Saturday, August 18, 2012

ViaWest - Database Engineer

ViaWest, Inc., a super-regional provider of colocation and managed hosting solutions has a full-time opportunity for a Database Engineer - SQL to provide database related duties for internal and customer production databases.  We are a rapidly growing organization and we embrace change as a way of life. Our innovative solutions and exceptional customer service to clients has set us apart from our competition.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide database administrative support for multiple customers as requested
• Install and administer database applications based on Viawest standards
• Monitor, manage and maintain backup and recovery schedules
• Plan and perform regular reviews and mock recoveries of database environments
• Participate in regular 7X24 ‘on-call’ duties for database administration management and support
• Follow database policies and procedures
Job Requirements:

• 4+ years working with Microsoft SQL Server
• 2+ years in a hosted environment or a combination of experience and equivalent certification
• 3+ years working with operating systems such as Linux, Windows Server and Unix
• 1+ years of database tuning, design and migration
• 1+ years experience of application development
• 500GB+ size database experience
• Additional experience with Oracle, MySQL, and/or PostreSQL advantageous
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skill
• Works well in a team environment 
• Works effectively in a dynamic and changing environment.
• Strong commitment to customer service
• Database related certification(s)
• O/S related certification
• Bachelor degree in Information Technology or related field preferred
We offer a casual work environment and encourage our employees to take part in our growth. We pay our employees competitively and make sure they don’t get lost in the business. You won’t become a number here.

Take your career to the next level and apply for a position with ViaWest today! Criminal background check required. EOE/AA