Demo Request

Database Administrator

Lyris Technologies and EmailLabs are successful software companies located in Emeryville and Menlo Park respectively. Founded in 1994 and 1999, both companies have been profitable for many years and are now publicly owned by Lyris, Inc.

Lyris and EmailLabs take pride in the successes we’ve attained so far. Our products have each received significant industry recognition. As well, in 2005, EmailLabs was named to Inc.’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. and the year before, Lyris was named one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Bay Area by the East Bay Business Times.

We're looking for a Database Administrator to join our team!

Job Responsibilities:

Solid tuning experience with MySQL, MyISAM, InnoDB, and SQL
Prefer OLTP experience
Strong foundation of IT knowledge desired
5 years or more of general production database administration on various platforms a plus (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS-Sql, etc)
Managing MySQL in production/QA/dev environment including installation, configuration, backup, recovery, upgrades and schema changes, etc
Quickly diagnose server problems and employ preventive measures to maintain high availability servers
Assistance in database daily operation
Assistance in developing MySQL tools using PHP/Perl
Estimating project duration, effort, resource load and cost
Creating processes to ensure data integrity and identify potential data errors
Participate in the team effort to design, develop, implement and/or maintain our databases
Generate statistics and reports used to answer business questions
Tuning and optimizing queries
Meet challenges of designing and working on clustered production database systems in a high-availability 24/7 ASP environment
Experience collaborating with software development on schema design and scaling
Create and maintain internal processes to ensure data quality and availability
Excellent problem solving skills and good communication skills are essential, as well as strong documentation proficiency and attention to detail
Implementing Disaster Recovery and Backup solutions
Willingness to thrive and succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic 24X7 environment
Familiarity with Linux scripting and administration skills
Experience with PHP-based database access is a plus
Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with other staff members, to complete short and long-term projects
Responding to outages both during normal business hours and in an after-hours, on-call capacity
Producing documentation for use in configuration, repair and troubleshooting of managed database systems
Participating in capacity planning and disaster recovery exercises while producing supporting documentation.

Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent experience or training.
5+ years systems administration experience managing enterprise applications, with 4+ years as production DBA
Experience with Linux and Windows environments
Production experience with MySQL replication, multi master partitioning, clustering, backup, recovery, and performance tuning
Strong knowledge of SQL including MySQL 5 stored procedures and triggers
Proficiency in PHP, Ruby, Shell scripting, and thorough understanding of SSH, HTTP, networking and Apache Web server would be a huge plus
Ability and willingness to support a 24/7 Production Environment
Ability to work independently, strong analytical, communication and documentation skills
Passion for databases and data modeling
MySQL 5 Certification and knowledge of MS SQL Server 2005 would be helpful

Compensation: Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits.

Timeframe: Immediate start for a full-time, permanent position.

How to apply:

Write a targeted cover letter that demonstrates you have visited our Web site and understand what we do. How would you make a positive contribution to our business?
Please reference job# 212 in your cover letter and email it along with your resume to jobs-adm@lyris.com.

AA/EOE

About EmailLabs
EmailLabs is a leading provider of high-performance email marketing solutions to agencies, publishers and marketing departments of middle-market and Global 2000 companies. The EmailLabs email marketing platform is provided as an ASP (Web-based) service, and is easily integrated with a company's Web site, sales force automation and CRM technologies through EmailLabs' application programming interface (API). For the fourth consecutive year, EmailLabs has been recognized by ASPnews.com as one of the Top 50 ASPs worldwide and as a Top 25 Service Provider for the Software-as-a Service (SaaS) and Business Service Provider category. The company provides email marketing solutions to more than 550 companies, including Nokia, Agilent, PalmSource and Jupitermedia. Headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., EmailLabs was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Lyris, Inc. (OTCBB:JLHY). For more information, visit www.EmailLabs.com.