Senior Database Administrator
Senior Database Administrator (SmartBargains, Inc.; Boston, Massachusetts): Responsible for designing, maintaining, and supporting the persistent data solutions that power Rue Gilt Groupe (f/k/a Rue La La). Will manage a diverse ecosystem of databases on-premise and in the cloud along with data replication in and out of these databases. Will assist development organizations with schema design, quality assurance (QA) environments and deployments.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Build efficient and scalable data-driven features in collaboration with Engineering.
- Own and manage a heterogeneous fleet of relational databases that drive of core of Rue La La’s product catalog, order processing, inventory management and business intelligence.
- Drive innovative solutions from design through implementation for complex problems using a deep understanding of RDBMS concepts.
- Design, document, test and implement backup and recovery procedures to align Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) with business needs.
- Serve as a domain expert for databases and provide day-to-day support to the entire technology organization.
- Ensure consistency and reliability of QA environments and support engineering teams with development efforts.
- Provide 24x7 production support for databases on-premise as well as in the cloud on a rotational basis.
- Provide broader infrastructure support for production networks, operating systems, and applications on-premise and in the cloud.
- Work collaboratively in large cross functional teams with a positive attitude and desire to innovate and solve problems.
Minimum requirements: Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical field and 3 years of experience in Oracle database administration. Alternatively, will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical field and 5 years of experience in Oracle database administration.
Must have: (1) In-depth knowledge of job scheduling and monitoring tools. (2) Demonstrated experience working with: a. Oracle Recovery Manager, Import/Export, and SQL*Loader; b. Oracle Enterprise Manager; c. Oracle Data Guard; d. RAC Clustering; e. MYSQL Clustering; f. SQL Server administration; g. Oracle Streams and Advanced Replication administration; h. Data warehousing; and i. GitHub. (3) Experience with Unix and Linux in a multi-domain environment including basic commands and shell scripting. (4) Demonstrated experience working with multiple projects and tasks and the ability to prioritize on the fly. (5) Demonstrated experience with migration of databases. (6) Demonstrated experience with database performance tuning and involvement of capacity planning of databases for future projects and growth. (7) Oracle OCP Certification Training.
Apply online at https://careers.ruegiltgroupe.com/ (SmartBargains, Inc. is a Rue Gilt Groupe company). Search under the “Technology” section to access this Senior Database Administrator posting. An EOE.