Database Management Engineer
THE COMPANY
Evolve Media is a vertical content publishing company that leverages proprietary advertising and publishing technologies to build publishing brands under its CraveOnline Media (men) and TotallyHer Media (women) business units. Evolve offer marketers superior custom, integrated and engaging solutions that allow them to reach and impact its audience of more than 95 million people globally each month (comScore).
Recognizing that no person is defined by any one interest, Evolve publishes an extensive portfolio of enthusiast destinations that speak to large communities of engaged consumers. Leveraging its technology, Evolve tracks the content being consumed across its properties and identifies trending topics that help it better understand the intersection between consumer, content, and consumption. These insights drive Evolve’s editorial process and shape its content. Understanding the differences between men and women and their relationship to content, allows Evolve to work closely with marketers to create custom, integrated marketing and advertising solutions that leverage content, context, and creative at scale.
OUR MISSION
Evolve Media is a publisher of leading enthusiast destinations for men and women. Leveraging proprietary advertising and publishing technologies, as well as hundreds of talented content professionals, Evolve Media offers premium and engaging content to its readers, while offering marketers the tools needed to execute custom, content-led marketing solutions that reach its audience of over 95 million people globally each month. Our mission is simple; we deliver Content, Context and Creative at Scale.
Duties and Responsibilities:
This position may include some or all of the following:
Qualifications:
The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility , but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.
- Install, maintain and tune MySQL databases supporting a network of web sites and high volume transaction systems.
- Lead development, maintain, evaluate and document administration of data base tools and strategies.
- Responsible for cross training of and after-hours support to the group of infrastructure personnel assigned to a particular on-call shift in 24 x 7 high availability environments.
- Co-lead implementations of comprehensive backup and database replication solutions.
- Responsible for working with matrixes teams on design application schemas/integrity, and conduct performance tuning/optimization.
- Responsible for monitoring of database applications.
- Responsible for minor database programming / scripting on an adhoc basis.
Qualifications:
- Three years experience as a MySQL DBA.
- Design and support development, testing and production database instances in highly transactional web environment.
- Strong technical skills in Unix or Linux platforms.
- Working knowledge of MySQL 5.X and MySQL EM.
- MySQL replication and other high availability environment experience.
- Good understanding of internet applications and its workflow technology.
- Excellent problem solving, collaboration and communication skills.
Desired Skills:
- Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL.
- LAMP experience is a strong plus.
- MySQL DBA or DBE certification is a strong plus.
- Experience with Scrum, Lean or Agile product development is a strong plus.
- Experience supporting commercial software or technology based product development.
- Bachelors/Masters Degree in a related field.
The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility , but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.
This is a full time position and salary D.O.E. Employees will receive health, vision, and dental after an introductory period. In addition, 401K, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability benefits are provided.
If you think you have the chops to be part of something special, drop us a line