Friday, February 27, 2015

EchoStar - PostgreSQL DBA

Summary:
Echostar  is looking for a  MySQL / PostgreSQL  DBA  to perform duties in the full cycle including development, testing and production support for Mysql and elastic search data stores.


Responsibilities:
Databases will include a variety of types including large data warehouse used for tracking and reporting, high availability web server backend DBs, large replication environment, etc. Maintain existing MySQL environments, including large replication environments for data mining and mid-sized High Availability environments. Review and make recommendations for tuning existing environments. Design and tune new tables, databases and environments for both existing environments and new work. Monitor and support current and future environments. Create, maintain and update maintenance scripts for MySQL and SQLite databases. Design, create and implement new database environments including HA and replication setups. Basic Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Mathematics or Engineering or related field 3 years hands-on experience in database administration of MySQL and /or PostgreSQL. 2 years experience with setup, configuration, maintenance, trouble-shooting MySQL and/or PostgreSQL replication environments. 1 years experience with performance tuning MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases for a variety of environments and user requirements.4 years experience with Linux, including experience writing Linux scripts with bash, ruby, python, or perl.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with using and configuring NoSQL environments, e.g. MongoDB, Elasticsearch. Experience with MySQL Clustering configuration, setup and maintenance. Experience with High Availability MySQL environments. Experience using Ruby or Python for database maintenance and interaction. Experience with workflow engines and creating traceability of data through multiple systems. Experience with other relational database systems such as Oracle. Experience with Hadoop ecosystem; Hive, Hbase, Impala, Sqoop, and Pig.

About Echostar:
EchoStar delivers innovative products and services that power global communication, commerce and entertainment. Through our market-leading Digital Broadcast Centers across North America, we operate one the world’s largest and most advanced digital broadcast networks, serving over 17 million end users every day. Our historical pioneering development of market solutions such as satellite spot-beam technology, end-to-end MPEG4 video delivery, place shifting, whole home DVR sharing and VSAT data network management have consistently set new standards in the industry.

EchoStar provides a variety of benefits for all employees.  In addition to health and wellness benefits that support a new era in healthcare management, we provide unique benefits including Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Stock Purchase, Discounted rates on HughesNet and Dish Network services, Slingbox discounts and much more.

For a complete list of benefits and specific company detail please visit www.echostar.com


EchoStar is an EEO Employer (Race, Gender, Veterans, and Disability)