I forwarded this message to a person I work with. He's retiring from the
military on October 10th and doesn't have anything lined up yet. We're down
in San Antonio at Randolph AFB.
-Scott
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since one of your developers worked for me for over a year (as a DBA!) I can
vouch for the fact that at least one of them knows the database, and is a
top-notch programmer :)
- JApplewhite_at_austin.isd.tenet.edu wrote:
> David forgot to mention a couple of things about working for AISD:
> - We don't wear neckties (well, David does sometimes).
> - We get 23 paid Holidays (how does 2 weeks off for Christmas and a
> week off for Spring Break sound?).
> - We have an unlimited site license for Oracle EE. I slap databases
> out
> there as needed without a second thought.
> - Before he became MIS Director, David was an Oracle DBA and a UNIX
> Sys
> Admin before that, so he really understands the technology and the
> challenges.
> - Did I mention that we don't wear neckties?
>
> AISD's infrastructure is truly awesome. The fiber WAN allows our
> widely-scattered users to connect dependably to our databases and me
> to
> push tons of data around quickly and reliably. All the UNIX and
> other
> servers (not to mention our Users' PCs) are either brand new or about
> 3
> years or less old. The oldest Oracle databases we have are 8.1.7.0.0
> and
> we've already started upgrading to 9.2.0.4.0. We'll be moving our
> only
> Win2k database to HP-UX in the next few months. All the other DBs
> are
> already on either HP-UX or Linux.
>
> We've got a couple of less-than-perfect 3rd Party COTS applications
> for Financials and Student Information, but we're rapidly applying
> Oracle
>
> features to improve them and add functionality their producers never
> even thought of, as well as providing Web-enabled access to our
> thousands of
> AISD users and the Community at large. Our Developers have hardly a
> Duh(veloper) among them and their supervisor is top-notch, too. An
> all-round great bunch of folks to work with District-wide.
>
> I've been with AISD for 15 months - my first Public Sector gig ever -
> and I'm loving it. Also, with the Economy the way it is (and will be
> for a
> while to come), this Public Sector organization is very competitive
> in
> salary and benefits with the Private Sector. I know, I shopped
> around and
> got other offers before coming here.
>
> Oh, and Austin being the "Live Music Capital of the World" doesn't
> hurt, either. And I certainly don't want to forget the part about not
> having to
> wear a necktie!
>
> Jack C. Applewhite
> Database Administrator
> Austin Independent School District
> Austin, Texas
> 512.414.9715 (wk)
> 512.935.5929 (pager, 5129355929_at_page.metrocall.com)
> JApplewhite_at_austin.isd.tenet.edu
>
>
>
>
>
> DBarbour_at_austin.isd.tenet.edu
> Sent by: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com
> 09/23/2003 03:39 PM
> Please respond to ORACLE-L
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> cc:
> Subject: DBA needed in Austin, TX
>
>
> With permission from Jared:
>
> 'Needed' is kind of strong. We've got a position open, but we're not
> real needy folks. We're a school district. The 37th (depending on
> the day of
> the week) largest in the United States. If we were a business, it'd
> be
> pretty good-sized. Our annual operating budget is 730 million
> dollars
> plus
> (of which MIS gets a really small, tiny, little itty bit), we have
> 15,000
> employees, 130 branch offices, our own police force and post office.
> We
> fix 150,000 meals a day and need to collect cash or validate for
> every
> person through the cafeterias. We're moving from a mainframe
> environment
> to client-server computing with an Oracle back-end running on HPUX
> and
> Linux for both our student data and ERP systems. It's a pretty
> dynamic
> shop. We've got 40 or so people (depending on the day of the week)
> split
> into three areas, business systems, student systems and programming.
> We
> don't do the network piece, but that's solid - switched gigabit
> ethernet
> running on over 300 miles of fiber with 100MB to the desktop.
>
> I don't hire or set salaries. HR does that. I only recommend. The
> salary
> for this position will be somewhere between $60K and $80K depending
> on
> experience (and whatever bizarre decisions are reached by the
> compensation
> analyst).
>
> You've got to be REAL strong in backup and recovery. And curious.
> We're
> planning to go where no school district (or very few) has gone
> before.
> Your assistance will be vital in making the investment Austin has
> made in
> technology pay off.
>
> If you've got any questions, please send me an email. If you'd like
> to apply, you can do so on-line at
>
> http://www.austin.isd.tenet.edu/about/hr/search/index.phtml
>
> Under 'classified' positions, see if you can find the DBA position.
> If it
> isn't there (depending on the day of the week), and you can't
> possibly
> wait, apply for either the Programmer/Analyst or UNIX Admin position.
> It
> should be there sometime after 4pm CDT, or maybe tomorrow, or maybe
> not.
> [We don't do the Internet piece - yet].
>
>
> David A. Barbour
> Director, Management Information Services
> AISD
>
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>
>
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