trogers%yosemite@Sun.COM (Tom Rogers) (11/28/89)
SUN IS LOOKING FOR A UNIX/DBMS PERFORMANCE EXPERT The Database Engineering Group at Sun Microsystems in Mountain View, California is looking for an experienced engineer to measure, analyze, and improve DBMS performance on Sun hardware and software. This would involve providing recommendations to DBMS vendors (Informix, Ingres, Oracle, Sybase, etc.) and Sun hardware/software architects to improve overall performance. It will also involve the development and execution of performance tests along with prototyping software improvements to the DBMS products and SunOS. This position will be very challenging. Sun is a technically advanced company with an excellent engineering environment plus we have excellent technical relationships with the leading DBMS developers. The desired education would be a BSCS, MSCS, or PhDCS. The desired experience or knowledge would include several years of relevant work experience working with some combination of: 1) performance measurement and improvement, particularly in C/UNIX, 2) Relational DBMS products, particularly knowledge of internal architectures, 3) UNIX and its tools, particularly shell scripts, the kernel, and device drivers, 4) UNIX system management, and 5) computer architectures, particularly memory, caching, and I/O issues. The desired skills would include: 1) quantitative, methodical approach, 2) strong curiosity and ability to solve complex problems, 3) ability to work concurrently on several efforts, and 4) strong communication and interpersonal skills. Equal opportunity position. Competitive salary and benefits. Send resume via uucp to sun!mscott, via arpanet to mscott@sun.com, or via mail to Mike Scott, Sun Microsystems, Mailstop 23-01, 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, CA, 94043.