Job Responsibilities:
- Participate in on-call support of production databases on a rotating basis.
- Pro-actively monitor production database for high availablity and performance.
- Provide DBA support to assigned projects
- Enforce best practices in all areas of database administration and architecture
- Follow established standards. Develop and document new processes and procedures as necessary.
- Installation, configuration, patching and upgrading of oracle server software (versions 8, 9 and 10).
- Data modeling and database optimization
- Involve in capacity planning for growth and changes
- Must be flexible to support pre-scheduled after-hour or weekend work.
Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or 8 + years related experience and/or training; and four plus years of experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of production support experience in UNIX environment.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of development DBA experience.
- Oracle certification is a plus.
Qualifications:
- Proven oracle database administration experience in production database environments supporting Terabyte databases on HP-UX, Solaris and windows.
- Strong hands-on experience in monitoring and performance tuning using statspack and AWR reports.
- Thorough with tuning SQL, pl/sql and applications for performance.
- Fluent with unix korn shell scripting for automation and pro-active monitoring.
- Familiar with hp-ux system monitoring tools.
- Must be familiar with Oracle Snapshot technology. Oracle steams experience is desired.
- Familiarity with Database console or Oracle grid is a big plus.
- Proficient using RMAN for backup and recovery
- Must have worked with help desk ticketing system and change control system in previous jobs
- Familiarity with Web methods, Web Logic and basic java principles is a plus.
- Understand oracle partitioning and other data warehouse concepts.
DISH Network offers the following benefits:
Medical, Health Savings Account, dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending options and Employee Assistance Plan
401(k) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition reimbursement
Employee Referral Program
Training opportunities
FREE DISH Network Satellite TV System and Programming
Opportunity for a level of responsibility that could take years to reach in other companies
DISH Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.
