At Pythian we are experts in strategic database and analytics services driving digital transformation and operational excellence. Pythian a multinational company was founded in 1997 and started by ensuring the reliability and performance of missioncritical databases. We quickly earned a reputation for solving tough data challenges. We were there when the industry moved from onpremises to cloud environments and as enterprises sought more from their data we expanded our competencies to include advanced analytics.
Today we empower organizations to embrace transformation and leverage advanced technologies including AI to stay competitive. We deliver innovative solutions that meet each clients data goals and have built strong partnerships with Google Cloud AWS Microsoft Oracle SAP and Snowflake. The powerful combination of our extensive expertise in data and cloud and our ability to keep on top of the latest bleeding edge technologies make us the perfect partner to help mid and largesized businesses transform to stay ahead in todays rapidly changing digital economy.
Why you
The Database Administrator will work as part of a team to supply complete support for all aspects of managed database and application infrastructure operations to a variety of Pythians customers.
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What will you be doing
Coordinate analyze design implement and administer solutions as per customers needs
Recommend best practices for improvements to current operational processes
Configure and maintain servers at the database and infrastructure level
Troubleshoot operational problems
Administer proactive database and infrastructure daily checks
Respond to monitoring alerts
Communicate status and planning activities to customers and other team members
Participate in the teams rotational shift pattern and oncall coverage rotation plan
Learn different database technologies and provide support
What do we need from you
4 years of database administration experience managing Oracle databases (including Oracle RAC) with good foundational understanding of Oracle database technologies.
Curiosity mindset and tenacity to fully diagnose why something went wrong
Troubleshooting and performance improvement skills including index creation query optimization schema changes etc.
Understanding of database security management
Experience managing logical and physical replication
Knowledge of Oracle DataGuard and GoldenGate replication
Basic understanding of Oracle Enterprise Manager or PostgreSQL pgAdmin console together with some Linux knowledge
Love your work/life balance: Flexibly work remotely from your home or Office theres no daily travel requirement to an office! All you need is a stable internet connection.
Love your coworkers: Collaborate with some of the best and brightest in the industry!
Love your development: Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days attend training become certified whatever you like!
Love your workspace: We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS and an annual budget to personalize your work environment!
Love yourself: Pythian cares about the health and wellbeing of our team. You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships massages fitness and more). Additionally you will receive a generous amount of paid vacation and sick days as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity.
Disclaimer
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