Database Administrator - Vertica job at Twitter

Job Description

About this Role:

We are looking for an experienced Database Engineer or Systems Engineer that wants to work in a complex and dynamic database environment. We are looking to add to a team that is laying the groundwork for our service to scale in a cost-effective and reliable way

Responsibilities

You must be an experienced Database Administrator or Systems Engineer. You will work with other Senior and Junior DBAs, Site Reliability Engineers, and Product Engineers to investigate problems, implement solutions, achieve efficiency gains, and automate repetitive tasks. You will have a strong work ethic, the ability to keep complex tasks organized, and an amazing attention to detail. You must not have an itchy trigger-finger.

Successful candidates will have:

A strong analytical nature and at least mid-level database systems administration experience
A strong desire to learn how to administer large-scale Vertica clusters

Requirements:

Three or more years of hands-on experience in database / systems administration
Experience with Vertica, Oracle, MySQL or other database systems
Knowledge of SQL
Ability to write Bash, Perl, Python, and/or Ruby scripts for monitoring, regular maintenance, and automation of tasks

Pluses:

Knowledge of system tools such as netstat, lsof, iostat, vmstat, and others, and the ability to deploy that knowledge in production-critical investigations
Familiarity with systems-automation tools such as puppet or chef
Any level of JAVA, C or C++ programming experience
Experience with ETL and Data Warehouse systems

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