Department: Hosting Operations
Reports To: Manager, Hosting Operations
Duration: Full time
Job Description
The Database Administrator will be responsible for the deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of a large database environment. The Database Administrator will ensure compliance to all corporate policies departmental standards and procedures. They will also be responsible to ensure a high level of performance, functionality and availability is maintained.
Qualifications
Key Responsibilities
- Install, patch and maintain all company databases (MySQL and Sybase)
- Review all production schema changes
- Review changes to database design
- Design and implement backup and DR strategies
- Perform database tuning and performance monitoring
- Manage database and data security (including adherence to all PCI security requirements)
- Data interface protocols
- Create and maintain documentation and standards
- Capacity planning
- Provide on-call support
- Technical troubleshooting and provide consultation to development teams
- Design and implement clustering and replication solutions
- Perform database upgrades
- Optimize existing databases
- Database performance and load testing
Requirements
- University degree in computer science or equivalent with substantial directly related work experience
- 6+ years Database Administrator experience supporting a large 24/7 production (data centre) environment
- Extensive experience with Sybase and MySQL on a Linux (preferably Debian) environment
- Knowledge of Apache and Tomcat
- Ability to work effectively on multiple simultaneous tasks within a fast paced, high tech, team oriented environment
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, motivational & analytical skills
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Ability to complete project tasks in a timely manner
- Knowledge of security practices and issues
- Ability to work in teams as well as on an individual basis
- Ability to create detailed documentation and processes
- Ability to pass on knowledge and train other staff members
- Ability to be on-call and work weekends/weeknights during scheduled and emergency maintenances
Qualified and interested applicants should forward their resume (in Word format) as a separate attachment to: careers@novator.com
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