Location: Beverly Hills, CA

Please send resumes to ruth.elias@fox.com

Postgres Database Administrator

Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a start-up division of News Corporation, is seeking a Postgres Database Administrator to work on a series of dynamic and innovative projects. The FIM Production Team will be charged with providing top-tier solutions to complex challenges in support of major initiatives in the areas of Sports, Entertainment and News.

Projects may include:

1. Enterprise-wide data collection system
2. Global user segmentation system
3. Add serving system
4. Integrated data analytics system to report performance across all of FIM’s online properties

This is a dynamic role where DBA will be responsible for Database Architecture, Database Design, Database Administration / Maintenance, and Database Development of a large-scale Postgres 8.x database environment.

Design and Analysis

• Conduct fact gathering sessions with customers.
• Develop project estimates for database tasks.
• Participate in group application design & architecture activities.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance to engineering staff.
• Develop database design documentation

Development and Testing

• Develops new complex database solutions according to defined application requirements.
• Performs Unit Testing and debugging of applications.
• Provides database support through all testing phases and general releases of software.
• Adheres to department programming standards and methodology.

Production Support

• Manage database capacity planning
• Create and execute scripts for various database maintenance activities.
• Perform database tuning including monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizing performance.
• Plan and perform database software installations, upgrades, and patches
• Implement database backup and recovery strategies including high availability
• Troubleshoot and tune Postgres database for optimal performance
• Serve as escalation point for database issues

Administrative

• Work as a member of a cross-functional, integrated development team.
• Work with the other Engineers to continually improve development standards and other departmental processes and documentation.
• Communicates plans, status and issues to management on a regular basis.
• Adheres to department standards, policies, procedures and industry best practices.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Recent experience with Postgres 8.x and the development of views, functions, triggers.
• Design, implement, and operate 24x/7 high availability Postgres production and development databases.
• Define and implement maintenance procedures including Disaster Recovery, HA, DB maintenance, Backup solution, etc.
• Plan and support the implementation of major architectural changes.
• Provide direction in capacity planning, performance improvements, and storage management in partnership with System Operations and Development teams.
• Ongoing performance analysis, monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues.
• Interface with System operations and vendors to resolve problems with application/database systems.
• Knowledge of Linux & Unix operating system and scripting language.
• On-call support for production systems.
• Good understanding of relational database design concepts.
• Knowledge and experience in Logical and Physical Data Modeling.
• Strong Database Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution skills.
• Contribute to and update systems documentation as required.
• Capable of translating complex business needs into technical solutions.
• Nice to have MySQL experience.

Qualification

I have been trying for silent installation of postgres on linux and solaris but I am only able to find it for windows using msi (only specific to windows) .Please help me with this.............

This is a dynamic role where DBA will be responsible for Database
Architecture, Database Design, Database Administration / Maintenance, and
Database Development of a large-scale Postgres 8.x database environment.
• Design and Analysis
  Conduct fact gathering sessions with customers.
  Develop project estimates for database tasks.
  Participate in group application design & architecture activities.
  Provide technical assistance and guidance to engineering staff.
  Develop database design documentation

• Development and Testing
  Develops new complex database solutions according to defined application
  requirements.
  Performs Unit Testing and debugging of applications.
  Provides database support through all testing phases and general releases
  of software.
  Adheres to department programming standards and methodology.

• Production Support
  Manage database capacity planning
  Create and execute scripts for various database maintenance activities.
  Perform database tuning including monitoring, troubleshooting and
  optimizing performance.
  Plan and perform database software installations, upgrades, and patches
  Implement database backup and recovery strategies including high
  availability
  Troubleshoot and tune Postgres database for optimal performance
  Serve as escalation point for database issues

• Administrative
  Work as a member of a cross-functional, integrated development team.
  Work with the other Engineers to continually improve development standards
  and other departmental processes and documentation.
  Communicates plans, status and issues to management on a regular basis.
  Adheres to department standards, policies, procedures and industry best
  practices.

• Technical Skills and Experience
  Recent experience with Postgres 8.x and the development of views,
  functions, triggers.
  Design, implement, and operate 24x/7 high availability Postgres production
  and development databases.
  Define and implement maintenance procedures including Disaster Recovery,
  HA, DB maintenance, Backup solution, etc.
  Plan and support the implementation of major architectural changes.
  Provide direction in capacity planning, performance improvements, and
  storage management in partnership with System Operations and Development
  teams.
  Ongoing performance analysis, monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolution
  of issues.
  Interface with System operations and vendors to resolve problems with
  application/database systems.
  Knowledge of Linux & Unix operating system and scripting language.
  On-call support for production systems.
  Good understanding of relational database design concepts.
  Knowledge and experience in Logical and Physical Data Modeling.
  Strong Database Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution skills.
  Contribute to and update systems documentation as required.
  Capable of translating complex business needs into technical solutions.
  Nice to have MySQL experience.

• Qualification
  8+ years software industry experience.
  5+ years Database Administration experience.
  3+ years SQL development experience.
  Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Computer Science.
  Postgres configuration and performance tuning experience.
  Experience in high transaction rate OLTP environment and supporting VLDBs
  (Terabyte +).
  Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills conducive to team
  development.
  Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

  Candace Bowden
  Account Manager/Recruiter
  Sharf, Woodward & Associates
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What: All-day PostgreSQL one-track mini-conference
When: Sunday, July 20th, 9am to 5pm, possible party afterwards
Who: PDXPUG will select speakers
Where: Portland Convention Center, Portland, Oregon

We are looking for speakers for the PostgreSQL Day. PDXPUG wants four hour-long sessions and one 2.5-hour workshop. Please e-mail selena -at- postgresql.org with your offer to speak and speakers will be selected in mid-April.

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Our first organizing meeting will be at 6:30pm, May 14, 2008 at FreeGeek. Just before the PDXPUG meeting.

May 30 - Friday 7:00 P.M.

Keith Larson - Making Non-Trivial Views Update-able.
CalPoly Pomona

June 27 - Friday 7:00 P.M.

Juan Jose Natera - Examples using PL-Perl.
Hold for Location

Hey, y'all; due to a pair of funerals I've attended these past few days, I'm behind on meeting planning. Let's have the first meeting next Tuesday, March 18th, at 6:30 PM in the Buckhead Borders (in the upstairs coffee lounge). At the meeting, we'll look at a pair of PostgreSQL LiveCDs, discuss organization of the Atlanta-Area PostgreSQL User Group, talk about upcoming conferences (PostgreSQL Conference EAST and PGCon 2008), and generally geek out over the world's most advanced open source DB. ;)

Leave a comment or drop an email to atlpug@postgresql.org if you're planning on attending; I look forward to seeing all of y'all next week! :)

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