Junior DBA - Part Time

Posted Jul 09, 2010   |   0 Comments   |   by jkomenda

Merge Records is looking for a junior DBA with MySQL and Postgres experience who is interested in part-time work with the potential to turn the job into a full-time position.

Things You’d Be Doing:
- Migration of data from Postgres to MySQL.
- Development of data migration scripts.
- Optimizing database queries and structures.
- Mirroring databases for use in a development environment.
- Modifying and creating Drupal modules.
- Creating custom reports.

Stuff You Should Know:
- Experience with both MySQL and Postgres.
- Ability to write data migration scripts.
- Knowledge of SQL query best practices and database tuning.
- Some experience setting up mirrored/replicated databases, or a willingness to learn.
- Inherent desire to make things run faster and more efficiently.

Very Helpful Qualities:
- Enjoy learning new things.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Fondness for open-source software.
- Good communication skills, particularly in email correspondence.
- Basic familiarity with Drupal or similar module-based CMS.
- Computer Science degree or equivalent experience.
- LAMP/Wamp experience.

Still Reading?
Merge Records is a casual work environment. For the right person, the really cool thing about the job would be the fact that you would be working with an interesting and varied data set: bands, music, tour dates, sales, downloads, users, forums, blogs… you name it. It would be yours to optimize, normalize, and make elegant.

Send availability (the number of hours or days a week you’d like to work), resume, salary requirements, and a short introductory letter to the c/o this posting.

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