OmniTI Database Administrator

The OmniTI Data Management team is looking for a Database Administrator to
help us grow!

We are a flexible and progressive group. We work closely with developers,
operations, and client groups to provide a "full stack" perspective on
providing highly available data services at scale. We believe a polyglot
approach to databases is the best way to learn and to solve today’s
challenging data problems. Sure, everyone has their favorites, but
understanding database fundamentals and how the properties of different
database systems interact with applications and operating systems is a key
to our success.

*About The Job*

Most people have that one company they worked for that did thousands of
transactions per second, or had that one terabyte level database they once
worked on. At OmniTI these types of challenges are the norm. You will get a
chance to build out complex multi-server environments working with multiple
database technologies, and you'll have a rock solid team to support you as
you do it. Common problems you'll be solving include:

- Monitoring databases for problems and diagnosing where those problems
are.
- Working with senior engineers to maintain scalable, reliable, and
robust database environments.
- Working with developers on performance tuning, query optimization, and
index tuning.
- Building database tools and scripts to simplify, automate, or solve
the problems vendors leave behind.
- Provide 24x7 escalated on-call support on a pager rotation.

*Requirements & Education:*

- 3-4+ years working with two or more databases systems including
Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, or MSSQL.
- 4+ years working in Unix/Linux environments, particularly with web
facing systems.
- Proficient tuning database processes and queries, both physically and
logically.
- A solid understanding of database replication, including Master-Slave,
Master-Master, and Distributed setups.
- Ability to work cooperatively with software engineers and system
administrators.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Exceptional problem-solving expertise and attention to detail.
- The ability to remain calm in the face of extreme crises.
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent.

*Bonus*

- Work from Fulton, MD, or NYC office
- Familiarity with additional database systems (Riak, Hadoop, MongoDB)
- You can build a complete web environment armed with a network
connection and a shell prompt
- Comfortable with C

*About You*

- You like working with a team, knowing that efficiency and thoroughness
trade-offs happen every day.
- You don't believe there is OneTrueWay™ of database administration.
- You don't mind hacking stored procedures, and you'll work with ORM
queries when you need to.
- You crave collaboration with application developers and operations
alike.
- You think SQL is a great tool for for answering questions, but aren't
afraid to use grep/awk/sed to bend data when you need to.
- You don't believe that all data has the same requirements of
consistency, availability, and partition-tolerance.
- You love experimenting, testing, and QA so much, you learned how to do
it in production.

If this sounds like you, send your cover letter and resume to
careers(at)omniti(dot)com(dot) If you contribute to an open source project, write a
blog, or are involved in technology in some other way, we would love to
hear about it when you write to us!

Mary Swidowich, PHR
Human Resources Generalist
OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc.
http://www.omniti.com/
http://circonus.com/