Dream Job

I saw it posted somewhere recently but I can't remember where.

I originally thought it would be something technology related, but I recently procured myself one of these:



See it in action here:



As a pitcher, I spent a lot of time doing nothing. Take a 3 hour practice. I throw for about 10 or 15 minutes, maybe a little bullpen work, I'm up to 25 minutes. Maybe some PFP (pitchers fielding practice), 40 minutes now. I might be asked to be a runner in situational practice, 1 hour. That leaves 2 hours. That time is spent shagging baseballs during batting practice (BP). While it can be fun, it can also be incredibly boring, especially if you're stuck on home run duty (all alone across the street).

I fought that boredom by becoming really good at hitting ground balls to infielders during BP. Freshman year, coach had wooden fungo bats. He wouldn't let anyone use them because we might break them. What did I do? I used them. I didn't break them either.

The pinnacle of being good with a fungo bat is probably the ability to hit pop-ups for the catcher, you know, the ones straight up that curve back towards the field. I can do that.

I've been hitting fungo to the 7-8 year olds where I'm the assistant coach. Sometimes I'll hit them hard, mostly soft, but I just remember how much fun it was.

Wait, one more thing to go along with that. BP pitcher. I throw great batting practice (I'm not sure if that's was a good or bad thing career wise, obviously doesn't matter now). It's fulfilling to be able to throw strikes and see how far people can hit them.

There it is, my dream job. Fungo hitter and BP pitcher.

I wonder if the Rays are hiring and if they'll pay me enough to support my family?

Job: Infrastructure Technical Architect

Just drop me a note at chet@oraclenerd.com if you are interested. I'll pass you along.

Position:
Infrastructure Technical Architect 105-110k

Location:
North Dallas/Richardson, TX, USA

Summary
Information Technology Infrastructure Architect needed to review, architect and develop solutions, and to drive project delivery across all infrastructure domains for a premier provider of fire, communications and security products and services.

The successful candidate will:
Develop and manage high-level technical design plans and implementation within the business-delivery technical IT architecture. The IT Architect will have a broad understanding of the technical and applications architectures. Expertise may be applied in a general area or focused on a specific technical area. The incumbent is responsible for coordinating the research, strategy, design, implementation, documentation and management of the IT infrastructure architecture. This includes operational and strategic planning on day-to-day operations, R & D, compliance, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Collaborates with IT infrastructure services colleagues (voice & data networking, data center & servers, IT security, desktop & service desk, web services) and application groups (internet, intranet, corporate and business unit application development) to provide a secure, reliable, scalable, flexible, maintainable and efficient infrastructure to meet current and strategic business objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Formulates strategic IT plans and strategies for the enterprise, factoring in a strong knowledge of the future vision of the organization. Uses this information to significantly influence future IT strategy. Prepares enterprise-wide architectural strategy and gap analysis recommendations, commensurate with business direction, for presentation to senior IT management.
• Sets strategic direction and provides technical leadership and mentoring to project teams.
• Provides recommendations and assessment of development/test/production environments for interrelated areas (server, storage, database, desktop, network, security) design, implementation, documentation (standards, processes, controls) and operational management of infrastructure related products and services.
• Serves as expert in multiple leading edge technologies and provides leadership in planning for the future of a technology area.
• Works across the enterprise as a visionary with an understanding of corporate strategy, to proactively assist in defining the direction of future projects.
• Maintains understanding of industry best practices across all platforms.
• Drives out inefficiencies and cost savings in platform, product and operational areas.
• Plays an active role in the development of services and standards to satisfy IT security requirements.
• Develops highly sophisticated technology plans and cost-benefit analysis that require the integration of multiple technologies and the interrelationships of multiple systems serving diverse customer areas.
• Provide senior level expertise on decisions and priorities regarding the enterprise’s overall systems architecture.
• Brings technical knowledge from external sources and incorporates those ideas into IT.
• Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise’s architecture needs.
• Develops strategies and direction for systems and solutions using current and emerging technologies.
• Leads design efforts on technical solutions for the most complex projects, entailing high levels of risk, integrating multiple technologies, and with broad, strategic impact across multiple customer areas. Performs project management of infrastructure and strategic technology projects.
• Provides oral and written presentations on current and emerging technologies, in order to educate key stakeholders regarding technical issues.
• Mentor, train, and develop junior staff
• Team lead and supervisor to junior staff (when assigned)
• Approves and modifies design and architecture to ensure compliance; evaluates and recommends new products.
• Performs as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent.
• Provides advanced multi-disciplinary knowledge, skills and experience in technical architecture and design.
• Collaborates, defines and maintains effective and efficient designs to optimize performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Four (4) year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related IT discipline (advanced degree preferred).
• Applicants must either possess a current U.S. Government personnel security clearance at the level of Top Secret or be eligible to possess a Top Secret security clearance (United States citizens).
• Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Experience:

• This is an enterprise position and requires experience in a similar role. The successful candidate would be expected to have 12-15 years in the infrastructure space.
• Previous experience creating a Technical Architecture Road Map in the infrastructure space
• Provisioning of Technical Architecture services to a MidCap or larger company or within a consulting organization to such a company for 3 years
• Broad technical knowledge across all infrastructure domains including Network, Security, Operations, and Server/OS platforms including AIX & Windows 2008, Enterprise storage (SAN, NAS, VTL), Oracle and MSSQL databases, and virtualization.
• In depth experience with enterprise applications including, but not limited to, Oracle EBS, MS Sharepoint, PeopleSoft HRMS and .NET, as well as with methodologies and frameworks such as ITIL v3, SOA, EDI and messaging.
• Deep knowledge of IT architecture and infrastructure standards with the proven ability to design hardware and software solutions, systems options, and risks analyses in order to successfully integrate solution with business requirements.
• Experience with IT Security.

Demonstrated Skills (provide examples):

• Ability to establish a trusted leadership working relationship across the IT and business sectors. Perceived internally and externally as expert in the function.
• Ability to present and communicate technical concepts with options to IT and business executives
• Ability to identify infrastructure milestones for project and program level activities.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple BIS applications and infrastructure project teams and schedules.
• Leading edge knowledge of concepts and theories in own discipline.
• Ability to apply leading edge knowledge to drive strategic direction of the function and the business in partnership with senior leaders.
• Recognition as a thought-leader.
• Understanding of integration points and interfaces, and ability to ensure that next generation technology allows for seamless integration.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong understanding of ITIL or similar service management process standards
• Strong Project Management skills
• Good organizational skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong leadership skills

Job: Senior DBA

Just drop me a note at chet@oraclenerd.com if you are interested. I'll pass you along.

Position:
Sr. Database Administrator, IT 100-110k

Location:
North Dallas/Richardson, TX, USA

Summary:
Conceptualizes, designs, constructs, tests and implements business and technical IT solutions through application of appropriate software development life cycle methodology.

This position is primarily responsible for direction, support and maintenance of the Company’s Oracle e-Business Suite and supporting databases. It requires strong analytical and problem solving skills plus the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse audience which includes senior management, business stakeholders and IT team. An in depth knowledge of Oracle’s Enterprise RDBMS, e-Business technology stack and Oracle Applications is needed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain all development, test, and production databases.
• Develop and support standards and physical data storage design, as well as maintenance, access, and security administration; perform backup and recovery on Database Management Systems (DBMS) and configure database parameters and design prototype logical data model.
• Define data repository requirements, data dictionaries, and warehouse requirements; consult with and advise users on access to various databases, as well as, work with users to resolve data conflicts and inappropriate data usage.
• Assist management with the development of database strategies that support the organization’s needs and requirements.
• Possess the ability to optimize database access and allocate/reallocate database resources for optimum configuration, database performance, and cost.
• Manage the maintenance and use of the corporate data dictionary.
• Develop and establish guidelines and processes to manage demand and performance, as well as work with peers across other departments to manage demand, performance, and capacity processes.
• Conceptualizes, designs, constructs, tests and implements business and technical IT solutions through application of appropriate software development life cycle methodology.
• Interacts with Business Delivery Teams to gain an understanding of the business environment and technical contexts.
• Participates in business and technical IT solution implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and conversions.
• Understands and uses appropriate tools to analyze, identify and resolve business and/or technical problems.
• Prepares system documentation establishes and maintains security, integrity, and business continuity controls and documents. Provide leadership and mentoring to jr. level technical teams.
• Contributes to the strategic direction of the function.
• Advises senior management on issues as they pertain to larger organizational issues/business initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:
Applicants must be resident citizens of the United States, who have or who are eligible to possess a U.S. Government personnel security clearance at the level of Top Secret. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Education:
Four (4) year degree or equivalent experience

Experience:
7+ yrs

• Minimum 7 years experience with Oracle database administration in a business environment including installing, patching, cloning, upgrading and restoring/recovering databases (Oracle 9i, 10g and 11g).
• 5+ years experience as an Oracle e-Business (11i or 12i) Application DBA which encompasses installing, patching, cloning, upgrading, and supporting
• Oracle application software and associated Oracle technology stack in a multi-tier environment including database server, applications server, web server, concurrent processing server, reports server, forms server, admin server and discoverer sever environment. Experience with Oracle’s PeopleSoft application a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of underlying Oracle Application database architectures, file system structures, schemas/products, tables, views, packages, procedures, functions, triggers, sequences, indexes and constraints is a must.
• Knowledge of Oracle’s Mobile field Service (WebToGo), Informatica PowerCenter, Solix EDMS suite and Microsoft SQL Server is a plus.
• Experience using Oracle’s Metalink support environment is a must.

Skills:

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of principles, concepts, and theories in own discipline, and has extensive knowledge of principles and concepts in other functions.
• Demonstrates advanced business knowledge and analyses the impact of emerging industry trends.
• Demonstrates leading edge knowledge of concepts and theories in own discipline.
• Perceived internally and externally as expert in the function.
• Teaches others the technical and functional knowledge and skills needed to achieve results at the optimum level of performance.
• Applies leading edge knowledge to drive strategic direction of the function and the business in partnership with senior leaders.
• Recognized as a thought-leader.

Competencies:

• Customer Focus
• Drive for Results
• Ethics & Values
• Peer Relationships
• Conflict Managerment
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Acumen
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Decision Quality

Other:
This position is local and does not include relocation. Only candidates who possess the above minimum requirement will be considered.

Job: DBA in Philadelphia

Oracle's latest acquisition has created a need for an Oracle DBA in Philadelphia, PA.

Contact information is below.

Job Summary: Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

The Oracle DBA will be supporting multiple environments from Development, Quality Assurance (QA) and Production databases running Oracle 10g in a clustered environment. Experience working in a production UNIX/Linux environment is required for this position. Experience in performance tuning, change implementation, backup and recovery, monitoring and installation are key requirements. Candidate will also be expected to provide application-level support for our in house J2EE applications running on Tomcat and OC4J. Ideal candidate will be a self-starter and a team player with a strong organization, process and communication skills. This is a permanent position, not a contract. No 3rd parties please. No H1's or L1's.

Job Description

• Installation and patching of Oracle RDBMS on Linux – adhering to standard operating procedures
• Performance tuning and administrative functions on Oracle production databases
• Enforce best practices in all areas of database administration and architecture including
• Review and implement database changes
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation for production databases
• Ensure backup and recovery of all Oracle data using RMAN, Standby Database and import/export
• Develop scripts for reporting, data manipulation and automation of daily tasks
• Provide support to Development and QA teams on applications/database issues
• Engage and support Software Developers during the SDLC
• Administration and support of Oracle’s Business Intelligence, Informatica, Tomcat and OC4J applications
• Develop and document formal processes and procedures

Job Requirements

• Computer Science, or related science/Engineering degree (B.S. or equivalent).
• At least 3 to 5 years production Oracle DBA experience in a Linux/UNIX environment
• At least 2 years of experience with Oracle Real Time Application Clusters 10g or 11g with ASM or NFS.
• UNIX/Linux system knowledge sufficient to configure, maintain and monitor Oracle instance(s)
• Experience with OLTP, OLAP, DW, and ETL concepts
• Experience with indexing strategies and reading explain plans
• Experience with parallel processing, and partitioning
• Experience with Oracle Data Guard
• Experience with Oracle Grid Control, especially monitoring and alerting and managing multiple databases
• Database performance tuning ability is required
• Familiarity with the Full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Demonstrated knowledge of Oracle and Oracle tools to support database environments
• Demonstrated knowledge of shell environments (C, Korn, KSH, Bourne)
• Demonstrated proficiency of SQL and PL/SQL
• Familiarity with HTML/ JAVA /Java scripts / JSP / PERL is a plus
• Familiarity with Oracle’s Business Intelligence suite, Informatica and J2EE administration is a plus.
• Will require after-hours or occasional weekend work to make changes during outage windows.
• Excellent oral and written skills

Resumes should be sent to careers@fiberlink.com

Subject line must contain the following: Oracle DBA Position (Job ID: careers119)

Compensation is negotiable and based on experience.

Relocation package is not available.

Job: Data Warehouse Manager

This came across just the other day. I had someone in mind but they start their new position come Monday.

This job is in South Tampa (Florida). Free free to email me.

Responsibilities:
The Data Warehouse Manager will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and on-going development and maintenance activities of the enterprise data warehouse. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Plan and manage the delivery of business intelligence applications and related data warehouse technical solutions
• Work closely with the business functional areas in defining systems/project priorities, scope, approach, resource requirements, timing deliverables, change management and funding
• Manage application and systems project teams, including estimation, tracking and management of project deliverables
• Effectively plan, prioritize and administer work tasks
• Provide leadership and direction to project teams
• Effectively manage project budgets and timelines to deliver results on-time and on- budget
• Oversee team members responsible for:
  • Logical Data Modeling
  • Data Integration/ETL Development
  • BI Architecture and Administration
  • Development and support of BI metadata and standard BI reports

Required Skills/ Experience:

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in data management and data warehousing technologies related to data modeling, database administration and performance tuning
• Expertise in business intelligence and data warehouse (BI/DW) application development life cycle
• Strong SQL and development skills
• Experience with Oracle DBMS, preferably Oracle 10g/11g
• Experience with Informatica Power Center and Data Explorer
• # Solid oral and written communication, problem solving and project management skills

Additional Skills Preferred:

• Experience with BI tools preferably OBIEE version 10.x
• Experience with CA Erwin data modeling tool
• Experience with Data Mining and OLAP technologies
• Food Service or Retail Industry experience a plus

The Perfect Job

Since I am no longer tethered, I can talk about my perfect job without fear of offending.

Company Size
I don't necessarily care how big the company is, but I know the bigger it is, the more bureaucratic it gets. Small usually means more nimble. I like large companies because that's a lot of people to get to know.

Culture
Casual. Definitely casual. I've been spoiled the last 6 months...shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops to work everyday. I met a recruiter the other day and I actually had to wear (long) pants and a button-up shirt. Yuk. I like to dress up...just not every day.

Cursing. Have to have cursing.



More points if you add in a swear jar.



Even professional. I want to work with people who have Jedi skills. I want to work with Good Lazy people, not Bad Lazy.

Benefits
Health Insurance, 401k plans, vacation time...all of those are important. On site gym? WIN! Even though I fail to go, it's nice to have that option. That was one of the big selling points in moving to Tampa. WellCare had a massive (to me anyway) campus, weight room, basketball and racquetball courts. They even had a softball field.

The last place I worked had a great gym and a car wash guy that came every week or so (though I never partook).

Environment
This definitely crosses path with some of the other categories, but I decided to create a new one because I wasn't sure exactly where it fit.

By environment, I mean your desk set up. Must haves:
--2 or more 21 inch monitors
--kick ass desktop machine
--a very nice chair. If I spend a lot of time in that thing, in better be comfortable.
--Ergonomic keyboard. I've been using Microsoft's Natural Keyboard (the rounded one) since I started using a computer in 1996 or 1997. I even take it to work if they don't provide one. I left mine at the last place and sent a frantic email to the HR lady to retrieve it for me.

+1 if this is your setup.



Location
I don't want to work at home all of the time, but I do want to be close. Spending more than an hour on the road a day is a waste of time. Traffic sucks too. The past couple of months I would have baseball practice at 6:30 on Mondays and Tuesdays which means I had to leave the office no later than 5:15. I'd then swing by home, pick up LC in the driveway and off to practice we went. Thursdays were similar with tutoring at 6.

I'd also like to be able to work from home once in awhile. Some places never let you do it...I work a lot and I get into the zone at night typically. If you don't want to allow me to work from home once in awhile, why should I work at home at all?

More than anything I just want the flexibility.

So what's your perfect job? Anything like mine?

Free Oracle Developer/dba

There is a serious lack of work in the Tampa market and desperate times call for desperate measures.

Now, I've always wanted to do this, but was never in a position to do so financially...I'm still not, but something is way better than nothing.

I'm going to offer my services for free.

Not forever mind you, somewhere between 2 and 4 weeks. It is negotiable.

If it works out, i.e. you like what I can bring to your organization, I prove that I pick new systems up quickly and I fit in well with your team; and I like working in your organization, then you pay me for that time worked and I sign up full-time either as a permanent employee or some sort of contract.

If it doesn't work out, we part ways and no one is worse for wear. You get free work from me and I get to experience a new environment (i.e. meet new people, expand my network, etc).

You can view my resume here (permanent link up top coming soon).

Some basic highlights:
PL/SQL: Expert (I don't like that term)
DBA: Junior to Mid-level (or DBA in lowercase, "dba")
APEX: Worked with up to version 3.2, admittedly rusty, but passionate about the product.
Design: Love modeling data. Model just about everything in my head (in normal life). Use Visio extensively for visual representations. Experience with SQL Developer Data Modeler, ERwin, etc.
Documentation: Give me a wiki or something similar and I'll document just about everything that I do.

That's it. Contact info is on my resume or up top on the "email" icon.

It's now posted on craigslist as well.

"They're just not working out..."

Yup, let's stop the clock.

189 days isn't so bad is it?



Read the timeline for more info on my brief stint in Tampa.

Job: Oracle DBA

This one is from a recruiter (seems to make a difference to some). I believe this position is in the Lakeland, FL area. If you are at all interested, let me know at chet at oraclenerd.

Job Title: Oracle DBA

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

Provide installation, configuration and instance management on Corporate Oracle Databases and support SQL / PLSQL development.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None listed.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Administration of Oracle databases 8i through I0g
• Troubleshoot and make necessary modifications to Oracle database components as directed
• Perform database daily monitoring and maintenance on testing, development and production instances
• Analyze and Manage Database Architecture
• Mapping and refinement of logical design and data model
• Tuning of SQL and Stores Procedures
• Refinement of physical database architecture
• Development of SQL and PL/SQL for in support of the application
• Support deployments of software upgrades into testing and production environments
• Apply database patch sets to development, testing and production databases
• Controlling access permissions and privileges on test and production databases
• Provide timely and accurate status updates as directed
• Design, document, test and perform database back up and recover procedures

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• RDBMS Concepts - 3-5 Working Yrs.
• RDBMS Administration Concepts - 3-5 Working Yrs.
• SQL - 3-5 Working Yrs.
• Oracle 10G Backup and Recovery 3-5 Working Yrs
• 3rd Party SQL and Database Management Tools – Basic 1-2 Yrs.
• IT Networking Concepts – Basic 1-2 Yrs.
• Server Hardware Architecture - Basic 1-2 Yrs.
• Windows Server Administration - Basic 1-2 Yrs.
• PL/SQL or T/SQL - Basic 1-2 Yrs.
• TOAD and/or similar tools - Basic 1-2 Yrs.

Job: Contract Data Warehouse DBA

This is from a former colleague of mine. If you are interested, drop me a line or apply directly through their web site.

Contract Data Warehouse DBA needed to work with one of the world’s largest Data Warehouses!

Catalina Marketing is directly (i.e. this is not a recruiter, well...a Catalina Marketing Recruiter) seeking a Data Warehouse DBA to participate in our world renowned Netezza Data Warehouse, nearly a petabyte in size! This would be a 3-6 month contract role with an opportunity for a full-time position at the end of the contract period.

This Data Warehouse DBA is responsible for enterprise-wide administration of a Netezza Data Warehouse. Responsibilities include database administration, data modeling, and ETL support.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Bachelors' degree or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE:
- 2+ years DBA experience with a Data Warehouse and significant ETL experience.
- Expertise in the following areas is required: Data modeling, star schema database design, SQL, UNIX (AIX, linux), Korn shell, bash, C/C++ programming, design & implementation based on established standards, database backup and recovery; database connectivity and security, software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing and production support.

Nice to have areas include: performance monitoring and tuning; disk space management; software patches and upgrades; automate manual tasks; conduct database training; provide on-call support & troubleshoot technical issues.

SPECIAL SKILLS: Netezza, ERwin ER Diagramming Tool, AutoSys Job Scheduling Tool - SyncSort for unix - SAS • Exposure to Business Intelligence tools (MicroStrategy, Hyperion IRS query and reporting tool) • Application Development experience preferred

The intent of this job description is to describe the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be required to perform other job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

(Old) Social Media and Travis Page

Driving home on Wednesday listing to the local AM station, 970 WFLA, there was an announcement for the radio resumes and the most recent winner, Travis Page.

Travis then came on air, told us a little about himself and what he was looking for. I couldn't believe it when I heard Database Technologies.

Really? On the radio? I couldn't believe it.

When I got home I had to check this guy out. First thing I wanted to know, was he an Oracle guy or a Microsoft guy. Reading through his resume I found that he did have a little bit of Oracle, but he was obviously focused on SQL Server. Boo.

I had to give the guy credit though. I look(ed) for jobs through twitter, dice, monster, etc., pretty much all the places where you didn't have to talk. This guy used the radio. The radio isn't new, or shiny. Perhaps it can be shiny...but I digress.

So I dropped Travis a line telling him about tonight's SOUG meeting and encouraged him to attend. Sure enough he did.

I love that kind of dedication. I've tried to help people in the past only to see them ignore my advice.

So, if you're in the Tampa Bay area and looking for a junior developer, either Oracle or SQL Server (ugh), call Travis immediately for an interview.

We talked for a bit after the meeting and seems like a very genuine guy (plus, he showed up!). Besides his little SQL Server problem, I think a company could find good use out of a guy like him. Resourceful and dedicated are two very good traits to have in an employee.

If you missed it up above, you can find Travis' resume here.

Jobs: Senior Oracle DBA (Datawarehousing)

Anyone looking to move down to sunny Florida?

Email (chet dot justice at the gmail) or leave a comment and I'll pass along the contact information to you.

Job Responsibility:
...seeking a senior level Oracle Datawarehousing DBA to support Oracle 10g in a datawarehouse environment. You will be one of two DBA's supporting databases in excess of 6 Terabytes. This is a production/ application environment and requires 24/7 support. The DBA will be responsible for all Oracle database administration and programming efforts on the Data Warehouse database system. This includes installing Oracle 10g, Oracle RAC, partitioning, ETL and purge efforts. Should be proficient writing stored procedures/triggers and understand how to tune those stored procedures to be able to run without impacting the production system.

Job Requirement:
- Most important requirement is that you have experience as a Senior Oracle DBA in a UNIX Data warehouse environment and proficient in an Oracle 10g environment.
- Must have the skills to support multiple Unix systems
- Strong Unix shell scripting experience
- Oracle software installation and patch management.
- Must have experience with RAC, Oracle encryption, PL/SQL programming, RMAN and backup and recovery.
- Must have experience with Database cloning, partitioning, Oracle auditing, materialized views and VLDB performance tuning.

Looking for Oracle Financials Support

My company is currently seeking a company/individual to support and maintain our Oracle Financials application.

The company is in St. Petersburg (check my LinkedIn profile for specifics).

Leave a comment or email me.

Looking...Again!

Not once, not twice, but three times in one year!

So if you know anyone who needs an ORACLENERD, forward them on!

Thanks.

Job: Oracle DBA in Tampa

Here's another one. If interested, leave a comment (I won't publish) or email me, chet dot justice at the google mail domain (does this spelling out really work?).

DESCRIPTION:

The Database Analyst provides database administration support for production, development, and test environments to include day-to-day monitoring and maintenance, problem investigation and resolution, backup creation and maintenance, SQL and database optimization and tuning as well as researching, analyzing, and recommending patches, upgrades, and new technologies surrounding all aspects of data management using relational databases.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Provide support for all Oracle database environments to include problem identification, reporting, tracking, analysis, and resolution.

* Research and analyze all assigned anomalies - record, track and log all findings and recommendations.

* Participate in production on-call rotation (one week at a time of 7x24 on-call support for production environments).

* Monitor database performance and space utilization – investigate and resolve reported issues.

* Establish, maintain, and monitor database backups and DRP sites.

* Establish, maintain, and monitor database security, roles, user-role assignments, and individual logins per company security policies and procedures.

* Establish and maintain data replication as required for each application.

* Assist project teams in setting up and testing development, test, and production environments.

* Research, analyze, and recommend patches, tools, and/or database upgrades to resolve issues and add features/functionality.

* Architect, design, and implement replication and/or data synchronization.

* Assist project teams in designing efficient data access methods and procedures, including data structures (physical data modeling), SQL techniques, and use of database tools/utilities.

* Provide technical leadership to the DBA team by assisting junior team members and sharing knowledge and research of tools/techniques, and Oracle features.

* Serve as team liaison to project managers for database administration and system administration services.

REQUIREMENTS:

* 7 years Oracle database administration experience to include versions 9I and 10G.

* 7 years SQL experience with expert-level skills in the SQL language.

* 3 years near-real time replication experience - any tool (streams, golden gate, etc).

* 1 year RAC or ASM experience.

* RMAN/Legato backup experience.

* 4 year BS or BA degree required in a computer related field or 6 years of directly related work experience in a large-scale IT environment.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

* PL/SQL development experience.

* Oracle advanced replication, streams, or Golden Gate replication.

* Oracle Application Server (not Oracle Applications 11i).

* Experience in Oracle RAC (10G).

* Experience in Oracle Advanced Security & Data Encryption.

* Transparent application failover.

Jobs: Data Architect/Software Developer

Does anyone get anything out of me posting jobs? For or against?

So I like helping people out? What's wrong with that? ;) I will receive no money from this...

This is a job I never interviewed for. I did a phone screen with the Recruiter (a Chase Paymentech recruiter), but I received an offer from Revolution Money later that afternoon and accepted.

She found me resume on Monster and when I read it (the font size was like 72!), I thought this was tailor made for me.

Either post a comment (I won't publish it) or email me at chet dot justice at gmail for contact information. Here are the requirements:

Data Architect/Software Developer will work as part of a team to refractor Chase Paymentech's current data structures and design new solutions.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Oracle Developer who is looking to move into a Data Architect role.

Bachelor's degree with major in Computer Science with seven years of progressive development experience.

Ideal candidate will have experience working in an Oracle environment with OLAP and DSS databases along with strong PL/SQL coding skills.

This position also requires strong data modeling skills and knowledge of Informatica and database release process in order to be successful.

Candidate should be able to demonstrate experience in a mentoring or training role.

I will add that this position is new and so is the "department." It's kind of "start-uppy" within this giant organization. That's something that really appealed to me.

Jobs: ETL Developer

This position is in Tampa, Florida. If you are interested you can email me at chet dot justice at gmail.

Position Description:
· Develop and implement applications that support the business strategy of measuring and optimizing performance
· Support existing data warehouse applications and users

Mandatory Skills/Experience
· 2+ years experience working on data warehouse/data integration solutions
· 2+ years working with vendor ETL tools to design/build/test (Business Objects Data Integrator XIR2)
· 1+ years working with Oracle database; good PL/SQL knowledge
· Experience with dimensional data models (star schemas)

Preferred Skills/Experience
· Java programming experience
· Data Quality XIR2
· SQL Server 2005/SSIS
· Business Objects Enterprise XIR2
· Crystal Reports XIR2