The FOX Audience Network (FAN) is a unit of News Corporation that supports monetization efforts across the company’s online content portfolio, as well as third-party publisher sites. FAN leverages proprietary advertising technology to create highly-targeted advertising campaigns for a wide range of marketers, while also delivering cutting-edge tools and services to third-party publisher partners.

We are located in the heart of a beautiful Santa Monica and offer casual/flexible team-oriented work environment and a very comprehensive compensation and benefits package. We also offer relocation and visa assistance.

The Senior DBA will primarily be responsible for design, development, implementation and administration of database architecture that support business objectives. It will also includes 24×7 database support and the overall database health, maintenance, performance, reliability, and scalability of the databases that power our different applications. He / she will be closely working with Engineering, Product, QA, Project Management, SysOps and other teams to deliver mission-critical applications to support FAN’s advertisers, publishers and end-users.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES INCLUDE:

• Design, implement, and maintain 24x/7 high availability production and development databases.

• Participate in database design for new features/functionality.

• Plan and support the implementation of major architectural changes.

• Install, tune and monitor database instances.

• Define and implement maintenance procedures including Disaster Recovery, HA, DB maintenance, Backup solution, etc.

• Provide direction in capacity planning, performance improvements, and storage management in partnership with System Operations and Development teams.

• Ongoing performance analysis, monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues.

• Interface with System operations and vendors to resolve problems with application/database systems.

• Implement, refine, and maintain database cluster, replication, or failover.

• Develop, refine, and monitor recurring cron jobs and shell/sql scripts.

• Query analysis and optimization.

• Data import and data migration.

• On-call support for production systems.

• Maintain and update database procedures and related documents.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years Database Administration (DBA) experience.

• Minimum 5+ years of direct Oracle or 2+ years of PostgreSQL experience (including clustering, partitioning, high availability, etc.).

• Expert in Performance Tuning, SQL, and Scripting.

• Oracle RAC experience is desirable.

• Strong database troubleshooting and problem resolution skills.

• Experience in high transaction rate OLTP environment and supporting VLDBs.

• Knowledge of Linux or Solaris 10 operating systems and scripting language.

• Nice to have MySQL or any other database experience.

• A natural desire and ability to troubleshoot and solve difficult problems is required.

• Willingness to learn and pickup other database technologies.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Capable of translating complex business needs into technical solutions.

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills conducive to team development.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.

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https://www.fox.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=20446&CurrentPage=1

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