RE: Oracle DBA opening in Englewood, CO

From: Jeff Wiegand <jwiegand_at_ancept.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 08:24:48 -0500
Message-Id: <10499.105733@fatcity.com>

I've been an Oracle DBA for 1.5 years. For the last six months I've = worked
as a Java developer, in addition to supporting Oracle databases (all development). I'm at a crossroads here, trying to decide on a career = path.
Is the job description below pretty typical for DBA work? The idea of providing help desk support and end user support is enough to make me = vomit.
That is just my personal preference.=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Donita Hilfinger [mailto:dohi_at_gwl.com] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:04 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Oracle DBA opening in Englewood, CO

Currently, Great-West Life has a full-time permanent position available = in
the
Financial Services Systems Division working on the Technical = Infrastructure
team
(comprised of System Administrators, Database Administrators and System Programmers). This challenging and team-oriented environment supports = our
rapidly growing Financial Services Division.

Helping to set long-term technical direction for the division, this individual
will be responsible for:

=B7 Providing technical support on UNIX-based distributed computing =
platforms
(specifically Sun/Solaris systems) for Oracle RDBMS and related = products
(e.g.,
SQL*Plus, Pro*C, PL/SQL, Developer/2000 specifically Forms 4.5, Designer/2000,
Browser).
=B7 Perform 1st and 2nd Tier Help Desk and end-user support. In this
capacity,
will analyze and resolve technical issues relating to:

• In-house applications
• 3rd party software
• Database performance, capacity, recovery
• Hardware and associated peripherals (some)
  =B7 The installation and management of Oracle related products.
  =B7 Acting as team lead/coordinator of major project initiatives =
  related to the DBA team.
  =B7 Document all operations procedures related to team.
  =B7 Some on-call time required (no more than 1/4 of year as primary =
  DBA). =20

Must have previous database administration experience, specifically = with
Oracle
v7.x and v8.x, preferably on Sun Solaris environments. Needs to be = able to=20
multitask and deal with a high-level of interruptions. Strong = interpersonal
and=20
communication skills a requirement to succeed in this position. Other desirable=20
experience:

=B7 Sun Servers, Solaris operating system.
=B7 EcoTools, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, Veritas =
Quick I/O.
=B7 UNIX Tools & Utilities, (C/Bourne/Korn shell, Perl, tar, cpio, =
etc.), NFS,
NIS, TCP/IP.
=B7 Intranet, Internet & Extranet, and WEB server environments.
=B7 Project Management.
=B7 System Security.
=B7 Server Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning.
=B7 X-terminals, Workstations, PCs.
=B7 Multi-threaded server experience.

This position requires a degree in Computer Science or Information = Systems,
or
equivalent applicable work experience.

Please send resume to :

                Alan Bowden
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
        8515 E. Orchard Rd., MS-5T2
            Englewood, CO 80111
            FAX: (303) 737-4850
         EMAIL: alan.bowden_at_gwl.com

--=20
Author: Donita Hilfinger
  INET: dohi_at_gwl.com

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