For the practiced MySQL Database Administrator, Selling Source offers the opportunity to leverage your DBA experience while expanding your skill set, becoming a true SQL guru. Within our fast-paced, high-transaction environment you will have the ability to move beyond management and administration, challenging yourself to tune and optimize our databases for peak performance. As a key member of our DBA team you will solve our most important storage issues, implementing and maintaining critical storage area networks and high availability solutions. Take this career defining opportunity to work with cutting edge technology on a daily basis and grow your career with a company dedicated to the professional development of their valued employees.

As a MySQL Database Administrator located in our Las Vegas, Nevada office, your primary mission will be to manage and administer the day-to-day activities of multiple MySQL databases, ranging in size from a few gigabytes to half a terabyte. You will:

• Leverage your prior experience as a DBA to monitor the performance of our databases, analyze and tune queries as well as maintain and enhance our backup and recovery architecture
• Partner with our developers to come up with solutions to problems inherent to an open source environment using your out-of-the-box mentality and knowledge of cutting-edge technology
• Utilize your solid Unix/Linux skills, including Shell scripting or programming in PHP, combined with SQL coding, to give you the knowledge necessary to create complex scripts and tools that will bridge any gaps in the database
• Apply your prior experience with MySQL replication, high availability and fault tolerant systems to ensure our databases function optimally

Founded in 1997, named 'Number One Technology company in Las Vegas' by the Las Vegas Business Press in 2006 and #109 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies for 2007, Selling Source develops technology-driven marketing solutions for the online marketplace. Its affiliated companies offer services such as enterprise software, campaign management solutions, online advertising, text messaging, online data verification, stored value financial products, software development and video production services. Selling Source's unique approach to corporate development ensures that each affiliate company remains focused on developing, selling, and supporting customer solutions, while providing consistent infrastructure, leadership, and financial stability to each company as it grows.

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