Oracle Database Administrator

Zappos is an online retailer specializing in shoes. In addition to shoes they sell handbags, clothing, eyewear, watches and accessories. The company is currently based in Henderson, NV, with a warehouse in Shepherdsville, KY. In addition, Zappos has a small number of brick-and-mortar outlet stores. The name Zappos is derived from the Spanish word zapatos, meaning shoes.

Our team builds, integrates and maintains all of the systems supporting a 1700-person company including the website, warehouse management, order management, and customer service systems. We can do this because each person on our team has the power to make things happen. We have built most of its systems on open-source technology.

* Maintain and configure Oracle and MySQL database servers * Develop and review SQL database designs * Secure data and provide for high availability access * Optimize SQL for performance * Develop/Review/Optimize schema structures * Coordinate and implement database changes for in-house code releases and for DB maintenance releases * Provide On-call and Operational support * Maintain and design replication architecture * Refresh QA and Development databases as needed

* Excellent knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL. Three to five years of experience preferred. * A BS in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent combination of education and experience) * Experience working on web-based, database driven systems * Experience with multiple programming languages * Experience with enterprise level high-volume transactional systems * Experience with the Shell scripting and Linux operating system * Understanding of different storage hardware (SAN, RAID, SSD) * DBA Certifications, such as OCP * Extensive experience with RMAN. * Experience with Oracle RAC, ASM and Oracle Data Guard. * Experience with replication tools such as Tungsten or Golden Gate. * Experience with large scale MySQL replicated architecture and systems