager, Database Services

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The ideal candidate will be skilled in the areas of data modeling,
physical database design, troubleshooting, performance tuning,
monitoring, maintenance, migrations, recovery methodologies and
contingency options. The job will also involve the challenge of
auditing the current environments, capacity planning, and providing
best practices for the future production/development/test
environments, which may include establishing new standards and
procedures.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
* Requires a minimum of two (2) years of experience supporting
Production/Development Oracle databases in a UNIX/Linux environment.
* Data Modeling, SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX Shell, PERL & JDBC programming
skills
* Oracle 9+
* Recovery Manager (RMAN)
* BSCS or equivalent experience
* Excellent problem solving skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

PREFERRED SKILLS:
* Knowledge of AIX & Linux
* Embarcadero or ERWin
* OLTP/DSS
* Design and Tuning
* Peoplesoft Application DBA Experience
* Netbackup
* Clustering Solutions
* J2EE
* Persistence Solutions
* XML
* NAS/SAN
* MySQL
* SQL Server DBA Experience

TRAVEL: Not required for this position.

RELOCATION: Not available for this position. Local Colorado
candidates only, please.

Corporate Express is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Nice Rhyming, Shane

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 2504


The Market is hot, and the temperature is NOT!


1. QA tester-6-month contract to hire-Lakewood
Posted by: "Shane Wiesjahn" swiesjahn@prismgroup.com
Date: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:34 am ((PST))

Happy Friday, The Market is hot, and the temperature is NOT! Below you
will find a brief description of a job opportunity. If you are
interested please send me a word resume.

- Minimum 5 years as a tester with at least 3 directly testing web/web
applications.
- Experience in writing test cases based off a given set of
requirements
- Must be able to demonstrate analyzing and tracking potential causes
of bugs
- Knowledge of development lifecycle, particularly in the Medical/Defense industry a plus

- Experience with automation tools, particularly Rational Robot a plus

- Experience with C#, JavaScript, HTML or other related programming languages a plus

- Must have strong team and communication skills

- Knowledge of Visual Studio .NET development environment a plus

- Knowledge of database methodology such as Oracle or SQL a plus

Shane Wiesjahn
Technical Recruiter
Tel: 303-493-5477
swiesjahn@prismgroup.com
Prism Group
11101 W 120th Ave, Suite 270
| Broomfield, CO 80021 | Tel: 303-474-2015

Friday, January 12, 2007

Oracle DBA Needed in downtown Denver

We are currently accepting resumes for the following contract in downtown Denver.

This is a great opportunity to work with some of the best DBAs in town
on a very large data warehouse.

Position Type: 6 month - 1 year Contract
Starting Date: ASAP
Location: Downtown Denver
Rate: Depending Upon Experience

We need a senior Oracle DBA to perform the following roles:
- Provide technical leadership to Design, Create, and Support Relational
Databases (Oracle 9i/8i).
- Develop Backup & Recovery strategies.
- Implement Oracle's Data Guard solution.
- Use PL/SQL to formulate archival & purge strategies.
- 24/7 Production Support Oracle 9i (a must) & 8i databases.

Required Skills are:
- Expert Unix shell scripting skills.
- Heavy Performance & Tuning experience.
- SQL Statement Tuning & SQL Database Tuning.
- High Availability Clustering experience.
- Prior experience in Large ERP environments, Supporting Data Warehouse
and OLTP Applications.
- Data Guard experience is a definite plus but is not required.
- Excellent communication skills as well as the ability to mentor others
are essential.
- IBM, HP, Sun Servers

We ask interested applicants to send their resumes to my attention.
Please tell us:

1. Your desired contracting rates (preferably on a corp to corp or 1099
basis).

2. Specific technical details that describe how your experience with the
above technologies fits this particular requirement.

3. When can you start working on this project?

All resumes will be kept in strict confidence.

Jerry Saltzman
*********************************************************
Jerry Saltzman, MBA
Account Manager
TekCommand, Inc.
E-mail: Jerry@TekCommand.com
Web site: http://www.TekCommand.com
Phone: 303.320.0800
**********************************************************

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Webroot Software - Web Sys Admin

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 2495


12. Job - Webroot Software - Web Sys Admin - Boulder
Posted by: "Jon Landau" JLandau@webroot.com
Date: Tue Jan 9, 2007 10:37 am ((PST))

Web Systems Administrator

Webroot Software, Inc. is the leading provider of best of breed
anti-spyware software and other technologies for enterprise and
consumers. Since the company's inception, Webroot has consistently
developed and delivered the most innovative and powerful anti-spyware
technology on the market. Our Spy Sweeper products have been awarded
some of the industry's highest honors, including:



* Spy Sweeper(tm) is a 7-time winner of the PC Magazine Editors'
Choice
Award and recently won a 2006 PC World World Class Award

* Spy Sweeper(tm) Enterprise was named Best Anti-Spyware and Best
Overall Anti-Malware Solution by SC Magazine, voted the Winner of
Excellence in Anti-Spyware for the Info Security Products Guide, and
has
received Editors' Choice awards from IT Week, Business Computing
Magazine, Windows IT Pro and Communications World Magazine



Webroot is widely recognized for setting the technology standard by
focusing on research and development. Our highly regarded R&D
organization, based in Boulder, Colorado, is expanding operations. In
light of this expansion, Webroot is hiring a Web Systems Administrator.
As the Web Systems Administrator, you will be responsible for server
infrastructure at Webroot Software's web hosting facilities and
corporate headquarters.



RESPONSIBILITIES



* Manage & monitor the data center's hardware and software
infrastructures.

* Perform design, development and implementation work related
to the maintenance and expansion of the data center's hardware and
software infrastructures.

* Coordinate with and support Development and other
stake-holders as appropriate.

* Perform on-call duties on a rotating basis.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE



* Required Skills:

o Advanced UNIX and Linux operating system skills (FreeBSD
preferred)

o Strong Apache web server experience

o Strong networking skills

o Experience with DNS and BIND

o Server hardware administration

o Ability to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 40 lbs.



* Desired Administrative Skills:

o Foundry Load Balancers

o MS SQL Server 2000/2005 & MySQL Databases

o Microsoft Windows Server 2003



Privately held and backed by some of the industry's leading top tier
venture capital firms, including Technology Crossover Ventures, Accel
Partners and Mayfield, Webroot is continuing to build and capitalize
upon proven successes and leadership in the security market. Our
employees are our most valuable resource and we provide them with the
benefits, compensation and stock they deserve. Candidates should be
self-directed and able to balance a team approach with personal
initiative.

If you would like an opportunity to work with this widely recognized
worldwide leader in technology security, send your resume to
jlandau@webroot.com for consideration.

Principals only - no third parties, please.

Webroot Software, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Jon Landau | Technology Recruiting Manager

Monday, January 08, 2007

Trizetto - Sr. DBA

Title: Sr. DBA
Skills: Sybase, Oracle, SQL

Date: 1-8-2007
Location: Greenwood Village, CO
Area code: 303

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: DOE
Length: Perm

Position ID: IRC966
Dice ID: 10115492

Job description:
Are you looking for a winning company with a culture of empowerment? Do you want to use your skills to make a difference in a fast-paced environment? TriZetto is the largest company dedicated to providing information technology for the health insurance payer industry. We're an innovative industry leader, helping our customers respond to fast-moving trends and dynamics such as consumer-directed healthcare and the growing Medicare and Medicaid markets. Touching more than 35% of the U.S. insured population, TriZetto provides a broad array of premier information technology solutions that enhance our customers' revenue growth, drive their administrative efficiency, and improve the cost and quality of care for their members.

The individual will be involved in the design, development and support of various transaction system, reporting and data warehousing solutions provided by The TriZetto Group to its client base. Support includes both implementation and development activities. This position will be primarily responsible for design, development, implementation and/or support of the underlying databases used to deliver the above mentioned solutions. Activities include:

- Install, configure, and maintain databases on Windows and AIX
- Create migration strategies for data for product release upgrades
- Conduct performance tuning in conjunction with the project teams
- Gather, analyze, and interpret data base development requirements with the development team
- Perform database applications, backups, maintenance, and disaster recovery

Requirements:
- Self-motivated and self-directed, with the ability to work without significant levels of direct supervision.
- Must be able to simultaneously work in at least two different technical environments (i.e. Sybase and Oracle, etc.).
- Ability to visualize, design and implement solutions to health care business reporting problems desirable.
- Understanding of data structures and relationships as they relate to any of the TriZetto supported systems is a plus.
- At least 5 years of previous database administration experience in an implementation or production environment.
- Knowledge of Sybase v12/v12.5 is required. Knowledge of Oracle (9i/10g), and/or Microsoft SQL Server is desirable.
- Experience in software development, code optimization, and code review is also required.
- Experience in the health care industry a plus.

We recognize that our employees are our greatest assets and want each one to have a long, successful career at TriZetto. Therefore, we offer a variety of training programs and career development opportunities, and believe in a healthy work-life balance. TriZetto offers paid vacation, sick, and holiday time. Additional company benefits include medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, and a 401(k) plan. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Travel required: none
Telecommute: no

Friday, January 05, 2007

eToys - Senior Data Warehouse Developer, Oracle Database Administrator

Title: Senior Data Warehouse Developer
Skills: ETL development, dimensional modeling, Oracle, Data warehousing, and scripting.

Date: 1-3-2007
Location: Denver, CO
Area code: 303

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: 90,000.00-100,000.00
Length:

Position ID: 370492
Dice ID: 10120286

Job description:
Senior Data Warehouse Developer

Job Description

eToys Direct is looking for a skilled, experienced and dynamic data warehouse developer to join our Business Intelligence Team. The chosen candidate will have the opportunity to work with all areas of the company to build decision support solutions for marketing (e.g., catalog circulation, e-mail campaigns, on-line marketing efforts), merchandising (e.g., SKU forecasting, assortment planning, performance measurement), finance, fulfillment and others.

Responsibilities

Work within the business intelligence team to extend and improve upon an existing Oracle 9i enterprise data warehouse solution. Identify where improvements need to be made in order to support new requirements and/or more efficiently support existing functionality.

Design, build and deploy new decision support solutions within the architecture.

Improve upon existing standards, guidelines and ETL processes needed for the continued development of the data warehouse environment.

Balance ease-of-use, performance and maintainability within the architecture.

Ensure that service levels in regard to refresh times, query response times and data quality are maintained and do not unexpectedly erode over time.

Ensure that new functionality and modifications to existing functionality are consistent with the existing architecture and any directional changes defined for the architecture.

Work closely with the system administrators and DBAs that support the data warehouse hardware and database environment.

Skills and Experience

5+ years data warehouse ETL development and dimensional model design.
3+ years Data warehousing experience within Oracle.
Solid SQL, PL/SQL and direct path load experience within Oracle.
Understanding of unix command line, k-shell or other scripting languages.
BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or other IT related field.
Sound decision making with the ability to think and act independently in a dynamic work environment.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to develop rapport with end-users.


Willing to consider relocation package

Travel required: none
Telecommute: no

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Title: Oracle Database Administrator
Skills: Solid Unix / Linux skills, preferably in Solaris and SuSE Linux, and Strong SQL and PL/SQL capabilities

Date: 1-5-2007
Location: Denver, CO
Area code: 303

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: To Be Discussed
Length:

Position ID: 370519
Dice ID: 10120286

Job description:
Oracle Database Administrator


eToys Direct, Inc. is seeking an experienced Oracle DBA to support our Oracle8i, 9i, and 10g database environments.

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining a variety of different Oracle databases, including 24x7 e-commerce, data warehouse, Oracle Applications, and development and test databases. Primary responsibilities will include high availability, backup and recovery, database security, capacity planning and space management, performance monitoring and tuning, and logical and physical database design. Secondary responsibilities will include administration duties for a small number of SQL Server environments, and our Application Server 10g infrastructure.



This position requires carrying an on-call pager on a rotating basis. This position does not require travel.

Requirements
3+ years continuous experience as a production DBA in an Oracle/Unix environment with installations of Oracle8i, 9i, and/or 10g, covering all responsibilities listed above

Experience in a 24x7 environment, with a strong understanding of high availability strategies for Oracle

Strong interpersonal and customer service skills, including verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work well both individually and within a team environment

Ability to effectively plan and manage tasks on projects of various levels of complexity

Strong SQL and PL/SQL capabilities

Demonstrated expertise in a wide range of backup and recovery scenarios, with exposure to both user-managed and RMAN backup configurations

Solid Unix / Linux skills, preferably in Solaris and SuSE Linux

Strong knowledge of logical and physical database design

Ability to work effectively in a demanding and fast-paced environment

Experience with Oracle standby databases / Data Guard is a strong plus

SQL Server database administration experience is a strong plus

Oracle 9iAS or 10g Application Server administration experience is a strong plus

Unix shell scripting experience is a plus

Experience working in an e-commerce environment is a plus

Travel required: none
Telecommute: no