MYSQL DBA

Television is at an inflection point. New technologies and businesses are rapidly evolving and reshaping how we watch TV. We are Echo Star, a pioneer in internet delivered television and we are seeking a contract DBA in Superior, CO for a 6 month contract to hire, to perform duties in the full cycle including development, testing and production support for MySQL and elastic search data stores.

Databases will include a variety of types such as: large data warehouse used for tracking and reporting, high availability web server backend DBs, large replication environment, etc.

• Maintain existing MySQL environments, including large replication environments for data mining and mid-sized High Availability environments in AWS and other data center environments
• Review and make recommendations for tuning existing environments
• Design and tune new tables and databases
• Create, update, and maintain scripts and data import/export processes for MySQL and SQLite databases
• Design, create and implement new database environments including HA and replication setups
• Maintain reports in Jaspersoft for AWS and build new Jaspersoft reports for scheduled execution and delivery
• Deliver ad hoc SQL-based reports combining data from multiple data sources

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Mathematics or Engineering or equivalent experience
• 4 years of experience with Linux, including experience writing Linux scripts with bash, python, ruby, or similar scripting language
• 3 years of hands‑on experience in database administration of MySQL and /or PostgreSQL
• 2 years of experience with setup, configuration, and maintenance, trouble‑shooting MySQL and/or Postgre
  
  SQL replication environments
• 1 year of experience with performance tuning MySQL and/or Postgre
  
  SQL databases for a variety of environments and user requirements

• Experience with using and configuring No
  
  SQL environments, e.g. Mongo
  
  DB, Elasticsearch
• Experience with High Availability MySQL environments
• Experience with workflow engines and creating traceability of data through multiple systems
• Experience with Hadoop ecosystem administration and map‑reduce jobs;
  Hive, Hbase, Impala, Sqoop, and Pig
• Experience with database reporting systems, especially Jaspersoft
• Experience working in a software development environment with software configuration management and agile development practices

Send me your resumes at vince