Sr. Database Administrator
Position: Sr. Database Administrator
Location: Broomfield, CO
Alteryx Inc., headquartered in Irvine, CA, offers a quick-to-implement, end-to-end analytics platform that empowers business analysts and data scientists alike to break data barriers and deliver game-changing insights that are solving big business problems. The Alteryx platform is self-serve, click, drag-and-drop for hundreds of thousands of people in leading enterprises all over the world. Visit www.alteryx.com or call 1-888-836-4274.
Join our team of passionate and hard-working associates, and help make a difference in people’s lives by creating software that enables business users to solve problems using data that were previously thought to be unsolvable, save them days, weeks and months of mundane data prep and blending, and help them truly love their jobs again.
Job Description:Seeking a senior Database Administrator to be an integral part of the Development Operations team that supports our flagship analytics platform. Must have experience with multiple database platforms from traditional RDBMS (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL) to NoSQL (MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra). The senior DBA position plays a crucial role in the continuous delivery of our software products. The successful candidate will have a track record of operational excellence managing large scale databases and at least 5 years of hands-on experience. You will have excellent communication skills, a keen attention to detail, and a passion for learning new technology and building high quality, scalable software.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain multiple database servers across multiple environments
- Design & implement redundancy and fail-over strategies
- Monitor and tune query performance
- Define and implement backup strategies per data retention requirements
- Diagnose and resolve production issues as needed 24x7
- Develop and document best practices for maintenance, monitoring, migration, and fail-over strategies
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5+ years of experience working with large distributed database systems with focus on performance & tuning.
- Proven experience with MongoDB scaling across data centers and/or in-depth understanding of MongoDB HA strategies, including replica sets and sharding.
- Experience provisioning and managing Hadoop clusters
- Strong operational experience with NoSQL Data Modeling
- Deep knowledge of DB performance/scaling concepts and tuning best practices
- Ability to write and maintain Unix/Linux shell scripts.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
- Highly self-motivated with the desire to embrace new database technologies and must be able to work independently or within a team in a high demand and dynamic environment.
- Strong team player with excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment with a broad scope of responsibilities
- Self-motivated, passionate about software, and driven to achieve committed milestones
- Strong communication skills. Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders
Unsolicited third party/agency profiles and resumes will not be considered. Please do not inquire.
Alteryx, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer