[BBLISA-jobs] Principle DBA Position in Dowtown Boston

[Justin Holland]

Hey Guys - Following is a job post for my company FreeCause, Inc.
Figured someone may be a good candidate or have a good candidate in
mind.  Will throw out $2500 for a referral if accepted!

Principal DBA @FreeCause, Inc.


FreeCause provides the most reliable, advanced loyalty and engagement
solutions for leading brands around the world. FreeCause is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc., one of the world's largest and most
comprehensive Internet service companies, providing services in
e-commerce, portal and media, travel, financial services, and
professional sports. Rakuten is a publicly traded company in Japan
(JASDAQ: 4755).

FreeCause owned and operated online properties include OneCause,
SchoolPop, OurKidsWin, AppBar, and CauseBar.  The company also
provides various online Shopping and Search solutions to over 200
clients including Aerosmith, CBS Interactive, many NFL teams and some
of the largest social game developers on Facebook.

Offices – Boston, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Tokyo

Boston Team – 50 employees

Company culture: - check out blog.freecause.com

Office location - Downtown
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=294+Washington+St,+Boston,+MA+02108&sll=41.948101,-71.291154&sspn=0.013773,0.033023&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=294+Washington+St,+Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts+02109&z=17

Description:

Working closely with development, the focus of this position is to
provide database management and support to a team of developers
focused on the continued development of our web-based software.
Additional responsibilities to include supporting and troubleshooting
production applications and infrastructure, ETL development and
data-integration process management, and development of reports for
internal stakeholders. Excellent oral and written communications are a
must. Our environment is dynamic, fast-paced and challenging.

Skills:

·         3-5+ years experience directly supporting at least one of
the following commercial RDBMS in a production and development
environment: Oracle 10/11, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2

·         2+ years experience directly supporting MySQL and/or PostgreSQL

·         Expert understanding of database backup/recovery procedures,
database cloning, performance tuning, security, replication, data
warehouses

·         Familiarity with high-availability database concepts like
Clustering and Multi-Master Replication

·         Expert understanding of Relational theory as it applies to
data modeling and database design. Familiarity with data modeling
tools, ERD diagrams, etc.

·         Experience with more than one of the following: Unix Shells,
Perl, PL-SQL, Transact-SQL

·         3+ years experience writing and tuning advanced SQL, Stored
Procedures, Functions, etc.

·         Experience with at least one ETL tool, such as Informatica,
Pentaho, JasperETL

·         Familiarity with one or more of the following: PHP, Java, Python.

·         Understanding of web development practices and technology,
including concepts such as Memcached, ORM’s and Frameworks, etc. and
their impact on the database.

·         Experience using SCM software like Subversion, CVS

·         High degree of comfort working with Linux or Unix OS

·         Excellent problem-solving, analytical and diagnostic skills.

·         Able to work closely with Development staff in the design
and delivery of data-driven web solutions.