Database administrator

Gameloft Romania SRL

30-01-2011 | EXPIRA LA 05-02-2011

Job expirat

RESPONSABILITATI

Overview:
Working in the Online department, the DBA will be responsible to work with the game development team and make sure that all the DB layer is efficient, fast, scalable, and redundant. The Online team develops many multiplayer games, on iPhone, Facebook and other consoles. From real-time multiplayer all the way to social gaming, Gameloft offers a complete platform for online gaming.

Responsabilities:
• Help ensure database systems perform reliably.
• Develop and support MySQL database replication
• Optimize MySQL database performance
• Estimate MySQL database capacities; develop methods for monitoring database capacity and usage
• Develop and optimize physical design of MySQL database systems
• Develop application-specific fault-tolerant distributed database mechanisms
• Maintain graphing and reports systems for a large database cluster.
• Support administrators and developers to ensure optimal application design.
• Support Operations and Development teams in troubleshooting.
• Gain skills to become more independent in a high-volume database environment.
• Configuring monitoring and alerts for MySQL instances; develop related reports
• Monitor MySQL instances; define/recommend/implement proactive changes based on monitoring data


CERINTE

Requirements:
• Ability to Support a 24/7 production environment
• Minimum three (3) years experience
• Experience with reporting applications.
• Experience with Perl, PHP, Java, memcache, and SVN a plus
• Certification is a plus


BENEFICII OFERITE

The opportunity to work and learn in a professional environment.
We offer a supportive working climate, a young and dynamic team with a free communication style and also the possibility to make outstanding performances fair rewarded.
Motivating salary and a merit pay system.
Lunch tickets.
Medical insurance package, in partnership with Sanador Clinic.
A modern office building including:
- cafeteria with hot food open during working hours;
- gym facilities, free for employees; massage is an option!
- relaxation area, with pool tables, ping pong tables, air hockey, darts, foosball.


DESCRIEREA FIRMEI

With more than 400 engineers, developers and designers in 5 studios, Gameloft has assembled one of the largest and most creative in-house development teams in the industry. Gameloft's development team has won unanimous critical acclaim for creating some of the best games on the market (see awards on each product sheet).
Gameloft's main objective is to adapt its games to all the handsets available on the market. Each cellphone is different, from the size of the screen to the type of CPU to the layout of the keyboard. Therefore, a great amount of Gameloft's work is dedicated to the adaptation and translation of games.