Production DBA – AbeBooks.com

At AbeBooks.com, our mission is to help people find and buy any book from any bookseller anywhere. We are the world’s largest online marketplace for books with more than 110 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books listed for sale by more than 13,500 independent booksellers in 53 countries.

As a Production DBA with AbeBooks your will be a key Member of the Systems Database Group responsible for providing overall database development and support.

• Responsible for providing day-to-day support and maintenance for key Oracle databases and services of our enterprise application platform
• Responsible for investigating potential database related issues; some urgent occurrences may require you to be available via a blackberry when needed
• Monitor database events and proactively optimize system performance
• Work with the db and operations teams to automate reactive procedures where possible, and to promote rapid response to known db related issues.
• Work with other teams to promote changes to production and other environments
• Accountable for maintaining database configurations in compliance with established best practices
• Oversee data fixes for business issues or to address application issues
• Accountable for proper backup and disaster recovery procedures
• Work in conjunction with other operations, application development, and business groups to understand functionality, scalability, performance, security, and integration requirements from the database perspective
• Develop and maintain an in depth understanding of the database architecture and the general application functionality used to maintain data integrity.

We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit package and a challenging, learning environment where an individual can make a significant contribution.

Please send your resume to hr@abebooks.com or fax to 250-475-6014. For more information please visit our website at www.abebooks.com.