Friday, July 23, 2010

Rally - Oracle DBA

Rally provides software-driven enterprises a complete solution of knowledge, coaching and tooling to succeed with Agile, the next generation of software development practices. We are recognized nationally as the best product in our category (Jolt Award 2006 - 2009), locally as the most innovative product (IQ Awards) and as a top "Best company to work for in Colorado" 2006 - 2009. Outside Magazine also named one of the top ten companies to work in the United States 2010. Rally currently support 2,100 customers, 58,000 projects and 96,000 users in 60 countries.

Due to our success, we are seeking an Oracle DBA that will be responsible for:

Configuration of Oracle database hardware and software so that it functions optimally with the DBMS.

Monitoring and administering DBMS security.

Analyzing data stored in the database and making recommendations relating to performance and efficiency of that data storage.

Helping application programmers to efficiently utilize the database by assisting in database schema design and recommending the best design for scalability and performance.

Performing data analysis to optimize the system layout to take the most advantage of the I/O subsystem.

Proactively monitor systems for optimum performance and capacity constraints.

Establishing standards and best practices for database backup and recovery

Qualifications
5+ years of Oracle DBA experience.
Experience with Oracle RDBMS running on Linux.
Strong experience supporting mission critical relational databases.
Considerable experience and knowledge of an Oracle 10g database. for an OLTP application in areas such as best practices, scalability, performance, and reliability.
Experience with Oracle performance tuning.
Skilled in scripting and automating repetitive administrative tasks.
Good understanding of Oracle RAC.
Experience with backup, recovery, and DR best practices.
Experience in defining/analyzing ERDs, data models, and optimizations in database DDL.
Works well with software developers in the development of SQL DDL and DML.

Culture: At Rally, we value teamwork, the ability to meet commitments, skill, and a successful track record. Our company is comprised of people who are passionate about the software industry and the success that implementing Agile Development practices can bring our clients. We are looking for those who share our passion and the desire to work with the best and brightest.

If it sounds like you might thrive in an environment like this, please apply now.

Interested candidates should apply via our Careers portal at www.rallydev.com/careers.

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