[Position-available] Full-time position available: Senior Oracle Database Administrator - Waltham, MA

[Help-wanted ads for Linux/UNIX professionals]

/*Full Disclosure:  I work for this company as a Database Administrator,
not a recruiter, however I am paid a referral bonus if someone I refer
is hired.  Constant Contact do not publish salary ranges ahead of time.

You can call me at 781.370.8610 if you have more questions.

The link for this posting is

http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/sr-oracle-dba.jsp

and on it there is a button for online application.

    -=Beldon

*/ --=== Posting begins 

Constant Contact, Inc. helps small businesses, associations, and nonprofits
connect with their customers, clients, and members. Launched in 1998,
Constant Contact® champions the needs of small organizations and provides
them with an easy and affordable way to build successful, lasting customer
relationships. Constant Contact's leading email marketing and survey
products—supported by our expert personal coaching and service—help all
types of small businesses and organizations create professional-looking
email newsletters and insightful online surveys, and begin a dialogue with
their customers. Today, more than 300,000 customers worldwide trust
Constant Contact to help them connect with their audience.

Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., with an additional office in Loveland,
Colo., Constant Contact was named Massachusetts Technology Leadership
Council "Company of the Year" in 2008 and is ranked as the 14th fastest
growing company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for New England list.

Constant Contact is looking for a smart, creative and energetic Senior
Oracle Database Administrator to join our Database Services Team. The
successful candidate will share administration and support responsibility
for a wide range of databases throughout the organization. This role
requires the commitment to provide services as needed to maintain our 24x7
environment.
Responsibilities Include

    * Daily administration of Constant Contact's Production, Quality
Control and Development Oracle databases.
    * Designing and administering Oracle RAC clusters for scale and fault
tolerance.
    * Designing, implementing and monitoring database functionality to
ensure stable environments.
    * Performing database administration and management activities in a
safe, recoverable and professional manner that ensures the optimal
operation of all database environments.
    * Staying abreast of the most current release of Oracle, including
compatibility issues with operating systems, third party software and
utilities.
    * Identifying and initiating resolutions to user problems/concerns
associated with database server equipment, both hardware and software.
    * Identifying potential service level problems before they occur and
notifying appropriate parties.
    * Maintaining up-to-date plans for disaster recovery and fail over
capabilities and test as required.
    * Performing capacity monitoring and short and long-term capacity
planning in collaboration with development resources, system administrators
and system architects.
    * Proposing solutions, identifying tools, and generating procedures to
ensure an efficient, consistent repeatable environment using and deploying
RDBMS software, data management tools and utilities, data warehouse and
replication tools.
    * Maintaining security according to best practices and generating
security solutions that balance auditor requirements with user
requirements.
    * Participating in 24x7 on call rotation.
    * Support internal customer requests in a friendly, efficient and
timely manner.

Requirements

    * At least 5 years of advanced operational experience as a database
administrator using Oracle in a Linux/UNIX environment.
    * Advanced experience designing and implementing Oracle RAC clusters
using OCFS2 and ASM.
    * Advanced experience with Oracle DataGuard in a RAC environment
required.
    * Experience with other DBMS implementations including DB2 and SQL
Server is optional but preferred.
    * Experience working with large scale, high transaction production
database environments.
    * Familiarity with complex RDBMS implementations (e.g. replication,
high availability, clustering, disaster recovery, snapshots).
    * Excellent knowledge of SQL, SQL tuning concepts, data modeling, and
other Database Developer skills.
    * Experience working on Linux, UNIX, and Windows.
    * Strong team player with reach across the organization.
    * Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    * Familiarity with shell programming in both Unix and Windows
environments.
    * Commitment to deadlines and willingness to meet the needs of a 24x7
environment.

Constant Contact offers a competitive compensation package that includes
base salary and stock options. Our benefit package is comprehensive and
includes Medical Insurance; Dental Insurance; Vision Insurance; 401(K); 529
College Savings Plan; Flexible Spending Accounts; Paid Vacation/Holidays;
Short Term Disability; Long Term Disability; Tuition Reimbursement;
Adoption Assistance; and, an exciting Stock Option Plan!

If you desire to make a difference, are committed to bringing the highest
quality of service to our customers and are looking for a "once in a
lifetime" opportunity, send us your resume and salary requirements for
consideration.

We are not accepting employment agency referrals for this position.