[Watford] JOB: Linux sysadmin with MySQL skills | LOCATION: Reading, Berkshire | SALARY: £40K-£55K

[jt at camalyn.org]

hi ~ as I have not yet managed to find someone with the right skills/
experiences I am re-posting this job.

What we need is a Linux sysadmin (any dist) that has good MySQL
experience to work with multiple high transactional database servers. 

There is a clear path here for someone with the interest and skills
necessary to make the MySQL db admin and potential db design element the
main part of their job.  

I would expect this role to pay between £40-£55k plus benefits.  

Please contact me using james at camalyn.org to discuss further.

thanks JAMES

On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 14:46 +0000, jt at camalyn.org wrote:
> hi List,
> 
> Unfortunately, I have not received an awful amount of interest to this
> job. 
> 
> The client is looking for a high-level specialist, someone who has
> experience in large-scale deployments. They are very much looking for
> someone who has this experience and can come in and tell them what they
> need to be doing without going through a significant learning process
> first. 
> 
> >From past experience I have recruited a MySQL DB Admin/ Architect in
> Reading on a base salary of £55k.  This client is open-minded to paying
> this or above and even helping with relocation.  Working hours are
> flexible in the sense that you could come in early and leave early etc. 
> 
> Please do e-mail me off list for more information.  My e-mail address is
> james at camalyn.org - alternatively you can leave a message for me on my
> mobile which is 07952 145 127.
> 
> All the best,
> JAMES
> 
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 18:25 +0000, jt at camalyn.org wrote:
> > JOB: 
> > 
> > hi List Members,
> > 
> > I am working with a technology client in Reading (Berkshire, UK) who are
> > looking to recruit a MySQL Database Architect to work closely with
> > their development and operations teams.  
> > 
> > Whilst the developers have had some involvement with capacity planning
> > and performance monitoring of the live system in conjunction with the
> > operations team this responsibility will move entirely to the database
> > architect over time.
> > 
> > This isn't a development role so the db architect wouldn't be taking
> > over the writing of all SQL or anything but they would be expected to
> > use their expertise in advising the developers how best to tune their
> > code.  Stored procedures are not currently used but they will probably
> > look at it in the future and this again would be something that the
> > architect would certainly get involved in as well revisit existing SQL
> > with a view to perhaps rewrite and/ or optimise. 
> > 
> > They are running a mixture of 4.1 and 5.0. They don't run enterprise as
> > they always aim to employ talented staff so they can support everything
> > as far as possible in house. This goes for the OS as well, which is why
> > they use CentOS and not RHEL.
> >        
> > Although part of the job will involve finding new opportunities to
> > exploit new features or better use existing ones there are no immediate
> > plans to upgrade to 5.1. 
> > 
> > There are no specific bottlenecks or db problems as such, the focus is
> > changing in such a way that they need to be able to store more data and
> > consequently they need to have the architect in place. However, there is
> > a focus on continual improvement of what they have. As with all IT
> > systems, there is always something that can be optimised. Identifying
> > potential future bottlenecks and avoiding them is also part of the role.
> > 
> > In terms of the number of high transactional servers - which would be
> > the definite focus - we are looking at high 30s.  They do use MySQL
> > replication but not clustering at this time.
> > 
> > If anybody is interested in discussing this role with me further
> > (including salary) please contact me off list using james at camalyn.org 
> > 
> > Hope to hear from you soon,
> > 
> > All the best,
> > JAMES
> > 
> > +44 (0) 7952 145 127 - mobile 
> >