Database Administrator

Job Announcement: Database Administrator

To apply for this position, please send :

a current resume

and

a detailed cover letter describing how you meet the primary qualifications

 

Mud Bay, a leading NW retailer of healthy food and superb supplies for dogs and cats is seeking to add a Database Administrator to our administrative staff in Olympia.  This is an exciting opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a dynamic growing company with a proven track record of success.  To apply, submit a resume and a cover letter discussing your interest in the job, how you do or don't meet the primary qualifications.

Please submit materials to
e-mail: careers@mudbay.us
fax: 360-352-0929
mail: 2900 37th Ave SW
Olympia, WA 98512

Position open until filled. Prompt response recommended.
If you have any questions, please e-mail HR.

Description

Mud Bay's Information Systems and Database Administrator ensures that all users have the technical support to access data through coporate reporting tools.  Additionally, they support the Director of IT in maintaining and supporting a growing I/S infrastructure, creates new database applications and performs administration on existing databases.

Primary Accountabilities

  • All users have access to view the data they are authorized to effectively do their jobs, via reports or direct access.
  • Retail.net and software-related processes are functioning correctly and efficiently and new processes are created as necessary. 
  • Administration of existing databases.
  • Maintenance of SQL 2008 servers.
  • Developing triggers and complex stored procedures.

Additional Accountabilities
  • On-call availability for technical support and software troubleshooting.
  • Assist in project implementation, research and design.
  • Software development/back-end.
  • Support colleagues within the Mud Bay IT Group by providing back-up as needed.
  • Ensure security of databases.
  • Troubleshoot SQL Server performance issues.
Primary Duties

  • Work with end users to identify data needs and create the appropriate solution.
  • Work with end users to identify and resolve issues with existing processes.
  • Work with end users to develop, implement, test and evaluate new software processes and tools to match new or changing business needs.
  • Configuration and maintenance of databases, including ensuring the integrity of reporting data.
  • Test and validate reporting tools and procedures.
  • Assist in the deployment of all new applications.
Additional Duties
  • Install and upgrade software, as well as apply regularly-released updates.
  • Develop documentation of existing/new practices.
  • Develop and test scripting to perform various IT processes and functions.

Primary Qualifications

  • Ability to write complex queries to extract large data sets from an SQL database.
  • Knowledge of database theory and design.
  • Experience in database design and development in an Oracle environment.
  • Experience with SQL 2008 preferred.
  • Minimum of two years working in an SQL environment.
  • Ability to test large data sets for consistency, completeness and accuracy.
  • Ability to operate and support computer systems, common retail hardware and a variety of software packages.
  • Ability to effectively train end users.
  • Experience in deployment of customized computer systems.
  • Ability to work in a team environment in a positive, constructive manner.
  • An understanding that, at Mud Bay, technology exists to accomplish business goals, and the primary focus of IT staff is the development of systems and processes that accomplish those goals.
  • Detail and accuracy orientation. 
  • Experience with retail environments preferred
  • Ability to work effectively -- by telephone, in writing and in person -- with a variety of people including store staff, store managers, administrative staff and vendors.
  • Ability to understand and bring to bear the larger context surrounding any given task.
  • Ability to learn and operate new software and hardware packages.
  • Ability to effectively communicate technological concepts to technically untrained people.
  • Flexibility to adapt and excel in a rapidly growing company.
  • B.A., B.S. or equivalent experience.
  • Valid WA driver's license, clean driving record, and current Washington state liability insurance.

Employment Details

  • Immediate supervisor      Director of IT
  • Positions supervised        None
  • Salary                                  Depends on job classification, performance, capabilities and seniority
  • Location                              Mud Bay Headquarters in Olympia (with travel to retail and other locations)
  • Schedule                            Standard work week, with evening and weekend on-call availability
  • Full-time or PT?                 FT
  • Benefits                              FT Admin benefit package
  • Leave                                  3 weeks/year
  • Bonus Program                  FT Admin bonus program
The Mud Bay Experience

Solutions  We give useful, accurate answers, and our particular focus is helping people choose healthy foods for their dogs and cats.

Happy  Visiting our stores is always happy, never frustrating.

Neat  Our workplaces are neat and clean, inside and out. 

Carry-outs  We carry out every purchase over 15lbs unless someone insists otherwise.
Fair prices  Our prices are always among the lowest in the area. 

Satisfaction  If something doesn’t work, we’ll happily take it back.
Others come first  Dog and cat owners always know that they’re the reason we’re all here and that we’ll do anything reasonable to help them. 

Consistently varied  The human experiences we create are unique to each moment, customer, staffer and store, but each reflects Mud Bay’s principles, practices and character.

Mud Bay is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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