Senior Database Administrator
thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast, is hiring a Senior Database Administrator for our Network Operations team.
thePlatform helps content providers, broadband media sites, and mobile businesses solve their unique media publishing requirements. Our proven media management and publishing technology services scale with our customers' operations and support their business model with an open, versatile approach to providing an ideal technical solution for their needs.
Our Network Operations team uses the latest technologies to support our high-availability, high-traffic Internet applications with greater than 99.9% uptime. Our applications power high-profile destinations for customers such as CNBC, Microsoft, Comcast, Verizon, and many others who demand strict uptime and security standards.
This position offers a tremendous opportunity to learn a broad range of new coding skills, technology, and processes in a growing company with one of the healthiest development organizations you'll find anywhere. We practice Agile methodologies, plan rational schedules, and our cross-functional teams build strong, collaborative relationships as partners in the delivery of quality products.
Responsibilities
- Provide design, tuning, maintenance and support of database systems for highly available, high-traffic Internet applications.
- Create and maintain the disaster recovery plan.
- Assist the development team with application schema design.
- Work with the network/security team to ensure database architecture adheres to security standards and audits.
- Respond quickly to emergency situations whenever they arise.
- Help ensure that customer SLAs are met at all times.
- Communicate regularly with development and support teams regarding database status and changes.
- Mentor network operations and development teams in database technologies and trends.
- Evaluate and recommend new database technologies and features sets along with the development team.
- Develop database technology standards and associated documentation.
Requirements
- At least five years experience as a senior database administrator for high availability Internet sites.
- SQL Server 2005 experience.
- MySQL experience.
- Replication experience.
- Multiple database vendor/platform support experience preferred.
- Development experience preferred.
- Database clustering experience a plus.
- Oracle experience a plus.
- SAN experience a plus.
This position will be filled at thePlatform headquarters in Seattle, WA. thePlatform offers competitive compensation and benefits. Please submit your resume to work@theplatform.com.
US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor H-1B and TN candidates at this time.
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