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Database Administrator

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Work from:

United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Strong experience with SQL databases, Knowledge of AWS and Linux, Familiarity with performance tuning, Strong communication skills in English and Hungarian.

Key responsabilities:

Own projects and drive them to completion
Collaborate to resolve database issues

Instructure Large http://www.instructure.com

1001 - 5000 Employees

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Job description

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create something awesome. And that's where you come in.

Instructure, is looking to hire a full-time DBA on our DBA team. Over the last decade, our Canvas product has grown from nothing to being the standard LMS solution around the world, helping millions of people with online learning every day. But we're still growing, and that's where you come in. We're looking for an engineer who loves to keep data safe and available, knows how to future-proof a database system without being wasteful, appreciates the need to keep processes sustainable, and loves consulting with fellow employees to maximize their success.

What will you doing:

Explain why databases are one of the most difficult layers of the stack to work with, and how to overcome their special challenges.

Comfortably work in an SQL prompt on production systems.

Own projects and drive them to completion.

Have the customer focus on seeking out what needs doing, then collaborate to get it done.

Have the knowledge to know how to respond to database problems at 3 am.

Be able to automate stuff so that there aren't database problems at 3 am.

Be a point of contact for questions, both from technical engineers and less technical members of the company.

Be on top of problems before they become problems.

Be part of an on-call team.

Learn The New Shiny, without remaking what isn't broken.

The ideal candidate will have a strong working knowledge with:

Linux

Amazon Web Services

PostgreSQL, or some other ACID-compliant SQL database

pgBouncer, or some other form of database pooling

Ansible, or some other form of config management

Datadog, or some other form of resource monitoring and alerting

Automation

Fleets of thousands of servers

Ruby, bash, git, Python, Go, etc.

Performance tuning

Strong communication skills both in English and Hungarian

Get in on all the awesome at Instructure

Competitive salary, and 401k.

Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance.

HSA program, vision, voluntary life, and AD&D.

Tuition reimbursement.

Paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules.

LifeStyle Spending Account.

We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them right. We know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.

All Instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.