[Jobposts] Google-DBA/Unix/Linux System & Network Administrator/Coder

[mdove]

Database Administrator/Unix/Linux System Administrator/Coder, Google.com 
Position based in Mountain View, CA. 
Relocation a must-relocation assistance provided.
 
The Google.com engineering team is seeking a professional database
administrator (DBA) with Unix System's Administration skills to help drive
continuous quality and availability improvement for Google.com services.
 
Google.com Engineers are involved in all aspects of running our site, from
design to debug, from architecture to applications. This highly technical,
mission critical team spends its time troubleshooting problems in
large-scale clustered application service environments, and focuses on
making continual improvements to our services. 
 
As a DBA on the Google.com team, you will wear many hats: performance
analyst, database architect, capacity planner, monitoring tools developer,
technical evangelist, and, of course, database administrator. 
 
This position requires a passion for problem solving, deep understanding of
database applications and operating system interactions, and the ability to
learn new concepts quickly. Strong SQL and scripting skills are essential. 
 
Requirements: 
 
.4+ years experience in senior level database administration and Unix system
administration in a high-volume or critical production service environment. 

.Deep understanding of networking ie: understanding of how to isolate,
diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery
components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with
the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices
(routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to
identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using
server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. tcpdump, ping, traceroute,
etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity
with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of
common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of
troubleshooting at the packet level 

.Strong coding in any of the following languages:   C/C++, Java, Python,
Perl, Shell, PHP.
.BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline. 
.Expertise in shell scripting or programming in a Unix environment. 
.Experience running MySQL 4.0 or greater at large scale; proficiency with
other databases. 
.Strong understanding of Unix/Linux systems and database performance tuning.

.Proven experience with database replication techniques and complexities,
automation, monitoring, and high-availability strategies. 
.Highly skilled at SQL coding, query optimization, and schema design. 
 
 
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML or PDF
version of your resume to:
 
mdove at google.com