West London, , United Kingdom
Feb 21, 2016
IT System Admin, Linux, DevOps, MySQL, DBA – West London
Permanent £50,000 - £70,000 p/a with great benefits including flexible hours, bonus, pension, 25 days holiday + additional flexible benefits
Job Summary
We have been a Preferred Supplier to this broadcasting company for over 3 years and have been asked to assist in the search for a MySQL DBA.
My client operates’ within Broadcast and Media Services and have developed a market leading broadcast service platform, which is used by major broadcasters and other clients around the world. Due to the phenomenal success of this platform, an additional System/Database Administrator is required to support ongoing development.
The successful candidate will join a multi-skilled team responsible for the global 3rd line support and development of the platform, including the testing and roll-out of code updates and the deployment of additional physical and virtual infrastructure to new and existing locations around the world.
The role is expected to participate in a rota providing a 3rd line ‘On Call’ support function for engineers supporting live environments globally, and will require occasional international travel to assist with major deployments in new/ existing markets. Whilst this role is primarily technical, it requires excellent communication, teamwork and collaboration, working with clients and colleagues around the world to deliver our technical architecture and strategy.
Experience and Knowledge:
Essential
• Demonstrable experience of systems design, ongoing maintenance and fault finding in a complex operational environment, dealing with a variety of interdependent business critical systems across multiple organisations.
• Demonstrable experience working with MySQL databases
• Demonstrable experience maintaining Linux CentOS server based systems.
• Experience of 3rd line application support, preferably administering and monitoring JBoss and J2EE based architectures.
• Experience working with monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios).
• Extensive experience with internet protocols, standards and applications
• Experience maintaining application software running on Windows 7 workstations
• Experience communicating complex technical information to a variety of audiences
• Practical appreciation of the application of IT technology within a high availability service delivery operation
• Practical appreciation of working in a 24/7 business.
• Previous experience in a support or customer-facing role.
Desirable
• Degree-level qualification
• Demonstrable experience working in Broadcast or Media industries
• Knowledge of the TV broadcast/distribution chain
• Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Puppet or Chef
• Understanding of TCP/IP based networks, common protocols and security concerns
• Basic experience of writing software, for example scripting or web development.
• Experience of administering VMWare (ESX) and virtualised hosts.
• Experience of using MySQL Galera or Percona XtraDB Cluster
• Experience or knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Practical knowledge of relevant standards and technologies
• Practical knowledge of information security approaches
• Experience with product development of bespoke, in-house, applications
• Publication of internal and client-facing documentation.
• Previous professional experience as a leader on technical projects
Skills and Behaviour
• Ability to identify and articulate business benefits of credible technology solutions
• Ability to ensure technology meets both functional and non-functional requirements, with a commercial focus
• Understanding of the concepts and benefits of Agile, DevOps, Configuration Management, Continuous Delivery and Cloud Computing.
• An ability to take an evidence-based approach to problems and developments, gather data and demonstrate how proposed solutions will provide optimal outcomes.
• Passionate about the innovative application of technology to real world problems.
• Excellent written and verbal English and strong inter-personal skills
• Any French, Spanish or German, even to a basic level, would be an advantage