Lead Oracle DBA - Shopzilla (Los Angeles)

Shopzilla, formerly BizRate.com, is the world’s largest and fastest growing shopping search engine. Based in West Los Angeles, CA, Shopzilla is a part of the $3.2 billion E.W. Scripps Company.

As our Oracle DBA, you will:

• Administer, troubleshoot, configure, monitor, support and optimize oracle databases on 10g Real Application Cluster on Linux and several large 9i instances. The Databases are used for more than 1TB data warehouse and other applications. • Implementation of new features of Oracle 10g, Install other Oracle Products such as Oracle Warehouse Builder, Oracle Application Servers. • Anticipate and prevent database problems, Document and test database recovery procedures. Implement and improve procedures to enhance availability and speed recoveries. • Develop, test and deploy pl/sql and/or sqlldr programs to load and unload database tables. • Develop automated scripts to manage and report on the health of database instances. • Develop, test, and deploy database backup and restore procedures. • Provide sql and pl/sql support to developers and programmers.

Your qualifications include:

• 8+ years oracle database administrator experience • Technical knowledge of Oracle 10G Rac in a data warehouse, business intelligence environment • Must have experience with Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) • Must have experience with Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) • Extensive knowledge of sql and pl/sql • Extensive knowledge of database tuning • Extensive knowledge of database backup procedures including RMAN • Ability to recognize priorities, meet deadlines. • Knowledge of Sybase or Sybase IQ a plus • Knowledge of Linux/Unix, shell-scripting • Excellent communications skills • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent

So, if you are the super-star type -- the one all look to as the smartest in your area of expertise -- love challenging yourself, and are searching for a place to work where people care, your ideas matter and you can make a real difference to helping millions of consumers, then we need to talk.

About Shopzilla:

With an index of over 30 million products from more than 75,000 stores, gathered, organized and presented using all proprietary leading-edge technology, Shopzilla provides consumers the best way to find virtually anything for sale, anywhere, and at the best price. In addition to our flagship site (http://www.shopzilla.com), Shopzilla also powers shopping search for many of the Web's largest consumer sites including AOL, Lycos, Time Warner's RoadRunner, and many others.

At Shopzilla, our goal is to build the greatest shopping service ever conceived by mankind. To that end, we strive very hard to hire the smartest people. We’re an environment where great ideas shape our vision and true passion drives us to the best solutions to the most challenging problems at the intersection of shopping and search.

Shopzilla offers great benefits including medical, dental and vision plans, life insurance, 401(k) plan, flexible spending account, generous vacation benefits -- and we even provide FREE catered lunch every single day!

Shopzilla is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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