Monday, October 13, 2008

Next Action - DBA

Date Posted October 13, 2008

NextAction Corporation is a leading behavioral targeting company headquartered in Westminster, CO, less than 30 minutes from both Boulder and Denver. We have one of the world’s largest databases of consumer purchasing behavior, numbering over 6 billion records. We count most of the nation’s largest catalog retailers among our customers and have been recognized with numerous regional and national awards, including the prestigious “Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Five years since its founding, NextAction is entrepreneurial, growing and profitable. Our culture fosters growth and results in a fun and high-energy work environment.

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. The candidate should have knowledge with Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL databases.

Required Skills

* Requires a minimum of three (3) years of experience supporting Production/Development of Oracle databases in a Unix/Linux environment and SQL Server databases
* Working knowledge of Oracle 10g and 11g, SQL Server 2000 and 2005, and MySQL 5.x
* Backup and Recovery for Oracle (RMAN), SQL Server, and MySQL
* Intimate knowledge of PL/SQL, Unix Shell, SQL, T-SQL
* DTS and SSIS development
* Data Modeling
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Skills

* Experience in setting up log shipping and replication
* Clustering skills for all database platforms
* Oracle RAC experience
* SQL Server Reporting Services
* Experience with 500GB + SQL Server databases
* Experience working with multi terabyte Oracle databases
* Database design / tuning
* Grid Management