Monday, January 30, 2012

SquareTwo Financial - Database Administrator

SquareTwo Financial is a growing asset management company located in the Denver Tech Center. We have proven ourselves to be a leader in the financial market by attracting and retaining motivated, hardworking and creative team players. Due to our growth and visionary leadership, we are currently adding to our team and looking for talented professionals who are committed to building and delivering quality software in support of our internal and external customers. Are you ready to be part of our team?

About the Role:

Data is our gold nugget! Our database team is the keeper of the treasure and we count on them to design, build and support all that is precious. Quality is paramount, so you must be keenly focused on quality, exceptional service to our business partners and fellow development team members. Day to day we need you to have the ability to move, transform, and dice it into, out of and within our enterprise.

What you'll be doing:

• As a production DBA you'll create, administer, monitor and maintain the Oracle database infrastructure.
• Actively provide performance monitoring and resolution of performance issues
• Offer resource capacity management solutions and ensure bulletproof backups
• Maintain security practices and reporting to ensure functionality does not compromise company applications.
• Provide trend analysis to the IT management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding database resource management.
• Responsible for problem escalation to the Development team and third parties as appropriate.
• Improve and maintain the databases to include rollouts and upgrades.
• Implement and release database changes as submitted by the development team.
• Mentor application developers on SQL and PL/SQL design patterns and best practices including tuning, error handling and data integrity.

What we're looking for from you:

• Minimum of 5 years experience working with Oracle databases. Experience managing multiple RDBMS on large systems with the primary focus being Oracle 10g and 11g.
• Experience of working in a team that delivers a high availability service.
• Experience with SCRUM a plus.
• Practical experience in monitoring and tuning databases, SQL queries and PL/SQL to provide a high performance code and utilities.

And here's what you'll enjoy:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits
• Support for your community involvement
• SquareTwo University – for your professional development
• Opportunity to learn, grow and contribute

Goldstone Partners is helping this stable, successful and growing organization find talented contributors who want to be part of an amazing team. Please send your resume to me personally at success@goldstonepartners.com. Principals only please. Unfortunately we are unable to support relocation or sponsorships at this time.